Volans, a Serendipity Generator
John Elkington
March 1, 2011
Directed by a tweet this morning from Joanna Higgins, who used to be Editor of Director magazine, where I contribute a monthly column, to an HBR... More...
Welcome to a 6-Planet Economy
John Elkington
February 24, 2011
2011 started with a bang for me, as I traveled from Hong Kong to Beijing, from Beijing to Singapore, from Singapore—via Sri Lanka—to Abu Dhabi,... More...
Nestlé and Creating Shared Value
John Elkington
The world’s largest food company is now Nestlé, where John Elkington is a member of the Creating Shared Value Advisory Board created... More...
Rockefeller Foundation on social innovation
John Elkington
February 13, 2011
I was stunned a few weeks back to hear that I had been awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship, literally out of the blue. Then... More...
The Elders Dig Cyprus
John Elkington
February 10, 2011
For me, The Elders represent one of the most interesting social initiatives today, worldwide. And that view was confirmed today when I went along... More...
Social Innovation Dates From 1826
John Elkington
December 22, 2010
Ever wondered where the term ‘social innovation’ originated from? We have. Now, thanks to Google’s ‘Ngram Viewer’, we have some sort of approximation, here http://bit.ly/emvDa4. ... More...
The Gigaton Awards
John Elkington
December 5, 2010
Began to get tweets early this morning about the launch of the Gigaton Awards in Cancun, Mexico, for which I had been one of... More...
Playing for Social Change
John Elkington
November 12, 2010
I missed this when it first launched—but find it a fascinating initiative. Playfulness didn’t appear in the founding set of values for Volans—but it should... More...
Newsweek Greenest Companies Survey
John Elkington
October 23, 2010
Newsweek have just published their first Global 100 survey of ‘greenest companies’, for which I was one of the advisors. IBM tops the list.... More...
Oslo Business Peace Prize to Trailblazer
John Elkington
October 8, 2010
The Volans team warmly congratulates Will Rosenzweig, Managing Director of Physic Ventures, on being one of the recipients of the 2010 Oslo... More...
