One of the best things about being part of Team Do is the regularity of conversations with inspiring, interesting people who are on a mission to make a huge impact.

Of those that I’ve talked to recently, one that stands out is designer and change agent Bruce Mau. You can tell from his web keywords that he’s ambitious: “We create massive change. We invent cultural possibility. We design positive innovation, we ignite audacious action.”

It would be a good Do if leaders of other organisations in the business of change compared their ambition with his, which they could do with this small step. Write BM’s words on one piece of paper, and then the mission statement of the organisation you work for on another. Then, ask which of the two will a) attract the best employees, b) make more, c) make more of a difference?

Two of the key principles driving Bruce’s work are a) speed, b) the Epipen. Speed is a driver because the one thing we don’t have is time to get up to speed and scale in a global response to climate and sustainability challenges. Epipen is a symbolic driver because it represents a perfect example of effective delivery. The Epipen is the hypo-allergenic reaction response kit that anyone can use, delivering a technological solution to a life-threatening medical challenge using a process and product that’s unbreakable and tamper-proof.

Bruce is on a  mission to apply Epipen and Speed to the scaling up of health response in large parts of Africa. I think that he might just do it, and hope that he’ll come to Wales sometime soon to tell us about the result.