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Leaders can shift company culture, but it’s not easy. 3M’s experience with Six Sigma shows a path.
Maya Fischhoff
Editor and Advisor
Network for Business Sustainability
PhD in Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Psychology, University of Michigan
Maya was NBS's Knowledge Manager from 2012-2024. She now supports NBS colleagues, providing advice, institutional knowledge, and enthusiasm. Maya also curates NBS's monthly Table of Contents, which profiles cutting edge business sustainability research. Maya has a PhD in environmental psychology from the University of Michigan, where she studied middle managers’ environmental efforts. She has also worked for non-profits and government. In her after-NBS life, she is focusing on local community engagement, still related to social and environmental sustainability.
Articles by Maya
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Your research on business sustainability can impact the world. Share it with practitioners by using our step-by-step guide to “research translation.”
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Make your company more sustainable by working with peers in other companies. An alliance of employee activists can change an entire business system.
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Researchers often think they need to remove abstraction when they translate research for managers. That’s not true.
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Researchers have identified seven strategies that can motivate everyone toward sustainability from employees to communities.
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Activist hedge funds reduce companies’ social and environmental sustainability and their long-term value.
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Making customers part of corporate volunteer efforts benefits companies, communities, and individuals. Brewery Creature Comforts provides a model.
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The business case for green buildings is compelling. But design fees and long construction times are an up-front hurdle.
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Bringing in an unfamiliar idea requires small steps, allies, and emotion.