We can’t bore our way to sustainability
A couple of weeks ago, I was at one of those parties where you kind of know a lot of people, but don't know anybody...
On sustainability, feelings beat facts. Fact.
Apr 7, 2015
Last week we had another fantastic turnout for our annual Green Academy on employee engagement for sustainability. There were some really big names taking part –...
My Sustainability Brain Dump
Mar 23, 2015
I was interviewed by Anthony Day for his weekly Sustainable Futures Show podcast recently and we had a great old chin wag which covered a...
The easy road to employee engagement for sustainability
Jan 16, 2015
OK, cards on the table time. I am a very frustrated man. Frustrated because employee engagement/behavioural change is critically important; Frustrated because everybody says that...
Nurse your employee engagement with combined benefits
Jan 14, 2015
As part of a piece of work for one of our NHS clients, I've been working my way through the organisation's latest sustainability strategy documents. I...
Green Communications: Are you speaking to the right audience?
Dec 8, 2014
Last Friday saw the last Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting of 2015 - we were discussing green communications. I'll be posting some of the multitude...
Winter is coming*… or is it?
Nov 24, 2014
My eldest son, Harry, is doing a project at school entitled 'The Angry Earth.' Last night over dinner he suddenly shouted "I hate global...
We are all ethical – until we go to work…
Nov 21, 2014
Interesting piece of research doing the rounds in the media where they found that bankers were more honest when they weren't thinking about being bankers. This...
Horses for (Sustainability) Courses
Oct 15, 2014
In my executive coaching, I try to adhere to the Socratic/pull model where you guide the coachee along with a series of searching questions. The...
Sustainability: It’s not us against them
Sep 26, 2014
I've been blogging a lot about the politics of sustainability recently. As a part-time politician myself, I know that politics should be a battle of...