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Virgin Disruptors

John Elkington · 26 June 2015 · Leave a Comment

Captain Scott keeps a weary eye on the morning proceedings
Captain Scott keeps a weary eye on the morning proceedings
The Next Decade of Good Disruptions begins
The Next Decade of Good Disruptions begins
The band moves into the audience
The band moves into the audience
Serenading Andrea
Serenading Andrea
After the warm-up act: Johan Rockström on planetary boundaries
After the warm-up act: Johan Rockström on planetary boundaries

Spent the day at the Royal Geographical Society, first for an off-the-record meeting of Virgin Aeronauts, where Jochen Zeitz and I did a well received session, all the time under the gaze of Captain Scott, the ill-fated Antarctic explorer. Then, in the afternoon, we moved across to a 500-person event on the theme The Next Decade of Good Disruptions. Met lots of people I knew – and a fair few I didn’t, always welcome. Key inputs from Johan Rockström and Jeremy Rifkin.

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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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