He made his original comments directly in front of the Garden, which, as you might imagine, has its corporate response.
Groups that do not consider themselves mainstream were pleasantly surprised by the corporate response.
The forces of change may be moving rapidly but the corporate response is slower, says Collis.
Apple Computer (using the historical name) was a common example of the corporate immune response in action.
"I think their response has been a knee-jerk corporate defensive response," he said.
That has now shaped the political and corporate response.
Call it Phase 2 of the corporate response to global warming.
The corporate response was such that after a successful conference a surplus of $250,000 was available for the future.
Still, there may have been an early breakdown in communications between the two companies that caused a delay in the corporate response.
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