Community development has always been a concept that seemed inherent to me, one that didn’t need a phrase, a discipline, a professional society, and a field of scholarship. · 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

Even is you didn’t watch the Super Bowl, I’d encourage you watch the two-minute tribute to the farmer sponsored by Dodge Ram Trucks. What it says, and what it doesn’t, strikes to the core of agriculture’s problems and promise worldwide. Now, I’d heard Paul Harvey’s remarks.  He made them at the 1978 FFA Convention in · Read More · Read More

Seattle Business magazine’s Green Washington Awards program recognizes companies and individuals who hold our planet and its longevity in the highest regard and who are leading the way in sustainability and green business practices. Nominations for 2012 are now open. · Read More

With nearly a decade of experience, BGI’s hybrid MBA program (with residency during nine long weekend ‘intensives’ a year) at Islandwood has developed a rhythm and life of its own. The setting, facilities, food, and housing all integrate, adding to both the learning and community. Though a different setting, our ambition is to create a similarly inspiring and engaging community amidst the density of urban Seattle, inspiring a hub of innovative business education for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. · Read More

John Gardner recently became dean of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), one of the first schools to offer a sustainable business MBA. We asked Gardner to lay out what’s new at BGI and in teaching sustainable business. · Read More

Dear BGI Students, welcome to the 2011-2012 year, which marks BGI’s 10th cohort. As a way of introducing myself, let me mention three important areas I will be focused on as I get to know and work with you. · Read More

New BGI Dean John Gardner discusses who he is, why he came here and what he believes is the value for students in what we teach, how we teach it and who we teach it to. · Read More