In a recent conversation with Alan Hosking on the HR Future Live podcast I outlined my five clear insights about why stories have become a critical leadership tool and how leaders can use them to create connection, clarity, and change.

Explore how “wet activism” is reshaping our relationship with nature. In this reflective piece, Zoe Arden dives into year-round Thames swimming, challenges extractive mindsets driving projects like the Thames Water abstraction scheme, and shows how fresh metaphors—from interspecies councils to forest-inspired systems—can unlock new approaches to leadership, policy and our place in the living world.

From the raw honesty of the Edinburgh Fringe to the playful reinvention of Shambala, Zoe Arden explores how creative storytelling helps us rethink who we are and how we lead. This reflection previews themes from her upcoming book, Story-Centred Leadership, showing how performance, music, and culture can unlock new perspectives, spark connection, and inspire action in a world hungry for change.

This is an inspirational paper that I was fortunate enough to be able to contribute to and is an essential read for anyone in business who wants to be able to thrive on a livable planet.

For #IWD2024, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) asked women from across their community on LinkedIn who or what is inspiring them to make a difference in the world.

Why we need to put love at the heart of our leadership every day of the year... Revisiting a blog from a previous Valentine's Day and reflecting on how love, care and courage are embedded in the new Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) leadership capabilities framework.

I feel proud and privileged to be a co-author of CISL's new leadership framework officially launched this week which proposes purpose-led, connected, collaborative, creative, courageous and context-based leadership to achieve a thriving future for all.

The Great Realignment has shown that current employees, as well as future recruits, make choices based on a company’s values. Zoë Arden, CISL Fellow and an independent leadership and stakeholder engagement specialist examines the significance of having a clear purpose for an organisation and how to bring it to life.

CISL Fellow Zoë Arden introduces impact stories from our global CISL Network, celebrating individuals who are driving change in their industries and communities.

The energy transition has become a question of ‘when’ not ‘if’ in the UK, which is making huge investments to achieve a low-carbon economy. One of the many benefits of this transition will be the creation of thousands of jobs in sectors ranging from forestry to finance.

In Europe, and some other parts of the world, a few more weeks of summer still stretch ahead. These are the so-called halcyon days of ‘school’s out for summer’ when we reap the rewards of running around getting ready for the holidays

Watch this trailer for the Women Leading Change: Shaping Our Future online short course from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.