Sustainability advocates need organizations without seams
Exit the industrial-age organizational model. And enter the current forces of globalization, resource scarcity, transparency and the continued imperative for innovation – issues and opportunities that aren’t confined to traditional organizational boundaries. Some of the greatest opportunities for businesses today lie on the “seams” of their organizational structures — whether among or between internal departments, or in the corporation’s relationships with its external stakeholders — Roberta Bowman, senior advisor to Duke Energy