There is a growing wealth of tools available for getting change happening in human systems. They come from a range of fields from education to linguistics. If you’re serious about sustainability, then you know that the real work isn’t in the technology – it’s in changing human systems. Some great tools that I keep coming back to are: The fundamental …
Darren Pearson of Diversified Property Group started as a conventional property developer building project homes. He’s become a “stealth player”, integrating products from leading edge innovators to deliver smarter, greener homes in Sydney, Australia. He credits his mid-course correction primarily to two people: A Harvard professor in his global business group His small daughter The Harvard professor challenged him to …
A common topic in many of my coaching conversations – especially with sustainability practitioners – is that there are useful models for understanding HOW people are different and what motivates different groups. I’ve found that the four Temperament Types is a useful model for understanding and influencing and gives clients some useful ‘aha’ moments as to why “they’re not listening” …
During my early coach training, I learned about the Myers-Briggs temperament preferences. It helped me understand some of my frustrations in the world and gave me some insights into how I could operate more effectively. It was like the time I found out about the basics of perspective and proportion in drawing – there were actually tools that could help …