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I Join The Crowd

John Elkington · 5 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

Delacroix's 'La Liberté guidant le peuple,' celebrating the 1830 revolution
Delacroix’s ‘La Liberté guidant le peuple,’ celebrating the 1830 revolution

Wonderful evening with The Crowd at The Art of Change event.

Introduced by Jim Woods and chaired by Catherine Cameron, the event featured three panellists who spoke after my presentation: Richard Gillies, on his lessons from Kingfisher & M&S; Kate Millar, on how the Barclays ‘Lens’ brings society into major business decisions; and Tim Brooks, on the process that led to Lego committing to removing crude-oil-based plastics from its supply chain by 2030.

The first image in my keynote is shown above: it was only after I had dropped it into the slide background that I noticed the pubic hair, but death is no respecter of our vanities.

Then on, with Jim, the speakers and the sponsors, to a delightful dinner at Manicomio City, overlooking the rain sluicing down outside in the silvery darkness of Gutter Lane.

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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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