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No Speed Limit Anymore

John Elkington · 23 May 2009 · Leave a Comment

No Speed Limit Any More No Speed Limit Anymore

Girding my loins to fly to Copenhagen this afternoon, I have been tidying up, among other things uploading recent photographs from my camera to my laptop.  When Doug Miller of GlobeScan asked me last night at dinner in Whit’s how I was feeling, the answer was/is that after a period of wanting to hold back as the downturn took serious hold, partly because I thought that any approach to possible partners and clients would lead to stonewalling, I’m now beginning to feel much more open to the world and to opportunity.  

Speaking to a Brazilian visitor yesterday, who had been reading the Volans Flyer, I underscored my faith in serendipity (a word that features prominently on the front of the Flyer), if the conditions are prepared, and she agreed.

A year in to Volans, I’m beginning to feel a mood coming on that aligns with the card Sam gave me as we began to set up the new organisation, NO SPEED LIMIT ANYMORE.  And the strapline: ‘Go as fast as you want, like in Germany’. Though I hate German driving styles, nose-to-tail at close to warp speed, the sentiment is exactly right. The time has come to get ourselves organised and put our feet to the floor.

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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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