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Milan With The Family Business Network

John Elkington · 9 June 2018 · Leave a Comment

Inside the hotel in Milan – a slight sense of being a souped-up prison
An usual map projection at the Zambon conference centre
Outside the venue where we did the FBN event
Inside the company’s museum
Display in front of where we spoke
Playful as we relax after the first day
The sun sets
And having set

Flew to Milan on Thursday with Louise to speak at a Family Business Network event, hosted by Zambon. Great fun – and the session I did with Jonny Wates seemed to go down very well.

Various people, including Caroline Snow, recalled a 2011 event I did in Singapore, which was the kick-off point for their Polaris program. Built around the Triple Bottom Line, so there was a degree of shock in the room when I said we were considering a TBL ‘product recall’ to get ready for the 25th anniversary in 2019, to prepare the concept for the next 25 years.

A magic moment on the BA flight back the London City airport. The coffee was disgusting, so I didn’t drink it. Should have. The stewardess promptly knocked it into my lap, instant incontinence. Massive apologies and a dry-cleaning slip, but I could have done without that – having got up around 04.30 to get the the flight.

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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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