Mapping Markets: Economists As Navigators. A few things I learned about tomorrow's Economics from Portugal's Henry the Navigator and Nobel-winning economist professor Robert F. Nagle: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Is sustainability your area expertise or business? Then we would love to hear your perspectives on the future agenda as part of the Routes to Transformation survey undertaken by GlobeScan, ERM CVS and Volans. Here is a QR code that will take you to the survey in one easy jump!

Exploring Deeper Time In Warsaw open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

As I hit 3,000 subscribers with my Substack "Rewilding Markets" channel, a third in a series of posts on an extraordinary recent trip to #Norway - this time on the #renewableenergy company Hafslund and its work to take #nature on board: johnelkington.substack.com/p/hafslund-n...

Virtual Advisory Boards: “Stakeholders on Tap” open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Three Men in a Boat—Not to Mention Elaine open.substack.com/pub/johnelki.... A conversation between Jørgen Randers, Jan-Olaf Willums and myself, with Elaine, in Jørgen's sailing boat, Aladdin. One of those afternoons you wish could go on forever.

I have just completed the Sustainability at a Crossroads II survey, run by GlobeScan, ERM and Volans. Link here: survey.euro.confirmit.com/wix/p1468365.... Great opportunity to get your view across on what's coming next in sustainability.

Cathedral Builder: Anne Beate Hovind - prime mover in Norway's Future Library project: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki....

Sustainability Comes in from the Cold open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

How Do You See Sustainability Shaping Up? Your chance to take part in the latest Sustainability at a Crossroads survey operated by GlobeScan, ERM and Volans. Your chance to add insight and momentum to the change agenda: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

A visit to Wageningen University & Research (WUR) last week opened my eyes to the potential of "Minimum Viable Systems." Market Shapers of the World Unite! open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Finding Our Way Some reflections on what I learned this week from Pacific way finders and and a close-to-home installation at the Chelsea Flower Show: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

The Soft Sustainability Era Is Over open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

I adore Moore, but Calder more. open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Sir David Attenborough: Nature's Voice open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Scam alert for authors. Am going to agents with book proposal. Approached by someone posing as "Jacqui Gifford" of people.inc. "She" introduced me to "Ethan Bassoff" of WME Group. He steered me to "Claire Wingfield" for advice. If you see any of these names in gmail.com mails ignore or report them.

The Better Angels Of Tomorrow’s Nature open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Stewart Brand's latest book had me thinking about maintenance again, from the smallest things out to the planet itself. Highly recommended. On Maintaining Motorcycles and Planets: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Dead Or Alive: The Market For Moths open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

BlackRock Vs. Generation In The Age Of Trump open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

How Europe could green-light competitive growth. Pricing in the Planet: Europe’s Opportunity. open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Playing The Fool in Business and Markets open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Playing The Fool in Business and Markets open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

What roles for the Fool, the Jester and the Trickster in the modern world? Playing With Fools In Muncaster Castle open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Some thoughts on the implications of AI for those who make a living by sharing insights, prompted by the 2026 EcoVadis SUSTAIN event in Paris: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

How to travel into Deep Time without a Time Machine, a Tardis? The world’s first Deep Time travel agency? open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Looking forward to taking part in this free webinar on "Responsible Management Education in an Age of Stress" and organised by @AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the global standard-setting body for business education: lnkd.in/exNfdtuw

A question that has been on my mind, increasingly, if case you have the time: johnelkington.substack.com/p/so-whats-t...

Why Are We Flunking The Climate Test? open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

If markets are stories, what are tomorrow's stories and who is telling them? johnelkington.substack.com/p/evolving-n...

The Sphinx As A Symbol Of Sustainability open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Here Comes Quantum Sustainability open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Is Nature Our "Living Stack"? Some lessons that the sustainability movement might learn from the world of AI: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Where is the #sustainability agenda headed next? Part 1 is sparked by the thinking of Pavan Sukhdev; part 2 (Wednesday)where I will consider #Nature as a "living stack," and then part 3 (Friday) concludes with a discussion of the concept of "quantum sustainability: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

I wish this form of education had been available when I was at university: johnelkington.substack.com/p/transformi...

Green Lighting The Next Copper Rush open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Why copper will be make-or-break for the transition to green economies: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Hello To 2026—And To Trump’s Entirely Accidental Gift open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

A Kaleidoscopic End To 2025 open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

A visit to the fabled Abbey Road Studios was a welcome opportunity to think through how we might boost the creative sector's contributions to GNP and to #sustainability: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Some personal reflection on Golden Roads to Sustainability, past, present and future: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

What the Aral Sea Tells Us About Impact open.substack.com/pub/johnelki.... Some reflections spurred by a trip earlier this month to Uzbekistan.

Genuinely thrilled to be speaking at the 20th edition of the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society in Paris, which runs 6-7 November, www.womens-forum.com. And particularly delighted to share the stage with Rebecca Henderson.

Like It Or Not, The Nordics Still Do It Best open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

When Markets Have Mood Swings open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

What Street Art Tells Us About How Markets Evolve open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

How should we be thinking about future growth? The latest book from RethinkX has the provocative title, "Debunking Degrowth": open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Transformation is much talked about these days, but what does it mean, for example, in the food sector? Some clues from the world of the Bezos Center for Sustainable Proteins at Imperial: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Is the Trump regime a blessing in disguise for the #sustainability industry? A new report from Generation Investment Management suggests that could well prove to be the case, in time: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...

Delighted to be in conversation with Saif Hameed of Altruistiq on their State of #Sustainability podcast platform. Links to the episode: (1) Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i..., or (2) Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Xn7...