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For many of us, being an adult at work today is like being a kid at a school without art, gym, and recess — no fun. And, that’s a huge reason why so many of us are disconnected, bored, and disengaged. Gallup data confirms this. After trending upwards, engagement hit
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This article pushed me to think differently about AI and its ability to track user preferences, allowing for seamless integrations both in the car and beyond. While it’s a highly controversial topic, especially around privacy, it challenged me to expand my perspective. Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how brands
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This article discusses how generational traits also influence business strategy. Companies aren’t just selling products; they’re shaping experiences that resonate across age groups. The youthful forms of behavior we discuss here are influencing all generations and, ultimately, attitudes toward consumption as well. Three forces are emerging in a
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This article frames how sustainability is not just an extra component, but a business model in itself. Shifting the conversation about sustainability away from this notion of “costly” or “optional”, and instead shows how it can drive innovation and growth. During the past two decades of the e-commerce growth
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Reading this piece pushed me to think how resilience in large-scale systems relates to designing comfort and wellbeing at a more intimate scale. Investing in resilience is costly, so prioritizing these investments is essential. Leaders will need to align their resilience initiatives with current and emerging risks. In this
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Waste Watch is a platform that allows companies to put their by-products, overstock, or other waste streams that they create up for sale to potentially be the supply for another business. Creating this seamless space for business communities to work together and share resources. The website and app would
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Evergreen is a company that gets a supply of recycled plastics to then sort and process to create new products for companies. They primarily focus on food containers and bottles which are large factors in the waste stream. Polyethylene terephthalate plastic (PET) is a type of plastic resin that is
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The fashion industry has a large area of opportunity when it comes to waste streams within the life cycle of a garment. This Canadian company is trying to close the loop by taking brands waste and directing it to other avenues and use cases by being a supplier of those
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Hospitals are large waste generators of single use plastics and papers, and it can be hard to try to reduce the use of them for sanitary and safety reasons, but a few local hospitals are trying. Approaching sustainability initially in LED light bulb switch overs and composing left over food,
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With a lot of common art supplies and mediums being tricky to recycle, this business model encourages engagement within the community by keeping craft and art supplies out of the landfills, collaborating with other local businesses, and providing accessible pricing to local patrons. Indigo Hippo is an art supply shop
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Cafes in Columbus are adopting a reusable cup library for it's patrons to cut down on single use cups. The company, Okapi Reusables, has reached central Ohio and engaged the CORC with their program through downloading an app at participating coffee counters to participate. The Central Ohio Reuse
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I am curious in exploring the buisness behind wellness practices, specifically luxury spas. This article shared the idea of luxury and how it might be changing with the increase of people perceiving wellness as a necessity. This related to my capstone because of how companies may market off of these