Sustainable Enterprise Conference Session 1 Workshop - Strategic Thinking and Visionary Leadership 2 May 2008 Syntony Quest & Three Point Vision

2. Evolutionary Leadership The Importance of Systems Thinking in Creating a Sustainable World Sustainable Enterprise Conference Session 1 Workshop 2 May 2008 Alexander & Kathia Laszlo Miriam Karell and

4. The learning path of the Evolutionary Leader Personal mastery: Integrity and syntony sense -- from walking the talk to dancing the path. The embodiment of evolutionary leadership. Evolutionary Systems Thinking: Understanding patterns of change and our interconnectedness Strategy: Applying sustainability principles and practices, creating solutions, designing living institutions Collaboration and Communication: Bringing people together, harvesting diversity, engaging in conversations that translate the vision into commitments and actions, creating evolutionary learning community Shared Vision: A sustainable world through living institutions

6. Emerging Mindsets Win-Win-Win Win or Lose Life is value Money is value Networks Hierarchy Biomimicry World as machine The NEW story The OLD story

7. Life Cycle Assembly of Product Use of Product

8. Life Cycle

9. Bridging the gap Creative co-adaptation Vision of a Sustainable World Current Reality

10. “ A system is less a thing than a pattern” – Joanna Macy

12. What is Systems Thinking?  in order to both know and understand our environment, we must use analysis and synthesis analysis + synthesis = Systems Thinking Analysis Synthesis Structure (identification of components) Function (identification of role) Analysis Synthesis Knowledge (answers to “how to” & “what” questions) Understanding (answers to “why” questions)

13. A Systems View  Your World Universe Society Our Planet

14. Reconnecting Views Universe Our Planet Society Your World 

15. Sustainability Strategy Increasing Resource Demand Declining Resources Sustainable Demand Sustainable Supply Restorative Economy Restorative Economy Current Reality 2 Vision 1 New Reality 3 Bridging Gap

16. The Sustainability Learning Curve 2nd Stage 1st Stage 3rd Stage 4th Stage time 5th Stage conserve restore regenerate (co)create SAU BAU Compliance - reactive stance seeks to comply with regulatory standards Beyond Compliance - anticipatory stance seeks cost avoidance strategies Eco-Efficiency - proactive stance establishes profit centers Sustainable Development - interactive stance mainstreams environmental goals Evolutionary Development - integrative stance embodies and enacts conscious syntony

17. Sustainable Sustainable Development

18. Conversation as Strategy Conversation for relationship Conversation for learning Conversation for possibilities Conversation for action

19. A Systemic Process Emergent Self-organizing Interdependent Synergetic Evolving Laszlo & Karell © 2008

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