Of King and Countries
Amanda Feldman
December 6, 2011
Geoff Lye maintains focus in a very warm Durban to discuss serendipity and liability at the COP 17: People who know me also know that... More...
Oh, to be YOUNGO!
Amanda Feldman
Geoff Lye, co-Founder of Volans and SustainAbility‘s Executive Chairman, focuses part two of his Durban blog series on the YOUNGOs. How are younger generations playing... More...
Girl Power
Amanda Feldman
November 25, 2011
Volans was the proud host of a ‘Women in Social Finance’ meet-up on our comfortable red couches this past Tuesday. Wine in hand and nibbles... More...
FQ for social enterprises
Jacqueline Lim
November 11, 2011
The Future Quotient (FQ) is relevant not just for business and policy leaders, but for social entrepreneurs as well. Read Charmian Love‘s recent article... More...
Next-gen avatars to help future-focused thinking?
Jacqueline Lim
Is it possible to programme individuals and business leaders to think sustainably? Although this seems somewhat unusual, such solutions might just be what’s needed in... More...
The Demand and Supply of Sensibility
Jacqueline Lim
October 24, 2011
In the latest issue of Social Space, John Elkington shares his views on thinking long-term and suggests how Singapore and indeed the wider Asian... More...
Think in longer timeframes
Sam Lakha
October 13, 2011
In difficult times, one of the first things to suffer is often the future. As uncertainty grows, we focus on what worked in the... More...
Introducing The Future Quotient
Sam Lakha
October 12, 2011
JWT and Volans have published a report exploring how businesses, governments and investors can move beyond pressure to focus on the short term and starting... More...
What’s in a name, or rather a tagline?
John Elkington
September 14, 2011
When we set up Volans early in 2008, we adopted the tagline: ‘The Business of Social Innovation,’ a phrase which soon went into the language. ... More...
Zero lessons from Total Quality Management
Jacqueline Lim
September 7, 2011
John Elkington has continued to work on his new book, The Zeronauts. Much progress was made earlier in the year during the first stage... More...
