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Meet 3 “SHEtahs” of Africa: women making a difference

August 8, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

Several articles crossed my desk today about the impact of women in agriculture and women in Africa, so I decided to do a post about women effecting positive change. We tend to think of such women as exceptional. I’d like to believe there is an ar…

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Agriculture & Science

Seeking examples of transformational leadership on #food and #ag

August 5, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

I’ve just started curating a new collection of examples of inspiring leadership related to making agriculture and our food production system more sustainable. There’s not place for dogma here — I’m agnostic about the technologies or techniques be…

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Agriculture & Science, Sustainability

If social media are the answer, what’s the question?

July 21, 2011by Kristen Sukalac 1 Comment

Some people say that social media are changing the way we communicate. Others — and I am one of them — say that social media aren’t changing how we communicate; technology now simply allows large-scale communication over great distances that mir…

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Management & strategy

Systems thinking and sustainable agriculture

June 27, 2011by Kristen Sukalac 1 Comment

One of the most important changes affecting agriculture today is the growing influence of systems thinking. 20th century innovations were highly successful in feeding a booming population, but were conceived in a linear, piecemeal fashion, which c…

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Agriculture & Science, Sustainability

Why everyone should care about agriculture

May 31, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

Agriculture generally suffers from an image problem. It is seen as an outdated, conservative and unprofitable profession that has trouble attracting young people. Urban populations point a finger at agriculture as a source of pollution. The truth …

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Agriculture & Science, Sustainability

SEO, Women’s Married Names & 7th Circle of Google Obscurity

May 9, 2011by Kristen Sukalac 2 Comments

When I was a little girl, I used to say that if I married a man whose name was easier to spell than mine, I would take his; if his name was harder to spell, I’d keep my maiden name. My view has changed, in part due to technological changes that ha…

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Management & strategy

Stories behind the Women in Science

April 13, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

One of my favorite events of the year is the ceremony for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards and International Fellowships. This program and the event itself celebrate exciting new scientific developments made by inspiring women, who a…

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Agriculture & Science, Sustainability

Mapping out meaning

February 28, 2011by Kristen Sukalac 3 Comments

Photo: istock (Update: In paragraph 2, it was Véronique Perret, not Isabelle Huault, who cited the example of a geological map. They co-teach a course in epistemology in my Executive Doctor of Business Administration course.) Maps are such familia…

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Management & strategy

Using personality to transform a run-of-the-mill business hotel

February 12, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

If you visit the website of the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville, you have the impression that it’s a nice upscale business hotel but interchangeable with numerous other hotels you may have seen in other cities. However, it only takes a few minute…

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Culture, Management & strategy

A tagline should say something meaningful about the company, shouldn’t it?

February 3, 2011by Kristen Sukalac 2 Comments

The title of this post might seem blindingly obvious, but apparently it isn’t. Last week, at an IABC France event on adapting global communications campaigns to local markets, a speaker talked about the need to adapt taglines (and other branding e…

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Culture, Management & strategy

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