Pooran Desai

World Cities Day: from data-driven to data-informed

Focussing on data takes us away from looking at the bigger picture and can undermine ways of working which reduce the chances of unintended consequences.

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Pooran Desai
Social inclusion - One Planet Living - oneplanet.com

Why we need you now: Systems thinking and lessons from neuroscience

In a blog I posted back in January 2020 entitled New Reality, New Thinking, New Tools where I wrote about how understanding interconnectedness is at the heart of the new thinking we need to tackle the complex, interconnected problems we face today. I have worked in sustainability for over thirty years as a social entrepreneur and consultant as...

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Ben Gill
Teulo Talks: Interview with Pooran Desai

Think Connected!

Ben Preston, of Teulo Talks, interviews Pooran Desai - 24th July, 2020.

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Pooran Desai
Interconnectedness

New Reality, New Thinking, New Tools

Sustainability is all about connections. Imagine a tool that allows us to connect tens, hundreds and millions of plans. Imagine a tool that allows you to see and manage all of these connections.

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Pooran Desai
Homes England development, Northstowe in Cambridgeshire

Digital transformation and sustainable communities

We live in a new reality of a climate and ecological emergency. We need new thinking and new tools to enable us to build more new homes, at the same time as reducing our carbon emissions.

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