advertisement advertisement advertisement Thanks to Malcolm Gladwell and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, we’ve all been sternly warned about the risks of employing intuition when making important decisions. In his book Blink , Gladwell asserts that while our unconscious thinking is “a powerful force, it also can be thrown off, distracted or disabled.” And in his classic, Thinking, Fast and Slow , Kahneman stresses that gut instincts can fail us when we unwittingly apply familiar patterns of experience to unrelated circumstances or situations. advertisement advertisement The truth is, most of us have spent a lifetime developing our rational minds and rely solely upon their counsel when making consequential life choices. And we know that in business today, innumerable companies such as Amazon have placed data at the center of their corporate cultures—and routinely rely on metrics to find the best ways of … [Read more...] about The 3 kinds of intuition you need to make tough decisions
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How Sweetgreen plans to cut its carbon footprint in half in the next 6 years
advertisement advertisement advertisement With a menu focused on plants, the salad chain Sweetgreen automatically has a lower carbon footprint than a typical fast-food chain serving millions of burgers. But the company now plans to go a step further, setting the goal of cutting its carbon footprint in half in the next six years. The rest of its emissions will be offset, making the company carbon neutral. advertisement advertisement Over the last year, the restaurant chain worked with Watershed, a software platform that helps companies reduce emissions, to calculate its current footprint in obsessive detail. “The first step for us was just to measure and really understand where we’re at so we can make the right investments and set the right goals and the right reductions,” says Sweetgreen co-CEO and cofounder Nic Jammet. That involved traveling to every supplier to look at specific practices, such as the type of cattle feed used … [Read more...] about How Sweetgreen plans to cut its carbon footprint in half in the next 6 years