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Whale of a Time at MOMA

John Elkington · 13 December 2009 · Leave a Comment

As I prepare 5th Avenue to the Apple Store As I prepare 5th Avenue to the Apple Store Whale skeleton in MOMA Whale skeleton in MOMA Brigitte Brigitte Mechanical dragonfly Mechanical dragonfly MOMA view MOMA view 1 Calder mobile Calder mobile Whale, again Whale, again Reminiscent of Star Wars Reminiscent of Star Wars Giamcometti shadow Giamcometti shadow Monet 1 Monet 1 Monet 10 Monet 10 MOMA view 2 MOMA view 2

Back this morning from New York, where I had spent Friday with the Nestle Creating Shared Value Advisory Board. Some of the time was spent on developing a CSV paper by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, some on a new CSV Prize, to be announced next year, and part on a major CSV event, again for next year. Yesterday, I spent a fair few hours out and about, including a visit to MOMA, where I loved the Gabriel Orozco whale. But, for me at least, the runaway highlight was spending time in the Monet gallery, where the sheer scale and ambition of his water lily paintings really drew me in. Wonderful how the fingerlings and larger fish flit below the surface of the paint.

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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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