Business is entering a period of fundamental change. Very few organisations will survive. Those that do will have a different mindsets including building co-creative partnership with the rest of nature.
There is no doubt that the rest of nature is in trouble. This is reflected in all major indicators like the ozone layer, climate change, water quality, air quality and species extinction.
Business has begun to be quite proactive in this. We see progress in triple-bottom line and the sustainability movement, and many organisations are already on-board and see green dollars as a major contribution to their profits. Despite this success, business has a long way to go.
Our resource base, planet earth, is shrinking while our population continues to expand; increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of our communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our well-being. These intertwined systems are like a boat at sea, constantly confronted with surprise events such as storms. The degradation of these slow variables is reducing our "freeboard," our ability to survive these storms.
Can you imagine the success and longevity of an organisation that was truly successful in helping to solve these life-threatening issues? This organisation would definitely be rewarded with profit and longevity well beyond 50 years.
BRUCE HOLLAND.
About Me
- Bruce's purpose is to "Liberate the human spirit at work"
- Bruce is dedicated helping managers become more strategic; get people out of silos and working with trust and cooperation; and develop leadership throughout the organisation. For you it's about reducing bureaucracy, opening communication and releasing energy in under-performing managers, staff and processes.
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