The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast

070 - BEST OF 2022: MUST LISTEN: Why most sustainability transformations fail

The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast

Show Notes

During the summer, we're revisiting our four greatest hits and most enjoyed podcasts in a Best of 2022 series.

The third episode is: 022 - MUST LISTEN: Why most sustainability transformations fail

… and how to change that.

This episode covers how to improve the success rate of the sustainability transformations that are started.

We’re looking at the three main reasons sustainability transformations fail and addressing how to change each one.

Moreover, we’re looking at how to create good analysis and most importantly what the difference between a goal and a strategy is

We’re also looking at how to deploy green transformations and sustainability as a growth engine.

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