Magic Moment: I have always felt guilty if I didn’t make the sustainable choice (e.g. left the water running or lights on; if I drive when I could bike) it suddenly occurred to me one day in the lunch room that few people think like this all the time. I realized we need to build our infrastructure (our background operating system) sustainably; so the sustainable choice became the easiest one, the default choice. This has been foundational to my entire career since.

Key Influence: Eric Miller and Heather MacLean.

Key Lesson: More change is possible within a decade than it ever feels like, but it has to be done with existing tools.

Next Big Challenge As An Industry: We need to figure out how to tackle the dual challenges of both needing more – more housing, more transport, more space for more people – while consuming less. Less construction materials, less pollutions, less stuff overall. A first step is to study the problem, we can’t fix things we don’t understand and don’t measure. Simultaneously we need to act, through experimentations, higher standards, and spending more effort in design and stewardship of our built environment.

On Championing Others… I am a teacher and a cheerleader.

One word that captures you: Persistent. My response to failure is to try again, harder.

Secret Talent: I bake a mean croissant.