BSR Report 2010: Redefining Leadership
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Letter From the CEO
The State of Sustainable Business
Our Impact and Case Studies
Our Challenges
Videos
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Our People: Staff Profile
More About Kirk
Kirk Long, Director, Information Technology | San Francisco office
What is your role at BSR?
I provide global technology leadership to support BSR. But what I do on a daily basis is not just about technology; it’s about understanding what makes another department tick. I am an extrovert, and I enjoy talking with my colleagues about how I can make their work lives more efficient and productive.
Measuring Our Individual Impact: Three Questions for BSR Staff Members.
Depending on whom you ask, you’ll get a very different response to the question, “What do you do at BSR?” To provide a sense of the various ways we accomplish this, we asked several BSR staff—in each of the regions where we have offices—three questions.
How do you measure the impact of your work?
One personal metric is that my colleagues still like working with me. I feel a sense of value when coworkers ask me about something they need and use information technology in the solution.
What’s the biggest impact you experienced in your work at BSR in 2010?
My colleagues have told me their day-today life is easier because of my efforts, which means a lot considering BSR staff’s busy travel schedules. Over 95 percent of our staff have laptops. They’re not at their desks from 9 to 5; they’re in a hotel room, or an airport terminal, or a taxi. Technology enables them to work on sustainability from anywhere in the world, at any time.
