Volans Team: Sam Lakha
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What do you wish it said about your working life and mission on your passport?
She is here to help.
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You're a citizen of where?
The world—and, some might say, the Land of the Fairies.
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Education in a nutshell?
Ongoing (will I ever be qualified, I wonder?).
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Your working life?
A joy and honour to be working with such an amazingly talented and driven team—and coming into contact with inspirational people and ideas every day.
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Things you are proudest of in your working life?
The last three or so years, working at SustainAbility.
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One thing you wish you could change in your history?
I wish I’d learnt to run properly.
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Most recent job?
In the main, trying, most joyfully, to make sense of the wonderful dance of one John Elkington …
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Something about the family that have to put up with all of this?
A wonder.
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Why Volans?
Because there has never been a more urgent need to bring about change—and because I whole-heartedly believe it is do-able, on the basis of adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit (“Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap”).
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Your potted vision for Volans 2010?
That Volans will be a hub for growing numbers of “unreasonable people” and that we will be in the throes of engaging even more hearts and minds to achieve more systemic change, better, faster.
Sam Lakha is an Executive Assistant at Volans, also responsible for Volans Keynote. She has been working with John Elkington at SustainAbility in his role as Founder & Chief Entrepreneur since 2005, her role focusing on supporting John in his mission to challenge the world of business and bring ‘constructive discomfort’ to a wide-range of audiences.
Prior to joining SustainAbility, Sam worked at the Equal Opportunities Commission, providing Executive Support to the Chair and Chief Executive. Before that, Sam worked as an Analyst at BSkyB. She has a BSc. Hons. degree in Psychology.