Talking leads to doing when inspiration and insight are delivered, simultaneously. Whatever the occasion, if sustainability perspectives are needed, we can help you make it work.

Jonathon and Nicola bring slightly different perspectives, but are equally able to ‘shift the dial’ in any organisational context. Clients engage us because we speak our minds, but back it up with meaningful data and real stories. We are cynical about the lack of sustainability progress over the past 40 years, but still passionate about finding better ways forward. We have worked on the shopfloor. We appreciate that executives and leaders at every level face tough decisions in highly uncertain times.

After nearly three decades of sustainability practice, we are starting to understand a bit about how organisations work.

• We have run board-level engagements for leading companies in the food, retail, mining and financial services sectors
• Incite keynote addresses have inspired conferences across the region
• We have facilitated expert panel discussions for the Global Reporting Initiative, UNEP, Global Child Forum, IFFO and others

Fifteen years ago, Jonathon led the global multi-stakeholder negotiations on the text of the ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility. The process secured consensus – from more than 450 experts, 95 countries and 45 global organisations – on the principles and guidance for organisational governance, human rights, fair labour practices, the environment and consumer rights.

Whether you have space for 10 minutes or 10 days, we can be there. Email us to discuss your needs.

“It’s been fantastic. I could carry on all night. ” Senior Analyst at Just Share, at the end of a full-day facilitated strategy review.

Facilitating dialogue requires more than just getting people in a room together. We live in a culture that is mechanised, digitised and optimised for performance. This makes dialogue seem messy and inconvenient. This may be true but without genuine dialogue, transition will simply not be deep enough and your organisation will pay the price later.

Effective dialogues are highly designed but the outcome is not controlled. Getting this balance right requires experience. Using decades of experience, we have helped:

• Design and deliver stakeholder mapping and engagement exercises, working with companies across a range of sectors and countries others to understand  what their stakeholders really think
• Moderate dialogues for leading companies, NGOs and global organisations
• Run internal engagement processes with to review and revise organisational strategy

Our processes keep minds engaged through tacking tough questions, using embodied processes, exploring the underlying dynamics, and adopting a systemic view.

Email us to see how dialogue might help you find a way forward.

“Thank you for another outstanding workshop. You pulled together great minds to explore the issues we are working towards and provided useful tools with which to approach them.”
Vanessa Calvert | Partnerships Manager, Plan International Australia

Since 2005, Incite has been training companies and teams across emerging markets on sustainability related issues. It is part of what we do best and it brings us alive. Our learning work is always tailored, carefully designed for maximal impact and highly participative. They are invariably called “inspirational”.  We work across a wide spectrum: executives, practitioners, functional teams and stakeholders groups.

• We have provided ESG coaching and training for Board members, executives and senior managers across Africa, including in the financial, property, mining, retail, food and property sectors
• We have led accredited training programmes on integrated and sustainability reporting for various public and private sector clients across Southern Africa
• We have developed and facilitated practitioner retreats in Geneva, Bangkok and Africa for UNCTAD, GIZ and regional companies
• We have designed and run workshops on global sustainability standards in the MENA region, East Africa, Asia and Latin America

Jonathon and Nicola contribute extensively to Executive Education and MBA programmes, including at UCT’s Graduate School of Business, Trinity College Dublin and University of Stellenbosch Business School, as well as  Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership where they are both Senior Associates.

Email us to discuss possibilities.