Walkabouts

By Tom:

Whilst Nick delves into the finer points of carbon management, my mind has clearly been baked by the English sun at what feel like record temperatures today. Unable to work at the same level of analysis given the heat, and with the sun flirting through our windows – I wanted to share a new, unsophisticated but nice, development to my management style – that of the walking meeting.

We spend so much time sitting nowadays that a meeting with a new person is a chance to go for a walk, whether round the block, along a canal or to a park. I’ve increasingly started making longer calls on my mobile and going for a walk whilst doing so. Or, if the person I am meeting is up for it, a wander around the neighbourhood whilst chatting to people in person. I highly recommend it… I feel fitter, happier and more in touch with my community and certainly my brain is more alive whilst I’m using my body, as opposed to being stuck with my bum on some chair or other.

So, if you’re coming for a meeting at Bright Green, I hope you don’t mind if I suggest you bring your walking shoes so that we can share Bright Green thoughts and the environment we’re discussing as we go.