I’m just back from our annual family half-term camping trip to Wooler in Northumberland. Every year for the last five years we’ve stayed at the same campsite and walked the same two walks. And every year the kids have an amazing experience – climbing hills, playing in streams, riding their bikes without helmets (woo!) – all the stuff we’re told modern kids never do anymore because they’re stuck in front of a screen (they’re getting their iPad retox upstairs as I type).

It struck me last night as I took the above photo of Mrs K and Charlie that these experiences will be the ones the kids will cherish when they’re my age. We never forget times like those, do we?

If you want to engage anybody in anything, giving them an experience is probably the deepest emotional connection you can make. I was an armchair environmentalist until I witnessed ecological devastation in Arctic Russia (I could taste the acid rain). I’ve met industrialists who got the green bug during a duty of care visit to their waste contractor. My local Nestlé factory loaned electric cars to employees to lower their fear of new technology. All my employee engagement work involves getting people to work through the problems themselves, so they can experience their own workplace issues. You simply cannot beat the power of experience.

So, how will you give your colleagues a positive Sustainability experience they will never forget?