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Green Business Is Just A Fad

22nd July 2011

I'm taking a day off today, so I've handed over the reins of Green Business Confidential to special guest Hugh Jim Pakt, CEO of DirtyCorp...

When the going gets tough…

20th July 2011

Regular readers will know that three days a week I go for a run along the Ouseburn river valley up into Jesmond Dene and back...

Storytelling

18th July 2011

I was delighted at the weekend to be sent this amazing picture by Melvin Redeker of him reading The Green Executive while on a kayaking...

Living in the Real World…

15th July 2011

When I first got started in this business I used to get patronised a lot. "It would be nice to [be greener]," these grey haired...

Green Business Confidential: Stretch Yourself

13th July 2011

Here's the latest Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "Stretch Yourself" - it's about how incremental targets are a false friend. Or, you can download it...

Leadership vs Management

11th July 2011

The central theme of my latest book, The Green Executive, is that 'green' has been elevated from environmental management to business leadership. But what does...

Don't Print This E-mail…

8th July 2011

Why do people still include "Think of the environment, Don't print this e-mail unless you really have to." in the thicket of information in their...

Integrating sustainability into the DNA of your organisation

4th July 2011

How do you actually embed sustainability into the DNA of your organisation? Well according to my Sustainability Maturity Model (above - click to enlarge), you...

Think like a 4 year old. Why? Read on…

1st July 2011

My eldest, Harry, is four and a bit years old and like most kids of his age, he's the king of the cheeky killer question,...

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