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My drinking challenge during ZeroPlasticWeek
The first couple of days of Zero Plastic Week went well – but I was unprepared for a quick day trip to London. Lots of drinks available in glass and cartons, but water was hard to come by without plastic. Fortunately, the place where I bought water as part of my on-the-go lunch had a recycling…
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We are all astronauts of Space Ship Earth
On May 18, 2014, the Netherlands lost its first astronaut, Wubbo Ockels. All Dutch news networks reported extensively on his life – as an astronaut and as a sustainability pioneer. He does not seem to be well-known outside of the Netherlands, as most posts in English are about his 7 days in space. Looking upon Planet…
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So many books; so little time!
There are so many books about sustainability and embedding it into business. A quick search on Amazon with the combination of sustainability and business yields close to 8000 entries! Instead of sifting through them all, I decided to just venture into the local library – which has an excellent management collection – and see what…
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If we all share a little, we can change a lot!
The power of positive change is so inspiring. Last week I had the pleasure to join 100+ young consultants from Accenture Netherlands during their team building day. They were not spending the day away from the office building boats or playing a survival game in rainy weather. Instead, they came to a central location to…
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Applying Kotter’s Leading Change against Climate Change
“Leading Change” by John Kotter, was written in 1995, but its eight step process for leading change in organizations is so clear and useful, that it is no surprise that three versions of it pop up on the first page of search results on Amazon when searching for books on change management. This blog post…
