Festival dello sviluppo sostenibile
Agile and sustainability are both ways to cope with a fast-changing VUCA world. I have been speaking about it at Festival dello Sviluppo Sostenibile
Economy & Sustainability
Economy, Environment, Circularity and Sustainability
Planetary boundaries
Today, we are well aware that climate change is rooted in human behaviors. But climate change is just one of the critical earth processes, that provides a safe operating space for humanity to grow. And all nine processes are impacted by the unintended, unpleasant effect of our behaviors.
Don’t Look Up
On my last day of vacation, I just watched “Don’t look up” a 2021 sci-fi satirical movie about climate change with Leo Di Caprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep. The film is available on Netflix and uses the metaphor of an approaching comet that will destroy our planet, to criticize the apathy of governments, …
I am speaking at BAWI 2021
I am happy and thrilled to speak at BAWI – Business Analysis Workshop Italy on 19th October 2021, at 1730 CEST about business agility and Sustainability with the talk “Agile & Sustainability. Friends or Foes“.
The SDGs Wedding Cake
The SDGs -Sustainable Development Goals (also known as Global Goals) are 17 goals constituting the Internationally agreed agenda, upon UN umbrella, which sets targets to be achieved by 2030 in economic, social, and environmental sustainability. It’s a transformation for the future and a tremendous opportunity and challenge for Humanity. The SDGs are meant to be …
I am speaking @Agile Trends 2021
I am quite thrilled and excited to be a speaker at the Festival Agile Trends 2021. I will be there talking about Agile and Sustainability with the talk: From Greed to Sustainability, the Agile way on September 13th @ 16.55 CEST. You can register and attend for free and you can check out the whole …
How many planets do we need, if everybody lives like you?
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. So, basically, it is the day of the year, we -the human race- start to consume more resources than we have. The year 2021 recorded a +6.6% y/y in …
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The Italian Food Chain after the Pandemic
How is the Italian Food Chain doing, when it seems that the worst of the Pandemic is over? Here’s my view about it. The Italian Economy was badly hit, even worse than other European economies, performing a -8.9% GDP overall in 2020. Food & Beverage consumption lost 10%, with both winners and losers. Bars & …
EU-27 Electricity Production
Today, 7 Apr 2021, is World Health Day, and unfortunately, we are still in the midst of the worst pandemic since the bubonic plague -the black death- that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. Thus, I would like to share at least a good news: in 2020 renewables overtook fossil fuels and became the …
Aristotle, Agility and Sustainability
In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause. Aristotle, Metaphysics 8.6 [1045a] A short history of profit in western culture The concept of profit has been part of western culture, in different forms, since the origins …