Category Archives: Leadership and Sustainability
Respect Climate: Looking for Smart Climate Solutions
We are a long way off solving the problem of climate change. One need only to think of the string of failed climate negotiations or the recent massive investments in tar sands and shale gas to appreciate this. It is … Continue reading
Modern Management: Making People Dance
In his new book, 21st Century Management: Leadership and Innovation in a Thought Economy, Mats Lindgren argues that modern management must adapt to the Thought Economy. We, in the West, live in a post-industrial world, where information, patents, ideas and … Continue reading
Categories: Business School, Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, News
Ranking of Sweden’s top sustainability figures 2013
A new list of Swedens most influence people in the field of Environment has been published. The new ranking list will give you a deeper insight in the field of opinions, environment and Sustainable Development. The Environmental Dayli’s (owned by IDG) list … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
Green Investment and the Circular Economy
At the World Economic Forum The Green Growth Action Alliance published – The green Investment report some weeks ago.The Green Investment Report is the first report from the Alliance. It aims to inform and inspire policy-makers and public and private finance … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, Political Governance
State-Owned, But on Whose Behalf?
I want to talk to you about TeliaSonera, a telecoms operator, and Vattenfall, an energy company. Both these companies are Swedish. Both are giants in their respective sectors. And both have recently been embroiled in scandals that have cost their … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
Bankrupting Nature
As you may have noticed, a theme I return to time and time again on this blog is the disconnect between the scale of the environmental crisis we face globally – which, arguably could be more devastating, widespread and enduring … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Political Governance, Sustainable Cities
Stockholm Hammarby Sjostad: the next steps
The development of sustainable cities can be approached by many ways. As I discussed in my previous blog, the London Olympics showed how a metropolis can mobilise to promote sustainable practices. But we have a very different example here In … Continue reading
Between isms and values
Human behaviour is often closely linked to the social conditions and moral values. The further down the social ladder people find themselves, the more they are exposed to, and receptive to, social movements based on a certain religions, sects or … Continue reading
Categories: Ethics, Leadership and Sustainability, News
Global problems, local solutions
The unprecedented success of the London 2012 Olympic Games has once again shown the global role that cities now hold.The opening ceremony focused on work and health as it celebrated the community spirit at the heart of the Olympic ideal. … Continue reading
