Drew Wilkinson
Season 2: Episode 3
In episode two, we talk to Drew Wilkinson, former Microsoft employee who turned a two-person sustainability group into a ten-thousand-person climate movement inside the company. We get into why sustainability dies the second it becomes a checkbox at the end of a project and where the real creative decisions happen.
Drew breaks down his “buffet” approach to getting a whole company on board, not just the one person who cares. Why that person (the designer who feels like the only one) is really never alone. And why courage might be the best trait we need in changing the culture within our work places.
Listen on Spotify and Apple.About our guest
Drew Wilkinson is a sustainability consultant, community organizer, and climate activist who on a mission to make sustainability part of everybody’s job. He co‑founded Microsoft’s 10,000‑member employee sustainability community and now leads the Climate Leadership Collective, helping organizations pair top‑down strategy with bottom‑up momentum. By blending change management, leadership development, and green‑skilling, he turns sustainability from a checklist owned by one team into a shared cultural value that every department is equipped and motivated to advance.
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The Doom & Bloom Team
Marc O’Brien (Host)
Camille Graham (Producer)
Jacquelyn Demshick (Designer)
Holden Hardcastle (Editor)
