This week I enjoyed being part of the Nature of Cities Festival. With over 2,000 people from 60 countries and 80 disciplines, the participants shared many ways in which companies and cities can work with nature to address both...

How should the private sector address the systemic shocks of the pandemic and natural disasters amidst economic crisis? Preparing for, responding to, and rebuilding after natural and humanitarian disasters and pandemics is a...

This week the Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded to six leaders from around the world, each of whom has fought and won a battle to address environmental issues, from combatting coal and single use plastics to protecting...

The world needs an infusion of good news and inspiration. The announcement of the Meaningful Business 100 (MB100) comes at the best possible moment, to inspire and help us to reimagine how business operates. After eight months of...

We need new ways of thinking and being to become a more sustainable society. The new paradigms we need in order to live sustainably require us to evolve new language for sharing ideas and innovations to become future ready...

In our globalized world, systemic shocks run rampant, from COVID-19 to climate change. “Pandemics are no longer just biological—they are now geopolitical, financial and atmospheric, too” according to the journalist, Thomas...

Deborah Leipziger Winston Churchill advised that one should “never let a good crisis go to waste.”  So as the world takes to the streets to protest racist systems, what can we do as board members and as companies...

Human rights are under siege: on the streets, in warehouses, in workplaces, in homes. More than ever, boards of directors need to learn the language of human rights so that they can understand and map the human rights risks of...

To hear Deborah Leipziger talk about the Language of Change, tune in to Babson’s Impact Unplugged: June 10, 2020 12 PM Eastern time (US and Canada) To register: Emergence: New Words for a New World By Deborah...

By Deborah Leipziger Albert Einstein wrote that “the world as we created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” How can we change our thinking to promote sustainability? How...