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Roads Back to Singapore

John Elkington · 22 January 2011 · Leave a Comment

Five intense days

Welcomed to the Old Barracks Welcomed to the Old Barracks Allen, Amy, Kevin, me Allen, Amy, Kevin, me Illuminated trees Illuminated trees Darth Vader, Jonathan Kua and team at EDB Darth Vader, Jonathan Kua and team at EDB I erupt from a flower-pot, or similar I erupt from a flower-pot, or similar Street sculpture Street sculpture Aerial view Aerial view Aerial view 2, with Amy Aerial view 2, with Amy Me, up there, taken by Amy Me, up there, taken by Amy Singapore at night, by Amy Singapore at night, by Amy Botanical Gardens 1 Botanical Gardens 1 Botanical Gardens 2 Botanical Gardens 2 Botanical Gardens 3 Botanical Gardens 3 Botanical Gardens 4 Botanical Gardens 4 Botanical Gardens 5 Botanical Gardens 5 Fish 1 Fish 1 Fish 2 Fish 2, taken by Amy

Amy (Birchall) and I have spent five days intensively cross-crossing Singapore, speaking at events for the likes of the Civil Service College, the Lien Centre, the CSR Compact and INSEAD. Covered part of the story in a blog for The Guardian here. Among others we met were the Economic Development Board, the Family Business Network and Unilever. A great deal of interest in the city-state in having us back and in our developing Volans Asia 2.0.

On the more social side, we kicked off with a great dinner with Kevin Teo and Allen Tan, former colleagues at Volans Asia. Although we were kept pretty stretched during the week, Amy and I also managed to get up to the top of the extraordinary Marina Bay complex on evening, and – on my final morning – to the Botanical Gardens, where we unexpectedly, but delightfully, bumped into Sumi Dhanaran, who we had been working with earlier in the week on the Civil College Service event.

Civil Service event, taken by Amy Civil Service College event, taken by Amy Lien Centre event, taken by Amy Lien Centre event, taken by Amy On screen promotion, INSEAD On screen promotion, INSEAD, taken by Amy After SingTel and CSR Compact event After SingTel and CSR Compact event, Amy giving me ears With Sumi in Botanical Gardens, taken by Amy With Sumi in Botanical Gardens, taken by Amy

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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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