… dynamic discoveries and host coveted conversations. This past year at Yale’s Center for Business and Environment (CBEY), we flipped conventional wisdom on its head and turned our … of creating intentional ways of gathering and how thoughtful connections can make a big difference. Even Hillary Rodham Clinton recently wrote about the need to rebuild our … for how to even go about problem-solving. Perhaps what our climate future is in need of are more leaders ready to build deeper relationships rather than larger space fleets. “I wish …
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