Once upon a time… Part 3
Once upon a time in a hackerspace really not that far away… Every day Norman Hacker and Dorien Hacker turn up to their local hackerspace and work together to build […]
Tag Archives: Innovation
Sustainia100: inspiring change through possibilities
Aiming to “make sustainable solutions and products fashionable, desirable and inspiring,” Sustainia’s annual list of 100 sustainable innovations is an invigorating relief from the usual doom and gloom. Full of fascinating and inspiring […]
A 2nd challenge and an invitation – Can you beat the peak?
A challenge: Nesta is currently looking for smart data solutions to give the UK better management of peak electricity demand*. This is in the form of a challenge, with a […]
Ellen MacArthur Foundation: CE 100 Summit 2013
Last week I attended the Ellen MacArthur Foundation CE100 Annual Summit Royal Institution, London. It bought together leading global thought leaders, academics, companies and practitioners to discuss the most current […]
Profiting from disruption – technology is changing our world
More than 2000 women (and a few brave men) sat in the dark for 3 hours yesterday, in a Barbican hall. They were gathered for the 12th Deutschebank Women in […]
Essential reading for system change super-heros
Volans recently released a new report on ‘breakthrough’ capitalism. This inspirational report is a toolkit for anybody wanting to understand and shift the existing staus quo towards a future that […]
Lighting up tomorrow: Nesta showcases breakthrough energy innovation
One out of five people in the world has no access to energy. That is about 1.3 billion people with no lighting for working, studying or socialising out of daylight […]
In Defence of Incrementalism
The late Neil Armstrong always emphasised that the race to the moon was a relay race, with the lunar landing at its apex. Every prior mission did as many new […]
bRIC With a Small ‘b’: Rethinking Business Models for the Emerging Middle Class
In 2012 Brazil overtook the UK as the world’s 6th largest economy, moving closer to meeting the expectations set by the novelist Stefan Zweig in 1942, when he said that “Brazil […]
Sustainability & ‘Profits’ – Part 2
So with all the festivities a week has turned into a month, but here is the second part of my blog on the practical application of sustainability values in order […]
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