Six strategies for creating system change for a sustainable future | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional There is a huge buzz at the moment about system change. The complexity of the sustainability challenges we face means we require a systemic approach if we are to create the change necessary for the future. Traditionally, academic institutions such as the Academy for Systemic Change at MIT have led the field; NGOs like WWF-UK and Forum for the Future are now modifying their strategic approaches, and businesses like Nike and Unilever are also starting to play their part as their markets and supply chains become ever more complex. People and organisations are increasingly wondering how to find an accessible guide. 1. System change begins and ends with people ready to lead themselves and their organisations. 2. By their nature, systems are complex and we are not always sure where or when they might transform. 3. Many of our actions do not feel as if they are helping us get close to solving the huge sustainability challenges we face – issues like climate change. 4. 5. 6.
Jonathan Reams - Writings Here is a collection of things I have written over time. Some are direct links to other sites, and some are to files in the Downloads folder, where there is also some additonal information. Books I have a chapter in The Transforming Leader: New Approaches to Leadership for the Twenty-First Century titled Integral Leadership: Opening Space by Leading through the Heart and published by Berrett-Koehler. Integral Education: New Directions for Higher Learning is published by SUNY press. Igniting Brilliance: Integral Education for the 21st Century is another anthology I have been involved with. Articles A Brief Overview of Developmental Theory, or What I Learned in the FOLA Course is a recent article I did to help ground my learning about developmental theory. Integral Leadership: Generating Space for Emergence through Quality of Presence is an article I co-authored with Anne Caspari in 2012 that came out in the German Journal of Business Psychology. What's Integral About Leadership? Reviews
"Tried" Is No Longer Enough After many sleepless nights watching and praying for the situation in Ferguson, I wrote this piece. In too many ways, it over simplifies the situation going on in Ferguson. I had no idea how much worse the situation would get and how it would captivate the national media. And yet (I hope) this piece points to the deeper truth. Each of us is living in working in places where “those in charge” doesn’t match up to “those who are affected”. And that gap between those “in power” and “the powerless” is to me a central source if not the source for so many issues. If there’s one message I’d want you to read, it’s this: see what you can do in your own community. Ferguson is so frustrating on so many levels.. That’s why the piece is entitled, “Tried” is No Longer Enough … Think of the Chief of Police of Ferguson, Missouri not as a failed cop, but as a failed leader. He failed, and his boss just replaced him. We could view this situation through many other lenses. Is change possible?