Solutions For Success: A, B, C
Successful solutions for you to choose from or combine.
Some of the examples are for personal success.
Personal success increases your ability to create other successes.
Some examples are for understanding situations.
Understanding helps you choose effective solutions.
Some examples appear in more than one category.
Make your success more likely by following a path to spectacular success and
using the 26 ingredients for spectacular success.
Paula M. Kramer adds new examples as she finds them.
Adolescents / Teenagers
“Bolivia — The Zebras Of La Paz”
Caroline Joyner
Just One For The Road
January 12, 2021
“Green Works in Kansas City”
Green Works Kansas City
“Iceland cuts teen drinking with curfews, youth centers”
Egill Bjarnason
AP News
July 31, 2016
“This Chicago Couple Turns Vacant Lots into Flower Farms, Employs Local Youth as Florists: ‘There’s Hope’
Wendy Grossman Kantor
People Magazine
November 30, 2022
“This theater director gets at the big issues of the day – with young actors”
The Christian Science Monitor
Isabelle de Pommereau
June 8, 2017
Agriculture
“5 Ways To Solve Your Labor Problems”
Laurie Potter
Successful Farming
September 1, 2009
“Brazil farming co-op carves a sustainable path through agribusiness stronghold”
Shanna Hanbury
Mongabay
October 11, 2021
“Community-based seeds banks in Nepal help conserve native species”
Abhaya Raj Joshi
Mongabay
July 14, 2022
“Crocus blooms in the living room? Kashmir’s saffron farmers get creative.”
Aakash Hasson
The Christian Science Monitor
February 6, 2023
Radio Programs For Small Farms
Bees
“That Buzz on City Rooftops? Beekeeping Is Going Corporate”
Luca Matteucci
CityLab
January 7, 2022
Behavior
DISC Behavior Styles & Spranger Guiding Values
“Good trash”
The Economist
May 5, 2011
Benefits & Resources
Biodiversity
“How tree cover can offer shortcut to estimating biodiversity”
Rowena Lindsay
The Christian Science Monitor
October 25, 2016
Science + Society For Solutions
Biosphere Reserve
“Gishwati-Mukura National Park Named A Biosphere Reserve”
Republic of Rwanda
Business
“Best Buy’s simple strategy for beating shoplifting: More workers in stores”
November 24, 2023
CNN
Employees Forced to Return to the Office Quit—In Droves
Lynne Curry
Workplace Coach Blog
August 8, 2023
“Not sure where all your money is going? Try asking the people who spend it. In late 2001, faced with rapidly shrinking revenue computer storage giant EMC turned to employees to help reduce costs. CFO Bill Teuber created the Office for Cost Efficiency, a cross functional team led by his finance department. And in a company wide memo, he asked everyone for ideas. Since then, 2000 suggestions have poured in—100 have actually been put into action, yielding total savings of more than $17 million. Here are a few:”
Summarized
$200,000 a year
Handing out paychecks instead of mailing them
$200,000 a year
Centralizing coffee suppliers
$240,000 a year
Replacing taxi voucher program with expense form reimbursements
$25,000
Opening unopened boxes in a warehouse
$100,000 a year
Recycling office supplies within the company
“Employee Savings Plan”
Jennifer Esty
Fast Company Magazine
June 2004: Page 38.
“Employers: You Don’t Need to Bring Employees Back to the Office to Build a Culture”
Lynne Curry
Workplace Coach Blog
October 3, 2023
“Haier: A Maker’s Culture”
Danah Zohar
Springer Link
December 11, 2021
“How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book”
Laurel Wamsley
NPR
October 30, 2018
“How to Improve the Registered Apprenticeship System”
Curran McSwigan
Third Way
October 26, 2023
Is It Time You Rose To The Challenge?
Lynne Curry
Workplace Coach Blog
September 12, 2023
“Morning Star’s Success Story: No Bosses, No Titles, No Structural Hierarchy”
Joost Minnaar
Corporate Rebels
November 14, 2016
“Shattering the status quo: A conversation with Haier’s Zhang Ruimin”
Aaron De Smet
Richard Steele
Haimeng Zhang
McKinsey & Company
July 27, 2021
“Shoplifting is on the rise. So are solutions.”
Stephen Humphries
The Christian Science Monitor
July 24, 2023
“Unhappy Employees: Fix the Problem by Changing the Workplace”
Lynne Curry
Workplace Coach Blog
December 12, 2023
“Workday Dead Zone & The Triple Peak Workday”
Lynne Curry
Workplace Coach Blog
July 25, 2023
“The World’s Most Pioneering Company Of Our Times”
Joost Minnoor
Corporate Rebels
January 31, 2018
Carbon Emissions
Calculate Your Carbon Emissions
Census
“Erasing Stigmas: Women workers’ unique right, and an inclusive census”
4. Pakistan
Nick Roll
The Christian Science Monitor
March 28, 2023
Children
“7 Steps for Teaching Toddlers to Pretend”
Teach Me To Talk, The Podcast
2019
“If you can’t say it, write it: French kids reveal abuse”
Sylvie Corbet
Associated Press
November 1, 2022
“Why a conservative Florida county raised taxes to help children”
Stephanie Hanes
The Christian Science Monitor
April 8 2022
Climate
“Climate crisis as change agent? For Israel and Jordan, a warmer peace.”
Taylor Luck and Dina Kraft
The Christian Science Monitor
November 9, 2021
“Cutting emissions still matters. But carbon capture rises as a battlefront.”
Amanda Paulson
The Christian Science Monitor
September 19, 2018
“How to cool cities, from heat officers to pavement sunscreen”
Sarah Matusek
The Christian Science Monitor
August 3, 2022
Planning for Urban Heat Resilience
Ladd Keith, PhD
Sara Meerow, PhD
PAS Report 600
April 6, 2022
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Community
“In Jordan, mourning matters. This app keeps funeral-goers on task.”
Taylor Luck
The Christian Science Monitor
November 20, 2019
Conspiracy Theories
“What Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban Understand About Your Brain”
Marcel Danesi
Politico
July 30, 2023
Crime
Award winning High Point, North Carolina police department strategy to eliminate drug markets
“How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking”
Christopher Johnston
The Christian Science Monitor
July 9, 2017
“In Italy, how one cooperative is trying to counter the Mafia’s influence”
Sara Manisera
The Christian Science Monitor
June 20, 2018
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Updated December 20, 2023.
