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Designer Suzanne Lee shares her experiments in growing a kombucha-based material that can be used like fabric or vegetable leather to make clothing. The process is fascinating, the results are beautiful (though there’s still one minor drawback) and the potential is simply stunning.
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When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count.
Tags: bookstore, california, Chip Conley, comicStyle, corporate social responsibility, creative business development, customers, dotcom bubble burst, employees, full realisation, full realization, Gail Penney, Gross National Happiness Index, happiness-based business model, hotelier, human behavior, human desires, Ideas worth spreading, identity refreshment, innovative design formula, investors, Joie de Vivre Hospitality, joy of life, lifeStyle, main blog, Maslow's Pyramid, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, measuring success, mindStyle matters, PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow, penneylane, penneylaneonline, phoenix, potential, quality of life, self-actualisation, self-actualization, self-help, success, Ted Talk, tenderloin district, transformative enterprises, turnStyle, unique hotels, VidStyle, wisdom, www.penneylaneonline.com
Sheryl WuDunn’s book “Half the Sky” investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources.
Tags: business, China, comicStyle, community, denied basic rights, developing countries, developing world, development, economic engines of growth, economic opportunity, economic power, Education, equal access, Gail Penney, gender-based violence, Half the Sky, human resources, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, moral issue, New York Times, Nick Kristof, nutrition, opportunity, oppressed, oppression of women globally, penneylane, penneylaneonline, potential, Pulitzer, sex trafficking, Sheryl WuDunn, slavery, Ted Talk, threatened, Tiananmen Square, transform, turnStyle, untapped potential, VidStyle, women's rights, www.penneylaneonline.com
The thing about having and showing so much promise is that at some point in time we have to front up with the goods. Is that a truism or what?
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