A colleague recently asked me which were my favourite do lectures. This is the list I sent her. Alistair McIntosh on helping community become leaders at Eigg in Scotland Chido Govera  leadership from nothing Gabriel Branby value and values at the heart of business Gerald Miles  passion and heart of leadership; why you have to do what you have [...]

**Wales’ Central Organising Principle Legislating for Sustainable Development** Friday 27 January 2012 9-4pm University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen First Minister Carwyn Jones has set out his Government’s commitment not only to have sustainable development as its central organising principal but also to enact this through primary legislation. A Sustainable Development Green Paper will [...]

The most interesting project on the calendar for 2012 so far is the prospect of bringing a bunch of good, foolish people to Wales to break some new records, following on good traditions. The Malcolm Campbell and Thomas Parry set world speed records down the road in Pendine. Sir Edmund Hilary and the team that [...]

This just in from the Do Lecture’s Kindling newsletter. Good reading for folk who who want to get better things done faster. The cult of Done Manifesto Bre Pettis and Kio Stark 01 There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion. 02 Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get done. 03 There is [...]

Adam Wilkinson is doing some great work with local authorities in England, on the way developing a number of useful tools to help decision makers get a better feel of the power of the local multiplier. His latest news follows: “This tool allows commissioning organisations to forecast quickly the likely economic impact of a project [...]

  Puma is one of the largest business brands to date to publish the estimated cost to nature of a year’s trading – which they’ve estimated as EUR94 million for water and CO2 and an additional EUR51million for land use, pollution and waste. It’s a bold, important move that they’ve taken, and one that in time, must [...]

  Today, the Welsh Government confirmed its commitment to create a new environmental organisation for Wales that would include the present services being delivered by the Countryside Council for Wales, the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission. The road to get to this point hasn’t been straightforward (I sit on CCW Council and know the [...]