Papers and Op-Eds

ABBOTT STRATEGIES founder, Rob Abbott, writes frequently on issues pertaining to sustainability and competitive advantage. Selected papers and other writing are featured on this page. If you would like a full list of Rob's papers, or would like to order a paper, please contact us and let us know.

	Confronting Inconvenient Truths in the Alberta Oil Patch Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 75K / 4 pages)
	Confronting Global Inequities in Health Care Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Stampeding into the Future Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Tackling the Root Cause of Disease Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Property Taxes and the Common Good Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Time for a New Generation of Leaders to Carry the Torch Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	It’s the Clean Economy, Stupid Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 12K / 2 pages)
	The common good lives in all of us Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 12K / 2 pages)
	Picard's "second opinion" on drug costs frames the problem too narrowly Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 45K / 1 page)
	IMAGINE CALGARY: A Strategic Lens to View the Future Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 11K / 2 pages)
	Green really is the Color of Money Made-in-B.C. Green Ideas and Technologies Good for Bottom Line Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Disconnect in Globe's Reporting on Oil, Hybrids Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 1 page)
	Treading Lightly toward Calgary's Future Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 20K / 2 pages)
	Canada Needs Ingenuity to Solve Complex Health Care Problems Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Prescription for Survival: Redefining Big Pharma as Health Care Providers, Not Drug Pushers Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 15K / 2 pages)
	Already it is Dusk: Thoughts on the Need for Nature in the 21st Century Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 90K / 3 pages)
	Business in Vancouver - Op Ed Short-term Corporate Thinking Shortchanges Society Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 10K / 2 pages)
	Pique News Magazine - Letter Sustainability is Dynamic Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 7K / 1 page)
	Embedding Sustainability in the Business of City Government: An Opportunity for Seattle Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 865K / 10 pages)
	Strategy and Design Download the presentation (Powerpoint: 238K)
	Ecological Integrity and the Green Business Hypothesis: A Tiger by the Tale Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 21K / 6 pages)
	The Gordian Knot Revisited: Thoughts on Sustainability and the Search for an Epistemological Sword Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 32K / 7 pages)
	Commentary on Saint-Exupery's Geography Lesson: Art and Science in the Creation and Cultivation of Landscape Values Read the paper (HTML format) Download a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file: 20K / 4 pages)

Selected Presentations and Speeches

	Linking Pollution Prevention & Strategy for 21st Century Business Success - Closing Address to 10th Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable , Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 15, 2006...[read]
	Down to Zero: Waste Reduction and the Art of the Possible - Keynote Speech to Recycling Council of British Columbia 32nd Annual Conference , Sun Peaks Resort, BC. June 1, 2006...[read]
	Green Really is the Color of Money - Green Business Summit Keynote Speech, Vancouver, BC. November 3, 2005...[read]
	Seeing the World with New Eyes: Hortus Cultura in a Discordant Age - Keynote Address for: Sustainable Horticulture Think Tank Kwantlen University College, Langley, British Columbia. June 14, 2005...[read]
	Into the Great Wide Open: Landscape Architecture and Design in an Era of Economic, Social and Environmental Change - Keynote Address for: Water Sensitive Ecological Planning and Design Symposium Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. February 25 - 27, 2000...[read]
	Measuring What Matters - Powerpoint Presentation...[view]
	Strategy, Sustainabilty and Competitive Advantage - Powerpoint Presentation...[view]