Cobblers…
It was a crucial workshop for an high profile new client. I got to the venue in good time, found my seminar room, tweaked the...
Just A Little Breathing, Surely
Nov 30, 2011
One of my favourite moments of many in the comedy classic Fawlty Towers is when Basil Fawlty is cornered by the two gushing old ladies...
Creativity and Sustainability
Nov 18, 2011
In my book The Green Executive, I concluded that three personal qualities were required of green business leaders: resilience, a bias to action and enthusiasm....
Green Academy: CSR and Stakeholder Webinars
Nov 15, 2011
We will be holding two Green Academy on-line sessions on 7 December 2011. Each session lasts for one hour. You need access to a computer...
Shock Tactics Can Backfire
Nov 14, 2011
During one of my recent sessions on culture change for sustainability, a very earnest young lady asked me about the use of shock tactics to...
Sustainability in Broadcasting @ the BBC
Nov 4, 2011
I spent yesterday at the BBC's Productions That Don't Cost the Earth seminar. My role was to run a workshop to train the Beeb's sustainability...
Making sustainability relevant to stakeholders
Oct 26, 2011
Everyone who has tried to spread the green message has come up against the wall of indifference. What's wrong with people? Don't they understand the...
The deadliest word…
Oct 17, 2011
The word I like to hear least when I'm working with a client or a group of businesspeople is "but...". "But" creeps in like a...
Treehuggers won't save the world
Oct 14, 2011
There's an old joke about engineers and their pragmatism: An optimist says the glass is half full; A pessimist says the glass is half empty;...
It won't happen by magic…
Oct 7, 2011
I am very saddened by a large organisation I know well which has lost its way on sustainability. It had been rated best in class by...