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Riding Your Elephant Part I: A Primer on Making Change
According to the Chip and Dan Heath in their new book, Switch, for change efforts to be successful, you’ve got to appeal to the instinctive and emotional Elephant, the reflective and rational Rider, and you’ve got to clear a Path to make it easier for them to take their journey. Continue reading
Story First, Statistics Second
Inspired by one of my favourite books on communications, Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath, and on the other hand, uninspired by copious CSR Reports, Chris Jarvis wrote a recent blogpost on the importance of storytelling: Great Stats; Meaningless Information: The Problem with CSR Reports, which I have posted here for your reading pleasure! Continue reading
Transforming Black Friday
Checking out clips of the Black Friday shopping madness, it seems we don’t even question whether a cheap deal is actually a good deal or not. Our society has a serious case of bulimic consumption. Open discussion about alternatives to more-cheap-stuff is a good place to start healthier habits. Continue reading
The Value of a Common Language
Karl-Henrik Robert of The Natural Step says riding 1st class on the Titanic is a good thing. It has everything to do with being a collaborative leader. Continue reading
4 Foundations for Design Excellence
Can design achieve excellence without adding sustainable value to the world? The Natural Step’s System Principles give all designers a simple, indisputable starting point for innovation. Continue reading
Wake Up and Smell the Mega Trend
Sustainability is global economic mega-trend. Bob Willard’s resource can help any one, at any level of leadership make the business case for sustainability. Continue reading
Design and the Empathic Civilization
According to Jeremy Rifkin, humanity is on it’s way to biospheric consciousness, an Empathic Civilization, thanks to the personal computer and the internet, but what does this have to do with climate change and how we design our world? Continue reading
Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
The practice of Appreciative Inquiry basically takes a glass-half-full approach to thinking, visioning and acting for purposeful change. In an individual’s life, it can be healing or motivating. In an organization’s life it can catalyze engagement and innovation. Continue reading
Career Choice: Personal Shopper or Architect for Humanity?
Nathaniel Corum had a cross-roads in his career. He wanted a job that was more meaningful. How about you? Continue reading
The People Part of the 3Ps
“Leading a sustainable organization involves stretching the organization to re-envision how it uses its resources, not only natural resources, but its workforce and business partnerships.” Continue reading
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