Realia Group News...


2008 GE MDC (Crotonville)
Following a well-received demonstration session for Ecomagination and Crotonville staff in late June, 2007, GE began including Transformation: The Business Strategy Laboratory in their 2008 MDC program for high potential GE executives. We've now completed 3 MDC sessions with over 180 GE executives.



Lab Included in Teaching Business Sustainability Vol 2
Released April 3, 2007 and edited by Chris Galea from Saint Francis Xavier University in Canada, Chapter 14 discusses the benefits of including Transformation Lab sessions in executive development programs. The chapter was co-authored by John Whalen of Blu Skye Consulting and a founder of SVP.


GSU Center for Business and Professional Ethics
The Center has agreed to support certified Transformation Lab instructor and Georgia State University faculty member, Steve Olson, integrate Transformation Lab sessions into MBA courses at GSU. Steve is also the President of Generative Leadership, an Atlanta area consulting firm, and has participated in the GE teaching team.



Stockholm School of Economics
Stockholm School of Economics and Professor Susanne Sweet have utilized our Transformation Lab for years. Now they're planning to bring its use "in-house" for a more sustainable approach. Their Train-the-Trainer session is May 19-21, 2008.



Capitalism at the Crossroads...
What role should sustainability strategies play in business planning? Well, the current impact of oil prices on the economy is one indication. General unrest in the Middle East and terrorism can be viewed as another. Natural resource's availability is stretched. There simply doesn't seem to be enough to go around and poverty abounds. Exploiting the marginal and environmentally expensive only seems to postpone crisis situations.

Capitalism and multi-national corporations are powerful entities. A number of companies such as DuPont, Dow Chemical, LaFarge and SC Johnson among a number of others have made sustainability a core tenet of their firm's future. Stuart Hart's recent book "Capitalism at the Crossroads" outlines the opportunities and the necessity.