Lucky for me I have friends who tell me to do better — My dear friend Eva messaged me the other day to say my TD Matereality video brief was painfully impenetrable. I’m paraphrasing of course — she is far more kind and tactful — but I doubled back to have a look. Oof! She was so right. …

And it can’t be outsourced either — (This piece was first spoken, unscripted. Below is the transcript, with audio and video links.) I’m going to try to talk myself out of the rafters. I have this feeling that industry wants to buy its way out of the reality we’re in. That’s why consultants get paid a lot…

“Where do you think I can make the most positive difference in my work?” It’s a common question these days, growing in urgency. I have more questions than answers in response when I get asked this. I recently found a memo to myself that I sketched out last year trying…

The long run One day in October 2020 I went for a run along the St. Lawrence River. My plan was to explore its banks more closely than I could zooming past in a car or train, and to hold a few questions as I went. Not expecting any particular answers, I wasn’t…

What follows is a transcript of the above recorded dialogue featuring Adan Rodrigo Trolesi Pereira and Antonio (Toninho) Mates Pereira. This is part 2 of a 3-part speaker series piloted by the Global Regeneration CoLab in 2021. (Full YouTube playlist here.) As Quilombolas in Brazil they have a unique…

The most extraordinary thing happened to me on my flight home the other day: I found the joyful part of saudade. I was fortunate to have the combination of a window seat, daylight hours and amazing visibility during a flight from São Paulo, Brazil with a stopover in Bogotá…

[This article originally appeared on the blog on Nov 27, 2019] Keynote Presentation, September 24, 2019 Circular Economy Event, Confederação Nacional de Indústria (CNI) São Paulo, Brazil Presentation is in Portuguese. An English transcript follows. Thank you, and good morning to everyone. Thank you to you all for being here…