Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson
difficult learn others painful seen totally
But he's going to learn a very, very difficult and painful lesson. Even if it's one that's not totally unexpected, because he has seen others go through it.
moan
He's not going to moan or go ballistic,
bowl interviews next super time weeks
It's unfortunate that the next two years are the oddities, ... Because most years there are two weeks before the Super Bowl and interviews could be conducted in that time frame. We'll just have to see if something can be done in those situations.
everybody knows lucky
It's in everybody's minds, ... We're lucky to be here. Everybody knows we're lucky. But it's still important to celebrate.
dame excitement rearview talk talked
Notre Dame is in his rearview mirror. We don't even talk about it. What we have talked about is the excitement of being at Washington.
bay
It's the grandfather of all the strolls in the Bay Area,
movies novel watching
It's like watching an unbelievable movie or novel unfold.
football great literally obvious position run side
It was obvious that Ozzie was in a great position to literally run the football side of it, and run it unimpeded,
feeling guess issues league needs surprise takes time
That's disappointing but it doesn't surprise me, ... The league historically takes its time on issues like this one. I guess the feeling is that it still needs more discussion.
earth cases
What’s the business case for ending life on earth?
business war oil
We need an honest bottom line. Today that bottom line is vastly subsidized. If anyone of us were paying the full cost of oil our bottom lines would be very different. If you internalize the cost of oil, look at the cost of the war in the Middle East or the cost of global warming for future generations, if you internalize those external costs and what you pay, that bottom line would look very different, what ever business you are in.
business culture looks
The status quo is a product of our culture or our culture is a product of the status quo - I'm sure which is the effect and which is the product - there is probably a feedback loop there that is mutually reinforcing. But we have a culture that says "Hey, look around. This place called Earth was created for you and you can do anything you want with it."
business smart simple
We really began to think in different ways about our business in terms of climbing this mountain and it became very clear very quickly this was the smart thing to do. Not only did we start to generate answers for those customers, they embraced us for what we were trying to do. The goodwill in the market place has just been stunning. The rest of the business case is pretty simple. I cost it down not up.
business years names
During the last five years, those four advantages-costs, products, people, goodwill-have been the salvation of Interface during a recession that saw our primary marketplace shrink by 38% from peak to trough-38%! As a heavily leveraged company with over $400 million in debt, we might not have made it without the sustainability initiative and, especially, the support of our customers. This revised definition of success-this new paradigm-has a name: "Doing well by doing good". It is a better way to bigger profits.