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Tales from the Yorkshire Dales

19th July 2010

Just back from a superb 2 week holiday in the Yorkshire Dales. Askrigg, where we stayed, has its own bakery, microbrewery and dairy, loads of...

Reminder… free training next week

15th July 2010

If you want to experience half a day of me teaching you the fundamentals of green business, you have two opportunities next week, both in...

Creative Destruction and Sustainability

13th July 2010

Probably the biggest single challenge I face is persuading people to stop doing what they're doing and do something new. They nod and agree, most...

There's efficiency and there's efficiency…

8th July 2010

Here's a great quote from the late management guru of all management gurus, Peter Drucker: There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which...

Don't forget…

6th July 2010

...you can catch me today talking about sustainability, teleconferencing and telecommuting on the virtual working summit. It's completely free, just register and listen any time...

Hooray, hooray…

2nd July 2010

... I'm off on my holidays tomorrow. We're spending a fortnight in Askrigg in the Yorkshire Dales - same house as last year as we...

Green Behaviour vs Green Technology

30th June 2010

Politicians love green technology - they can portray a bright new future, with millions of jobs created in high tech industries producing clean energy, efficient...

Fear of Failure: Soccer & Sustainability

28th June 2010

Another World Cup, another round of disappointment, anger and dismay as a group of individually talented English players fail to play to their potential and crash...

Chris Jofeh on Green Buildings

25th June 2010

On Monday I interviewed Chris Jofeh of Arup for the Green Executive. This was a real milestone as it is the last of the 18...

Free Green Business Workshops, July 2010

23rd June 2010

Next month I'll be delivering two workshops on behalf of Business Link in the North East of England. Here are the details: The Secrets of...

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