Design Conscious

Ian Van Eerdan on shifting the sustainability conversation from cost to value, why the purpose-driven nature of sustainability attracts diversity, and his ultimate aim to make his job obsolete

Sarah Lawlor Season 1 Episode 6

Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Ian Van Eerdan, Associate and Sustainability Group Manager at Northrop. 

Ian shares his strategies of team management and leadership development through an awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, and the need to shift the sustainability conversation from cost to value.  Ian discusses why the purpose-driven nature of the sustainability profession attracts diversity, as well as Ian’s ultimate aim to make his job obsolete.

Design Conscious is a podcast exploring diversity and leadership in environmental sustainability in the built environment, supported by NAWIC.