The Power of Collaboration & Speaking Truth to Power with GORDON LAMBERT & BRUCE PIASECKI

About this episode

Gordon Lambert discusses his extensive experience in sustainability and the importance of collaboration in addressing environmental challenges.

Gordon Lambert shares insights from his decades-long journey, addressing his roles, strategies, and contributions to environmental change and corporate evolution. Lambert has been engaged in business and sustainability in the energy sector for 40 years. In 2015, Lambert was appointed by the Premier and Cabinet to the five-person panel that designed the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan . In 2016, he chaired the Alberta Climate Leadership Technology and Innovation Task Force, with $1.4 billion in carbon levy revenue being committed to innovation as an outcome. He also serves on the Export Development Canada CSR advisory council and as the Suncor Energy and Sustainability Executive in Residence at the Ivey Business School.“The number one most powerful place to intervene in a system is mindsets. Collaboration is a joint effort to achieve common goals. That's needed more than ever in this world we are in, with these large, significant problems that no one entity can solve on their own. But it's a higher bar than cooperation. I term cooperation or define it as the pursuit of individual interests jointly. You can feel the difference between collaboration, where everyone has skin in the…

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Piasecki

Guest: Gordon Lambert

Topics covered

• collaboration
• sustainability
• environmental change
• corporate evolution
• leadership
• innovation

Keywords

• collaboration
• sustainability
• environment
• innovation
• leadership
• corporate responsibility
• climate change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alberta Climate Leadership Plan, Export Development Canada, Suncor Energy, Ivey Business School

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