My most recent post looked at leadership and project delivery  in design and construction companies – and noted a stark discrepancy between how companies portray themselves and real internal capacity.

The gap between a company’s green marketing and it's true capability is also increasingly evident in company infrastructure and partnerships  – the internal foundation upon which projects are built, and the external relationships that are essential for success.

Being the founder of a green building non-profit, most people tag me as an “environmentalist” and assume my motivations for leaving mainstream architecture were to save the planet, protect natural resources and improve public health. While these things are factors, they alone didn’t set my path.