“The best boss I ever had” is a phrase most of us have said or heard at some point, but what does it mean? What sets the great boss apart from the average boss? While there are as many styles of management as there are managers, there is one quality that sets truly great managers apart from the rest: they discover what is unique about each person and then capitalize on it. Effective managers realize they are not managing people, they are managing the potential of those people. Average managers play checkers, while great managers play chess. Great managers know and value the unique abilities and even the eccentricities of their employees, and they learn how best to integrate them into a coordinated plan of attack.
his photographic work translates the issues marine wildlife is facing in regards to marine pollution by creating a human analogy on plastic ingestion and entanglement.” (Carroll, 2017)
The use of plastics and rope used to portray human struggling emphasises the fact we must cooperate more to eradicate marine suffocation.
Likewise, many textile companies are successfully working towards a sustainable future. Brands have an obligation within society to revaluate our plastic uses and investigate ecological products which benefit the economy. (Anderson, 2017) One company who are strongly working towards this goal is ‘The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’. They work alongside government and businesses with a clear focus in mind:
“Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. One that is restorative and regenerative by design.” (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017)
Their five main centre points include Education, Business and Government, Insight and Analysis, Systemic Initiatives and Communications.
These aims highlight the importance of working together for positive change and inspire others to gain knowledge on the future of our planet.
Additionally, another prosperous company includes ‘Sea2See’ which was started by Francois van den Abeele. The fashion brand creates sunglasses made completely from discarded fishing nets in Spain. They want to be the ambassadors for change by ‘creating a global consciousness regarding the issue of sea contamination.’ The company was awarded Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 and they have increased the business on a global scale to more than eight countries. (Sea2See, 2017) This is a tremendous success which inevitably illustrates a positive example for other brands to aspire to.
Furthermore, ‘Supercyclers’ are an expanding group of designers who focus their methods on generating a renewable future and changing our approaches to scrap materials. Their 2015 collection ‘Marine Debris Bakelite’ sets an example of quality and purpose by creating beautiful products from originally discarde
