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Towards A Spiral Economy

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Today’s Ellen MacArthur Foundation Summit 2017 brought together a truly global tribe of attendees all interested in the concept of building a circular economy. This is an idea about creating an economy that consists of a continuous system of reuse and recycling of technical and biological materials as demonstrated in the following graphic.

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Creatives Build Rural Economies

Gregg Fraley

The skinny on Florida’s theories is pretty simple: creative workers drive regional economies. His main point: the data shows that rural areas that develop and maintain Creative Class workers, innovate more, and improve the economy of the area. That’s what starts a positive upward spiral.

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The Global Innovation Imperative

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Excessive consumption, information overload, unsustainable growth, and spiralling inequality are complex global challenges that require unprecedented levels of coordination and cooperation. Participation rates in brands and economies. Shift 1 – Reveal and celebrate hidden innovation. Levels of connectedness, networks, and trust.

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The enemy is already within. The flood gates are open. Can GE recover?

Paul Hobcraft

Managing cash, balancing this out with your liabilities and obligations, knowing your market dynamics, and equally, having a good understanding of where the future growth lies, are all essential for managing any healthy business. It seems in GE, all of these have been forgotten or collapsed. Why, how and what happened? What has gone wrong at GE?