Having delivered several Climate Action Leadership programmes for public sector organisations, one thing I have consistently noticed is that attendees are fully aware of the compliance obligations to reduce organisational greenhouse gas emissions by 51% and improve energy efficiency by 50% by 2030. However, in my experience, attendees are much less aware of the broader
The Public Sector Climate Action Mandate requires public bodies to reduce their energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030. This poses an unprecedented leadership challenge! Having facilitated climate leadership workshops in several public and private sector board rooms, I have not encountered any objection to the target. There is consensus that climate change is
We tend to think of organisations as being more like machines than living systems. We speak of “running the organisation”, “owners of the business” and leaders who “drive change”. The language is appropriate for a car.
Just as learning’s greatest enemy is not ignorance, but what your are sure you are already know; the greatest challenge to listening is letting go of what you are certain of so that you can allow another person’s experience lead you to a higher, more integrated, and composite truth.
Right now, the capacity to pay attention, make sense, act and change ahead of the curve is the holy grail of most organisations and if it is not, it should be.