What I learnt on my travels…
I'm writing this post on the train down to Cambridge to finish off a manic three days which has taken in Harrogate, Southampton and next,...
7 Signs Your Sustainability Programme Is Working
Oct 8, 2010
Here are seven tell-tale signs that you are winning: 1. It gets discussed enthusiastically at board level; 2. You hear people talking about sustainability in...
Green Business Confidential Ep3: The Challenge Ahead
Sep 24, 2010
Here's the third Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "The Challenge Ahead", for your listening pleasure: Or, you can download it here and listen on your...
An Olympian Task
Sep 10, 2010
Yesterday I was a guest speaker at a LloydsTSB event about sustainability and the 2012 Olympics. LloydsTSB are the official bank of the games, so...
We can help you with that…
Aug 4, 2010
We often find our clients and potential clients stuck in a quandary. They tell us "we want to do something on sustainability/csr but we're not...
On Leadership
Jun 14, 2010
Two giants of the world's retail stage are standing down: Sirs Terry Leahy of Tesco and Stuart Rose of Marks & Spencer. The two are...
Time for a change…
Mar 3, 2010
... if you've squeezed every efficiency out of a system, but you still aren't where you want to be, then you need to change the...
Beautiful Monday Morning
Feb 15, 2010
I'm on a fast train to Glasgow, streaking up the Northumberland coastal plain. We've just passed Holy Island, its castle and monastic remains beautifully lit...
The Big Picture (and the one bigger than that…)
Jan 15, 2010
I've been writing up my interview with Nick Coad, Environmental Director of National Express, for my next book The Green Executive. He gave a wonderful...
Telling Tales
Oct 19, 2009
Story-telling is a powerful way of creating a compelling vision for the future. When doing backcasting exercises in strategy workshops, I used to get participants...