Ray Anderson an unlikely ZenCEO. A courageous leader that flipped his world, his business and his industry upside down touching millions including me in the process. This quote from Ray pretty much sums up why you should check out the Ted Talk below: “our promise is to eliminate any negative impact our company may have on the environment by the year 2020.” Keep in mind this is coming from a carpet manufacturing CEO! Gives me hope every industry and everyone can change.
Description from Ted.com:
Ray Anderson is the founder of Interface, the company that makes those adorable Flor carpet tiles (as well as lots of less whizzy but equally useful flooring and fabric). He was a serious carpet guy, focused on building his company and making great products. Then he read Paul Hawken’s book The Ecology of Commerce. Something clicked: with his company’s global reach and manufacturing footprint, he was in a position to do something very real, very important, in building a sustainable world. Anderson focused the company’s attention on sustainable decision making, taking a hard look at suppliers, manufacturing processes, and the beginning-to-end life cycle of all its products.
