The dynamic Sabrina Watkins, BGI Alumna, BGI Trustee, and global corporate Head of Sustainable Development at ConcoPhillips, shared a bit of her brief time with me at May’s Intensive. I was delighted to learn more about her vital role at ConocoPhillips and how she is working to affect positions and implementation strategies related to sustainable development for the global, Texas-based oil and natural gas company. · Read More

Business students seeking self employment as entrepreneurs have an exciting road ahead of them yet taking this path means not only being responsible for their product but also for a variety of administrative necessities and concerns. In today’s world this includes striving to be successful while taking the environmental impact of a company’s actions into · Read More · Read More

This may be a bit of a shock, but focusing on the “sustainability” part of my business education had nothing to do with landing my dream job. Let me explain. · Read More

As a creator speaking for his subject, the subject being maybe the greatest philosopher of all time, Charlie Brown, Charles Schultz offered his sentiments on purpose three decades ago. “My life has no purpose, not direction, no aim, no meaning and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?” · Read More

New ideas don’t generally fit neatly within the existing organizational boundaries; thus they require innovators to cross the boundaries of the organization in search of help, resources and permission. · Read More

It was the fall of 2000 when I first discovered the book, Intrepreneuring, when searching for advice on how to be entrepreneurial in a bureaucracy. · Read More

With the completion of the inaugural TEDxBGI, a dream of mine has come to fruition. I was initially drawn to Bainbridge Graduate Institute because of the quality of people who form its community. · Read More

What is the difference between learning how to plan a business, actively launching a business, and the reality of operating a business? To get to the bottom of these questions, I recently brought some of the Fledge participants into my BGI classroom, to help explain how it feels to them to be working on a product “for real.” · Read More

Want to connect to the green consumer? Help them stand out. · Read More

Students at BGI are working with the Carbon War Room to harness the power of entrepreneurs to drive market driven solutions to combat climate change. · Read More