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Accelerating change – three things I learned at Future Investment Initiative 2021
Ongoing attempts to contain the Covid19 pandemic meant that many of the big events that…
Five things I learned from interviewing Allan Pease
Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Allan Pease, communications guru at the Recovery…
1 week -> MC & moderator in 3 conferences; FIA mobility and sport conference, The Recovery Summit, Transition Forum – Here’s what I learned
So it is Friday and I am now looking back over what has been a rather busy week. With June still…
On the UN World Day to combat Desertification and Drought – what can tech do to solve water shortages?
Today, June 17th is the UN’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. It really is a…
Three places at once – the FIA, Recovery Summit and Transition Forum
This week is one of those where I have ended up in three places at once, virtually of course. It…
A date for your diary – The Recovery Summit
When is the last time your conversation with someone didn’t involve the word ‘pandemic?’ I’ve…
How do we design a post-Covid world?
What will the future of the world be like post Covid-19? Take your pick of crystal ball forecasts.…
How do we build back better post Covid-19?
How do we come back from this? Not since World War II has so much of the world been so shattered by…
Managing Under Uncertainty – Expert tips for business leaders as they seek to thrive in a crisis
So with a fair chunk of the world of Covid19 lockdown for at least another month we have plenty of…
Four more ways to improve your video conferencing presentation skills
We’re over three weeks into Lockdown, though it feels like three months. Or is it three years? I’ve…
Four techniques to improve your video conferencing presentation skills
(or, how to Zoom your way through Covid-19) I’m doing online communication training courses -…
Six things I learned from my time at Kakuma refugee camp with iamtheCODE
I spent five days in Kakuma refugee camp on an iamtheCODE.org mission. The organisation has…
Six truly inspirational women – for International Women’s Day
On Sunday it is International Women’s Day. I will be celebrating with the girls of Kakuma refugee…
Thinking the unthinkable. Radical solutions for climate change – we got ‘em!
Nothing like some trolling by people whose side you’re on to make you feel good. Earlier in the…
Meet iamtheCODE
I am excited that at the beginning of March I am travelling to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to…
BP’s net zero plans and KKR’s new impact fund. Stepping stones towards Global Goals?
I am taking a moment to examine the two huge Global Goals related news stories in the past 48…
Is COP26 in Glasgow our last shot at a meaningful cut in carbon emissions? Christiana Figueres interview
Leadership Matters! Within the gossip and mud throwing around the sacking of Claire O’Neill from…
Climate Change at Davos 2020 – nine key voices (videos)
At Davos 2020 I was fortunate enough to speak to a wide variety of interesting, knowledgeable and…
Davos 2020: AI, Greta, changing capitalism and women on the moon…
It’s fairly easy to write Davos off as the place where billionaires go to meet other billionaires…
Climate change, Gen-Z, Stakeholder Capitalism – the key themes for Davos 2020
So here we are hurtling towards the end of January and that can only mean one thing - it is time…
Mark Carney makes the financial case for tackling climate change
I believe that in 2020 we’ll hear a lot more about what I consider to be the most important issue…
2020 – are we on a Highway to Hell?
As AC/DC memorably sang a few decades ago - are we on a Highway to Hell? Well sometimes I……
The 2019 election – a new dawn in the UK’s battle against climate change?
Notable for its staggering lack of leadership from governments, COP25 failed to deliver. “The point…
New Global GoalsCast – can companies save the planet?
As you may know through Greta Thunberg’s boating escapades, the interjection from the Pope, and the…
Q and A with Ibrahim Kondeh – one migrant’s journey
“I didn’t become strong because I wanted to: I became strong because I had to." Map of Ibrahim’s…
How technology is tackling the slave trade
In 1807 William Wilberforce, along with many supporters, managed to put an end to the Transatlantic…
Can a simple text message change a life? For migrants it can
I am really excited to say that the second part of @globalgoalscast's episode on migration is now…
I’m a migrant too… why we need a new debate on migration
The recent discovery of the bodies of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a truck in Essex has once again…
New Global GoalsCast podcast episode – one migrant’s story
His name is Ibrahim Adnan Kondeh. He is one of thousands of young Africans who have crossed the…
Are you ready for lab grown meat?
Every once in awhile, I give in and have a steak. A lot less than I used to, but sometimes I end up…
