The New Buzz About Business and CSR

May 12, 2010 1:46 PM ET

Alice Korngold's Blog

Key business lessons can come from unlikely places. One man found them by spending six years on a bench in his back yard.

Michael O'Malley, Ph.D. says that beehives are the "original sustainable enterprises" that go back millennia, and they have a lot to teach us. Based on his observations of a bee hive in his back yard, O'Malley wrote a book, "The Wisdom of the Bees," to share 25 lessons on "what the hive can teach business about leadership, efficiency, and growth." The author uses the bees and their industry as a delightful vehicle to convey a robust canon of principles for running a successful enterprise.

As a social psychologist, management consultant, and executive editor of Yale University Press, O'Malley has created a uniquely eclectic list of 25 lessons, demonstrating his appreciation of organizational development, corporate social responsibility, and design, for companies seeking to maximize profits.

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