Newsletter JANUARY 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 1 Environmental Fiscal Reform Special Edition FOR BUSINESS TO SERVE HUMANITY THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT SURROUNDS IT MUST BE FIT FOR PURPOSE. CURRENT PERFORMANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM BADLY NEEDS REFORMING. IT IS DRIVING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR TO EXTRACT FROM NATURE BEYOND NATURAL LIMITS. IT IS TRANSFERRING WEALTH UPWARDS … [Read more…]
Big data + Big networks= Big changes AS THE WORLD BECOMES EVER MORE CONNECTED, AS PEOPLE NETWORK AND AS QUALITY OF DATA IMPROVES IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HUMANITY WILL TAKE A STEP BACK AND START TO GRASP ANOTHER REALITY? THERE ARE SIGNALS THAT THIS MAY BE ABOUT TO HAPPEN. Signals: … [Read more…]
Time is running out to design organisations that function in an oil constrained world THIS TIME, FALLING OIL PRICES ARE NOT AN INVITATION TO PARTY ON CHEAP ENERGY. THEY ARE A SIGNAL TO INCREASE THE PACE OF TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY. Signals: Falling oil prices could be a sign that a recession is on … [Read more…]
Climate change will force us to ditch old paradigms. Enterprise will go on even if capitalism doesn’t. REPORTER AND AUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN RELEASES HER BOOK This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate NAMING THAT CHERISHED PARADIGMS ARE BREAKING AS CLIMATE CHANGE ADVANCES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF CAPITALISM LOOKS EVER MORE SHODDY AS A WAY TO … [Read more…]
Searching for ways to reflect on leadership challenges HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE NEED TO ADAPT NOT JUST OUR CORPORATIONS, BUT OUR WAY OF SEEING THINGS? THIS IS THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE SIGNALS TAKES ON AS EUROPE TAKES ITS SUMMER VACATIONS. Signals: Thinking about the way we think was once popular in strategic circles. No so … [Read more…]
STEPPING ASIDE FROM OUR NORMAL PRACTICE OF OFFERING EVIDENCE FROM THE MEDIA REPORTS, THIS ISSUE REPORTS FROM THE CONFERENCE ON LAND, LIVES AND PEACE RECENTLY HELD IN SWITZERLAND. WE AIM TO DRAW THE ESSENCE FROM THE MANY WORKSHOPS, KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND INFORMAL DIALOGUES THAT MADE UP THIS IN-DEPTH GLOBAL CONFERENCE. WE END WITH A BRIEF … [Read more…]
Dear Signals subscriber. We invite you to a webinar following up the Energy Scenarios covered in previous newsletters. You may remember the energy supply signals we commented on in the newsletter from May. Signals: Whilst countries are crafting fossil fuel descent trajectories, the special role that energy plays in the economy means that you cannot just … [Read more…]
SIGNALS ARE COMING IN THAT PERMANENT CHANGE IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM IS UNDERWAY. THIS IS PRESENTING THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE OF THE CENTURY. SOME ARE CALLING ON CORPORATIONS TO TAKE THE LEAD, OTHERS ARE LOOKING TO FIND WAYS TO ADAPT AND ACCEPT. MEDIA IS COMING UNDER FIRE FOR NOT REPORTING ACCURATELY. Signals: The climate system has … [Read more…]
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SEEING MOST BOARDS AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS ARE CONVINCED THAT COUNTER -SUSTAINABILITY AS A STRATEGY IS NOT AN OPTION, SIGNALS IS OBSERVING THAT THE NEXT CHALLENGE, DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME TO THRIVE IN A DOWNWARD ENERGY TRAJECTORY, IS DEMANDING LEADERS FIND THE CONVICTION, COURAGE AND STAYING POWER TO CRAFT A STRATEGY TO … [Read more…]