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Volans embraces the Phoenix Economy

John Elkington · 19 November 2008 · Leave a Comment

An almost blank sheet - and an incentive An almost blank sheet – and an incentive

Monday and Tuesday of this week were largely spent in a full-team Volans retreat at 2 Bloomsbury Place.  A number of us were either feeling pretty whacked with travel and/or suffering from flu, but with Charmian in the chair we made a great deal of progress.  One development I was particularly pleased with was the unanimous adoption of the Phoenix Economy concept as an organising framework for much of our work, something I have been working on fairly continuously as I have winged around the world in recent weeks.  Ale(jandro) and I also made a good deal of progress on our Pathways to Scale approach and methodology, with some great new thinking on how that can now play out.

Much of the team in main room Much of the team in main room   Charmian, Ale and Pamela Charmian, Ale and Pamela   Macs are beginning to take over Macs may be beginning to take over   Pamela and Kevin Pamela and Kevin   Sam's version of what the world looks like to me - with my pupils dilated by eye specialist this afternoon Sam’s version of what world looks like to me – with pupils dilated by eye specialist this afternoon   Allen (Tan), Smita and Kevin Allen (Tan), Smita and Kevin   Kevin does The Phoenix Kevin does The Phoenix

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. He is currently Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.

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