4 places to seek sustainability advantage

September 23, 2018

In an earlier post, I talked about the 10 key assumptions that blind many businesses to sustainability opportunity.  Once you understand them, it’s time to explore your business.

The other PERMA – practices for personal sustainability

May 16, 2018

Most people with “green” leanings know about perma-culture – but there’s another PERMA. It’s a set of principles for personal flourishing in a challenging world.

Nudging sustainability into action

May 14, 2018

Turning solutions into action is a human systems game – and neuroeconomics offers lots of valuable tools.

What if you wrote your sustainability proposals like a copywriter?

November 9, 2017

Don’t just use logic and costs when you write a sustainability proposal – also leverage 21st century marketing know-how.

What happens when we explore beyond politicians fixing climate change?

March 14, 2017

What happens when we starting having having action-oriented, inspiring conversations about implementing the wealth of smart solutions now available from 30+ years of R&D?

If I’m logical enough, long enough then they’ll listen! Won’t they???

December 7, 2016

If logic changed human behaviour we wouldn’t have problems like obesity, smoking or climate change. If you want a different future, look beyond “logic”.

How can you increase your influence?

December 6, 2016

A major work on influencing that can support whatever you’re out to achieve in life is Robert Cialdini’s “Influencing: The Psychology of Persuasion”. His work shows that influencing is a science, not just a magical talent. 

10 powerful tools for change-makers

June 3, 2016

We have a wealth of tools for changing human systems – don’t limit yourself to guilt, fear, logic and cost.

Points of power for change-makers

February 4, 2016

Systems thinker Donella Meadows developed a list of leverage points for powerful systems intervention. This PREZZI is a useful starting point on Systems Thinking.

Bringing marketing to the light

February 4, 2016

Marketers get people to do things they never thought of doing themselves. it’s an invaluable knowledge base for regenerators.

Sapiens, sustainability and the power of fiction

October 26, 2015

Yuval Noah Harari’s recent book “Sapiens” is a fascinating insight into human history and how humans use language. “…the truly unique feature of our language is … the ability to transmit information about things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only Sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that…

The prime entrepreneurial pattern

August 26, 2015

Innovators and entrepreneurs change the world – and what they do is now recognised as a learnable skill set. The skills and processes can be be applied by regenerative business innovators.