PROJECTS

  • Partnership is the most under-appreciated and under-rated way of doing business. It upends the kill-or-be-killed mindset so destructively endemic in business; in fact, it is at the heart of what drives capitalism.

    Today, it is a key tool uniquely effective in driving sustainability into and through the world’s largest corporations—giving global scale to planet-saving innovation, while creating entirely new categories of value and revenue.

    How can partnership best be practiced to create exponential value? This series of writings will blend personal experience with rigorous analysis and practical guidance on how partnership can best be practiced today.

  • Emergent builds partnerships between growth businesses, large corporations, and family offices that scale sustainable innovations.

    Emergent helps emerging businesses secure large customers.

    Emergent helps large companies identify and engage emerging businesses that lower their costs and increase their sales.

    And Emergent helps family offices invest in the most exciting emerging businesses.

  • Swell Energyis a clean energy platform that makes it easy for consumers and utilities to adopt modern alternatives to traditional energy technology.

    For consumers, Swell is a one-stop shop for home batteries and solar PV, which it offers as-a-service with zero upfront cost, providing homeowners with cleaner, more secure and more affordable power.

    For utilities, Swell deploys DERs in accordance with utility needs, and aggregates its customers and assets into virtual power plants that provide targeted grid services, offsetting the need for new power plants and costly distribution system upgrades.