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MRI Scan

John Elkington · 29 May 2023 · Leave a Comment

Across to UCH this morning for an MRI scan, following a recent check-up at Moorfields Eye Hospital which had showed evidence of a recent stroke in one of my eyes. Here the doctor took me through the scans when they were done and processed.

He literally ‘flew’ me through may brain, which was beyond fascinating. When the journey seemed to have stopped I said, ‘Well that looks fine.’ No, he replied. ‘You”ve got a hole in your brain.’ And there it was. A lacune, filled with cerebrospinal fluid. Apparently formed when a stroke cuts off blood supply to part of the brain.

Ah, I thought, that explains all the things that go missing in my head.

Spotted the pillar box cosy on my way home and it nicely caught my mood somewhere between reflection, exuberance and landing on a new moon. When I had said to the doctor that I was reassured that there was so much redundancy hardwired into the human brain, he asked me what job I was in. Told him the truth, but didn’t say I try to get into other people’s brains and rewire them.

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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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