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Sustainable Change

Sustainable transition waiting for the underpant gnomes

Sustainable transition – waiting for the underpants gnomes?

Dramatic changes are needed in business and industry to head off coming poly crises and build a prosperous future for the growing global population.
But plans for this ‘sustainable transition’ are few and far between and often lack credible substance to bridge the link between ambition and action. Indeed, many appear to rely upon an unspecified magical transformative ingredient that will make it all happen – the underpants gnomes.

This article highlights how concerns are mounting about the gap between high level commitments and real change, how action can lag behind the rhetoric of some sustainable transition approaches and explores the essential components of a plausible plan. (you can also find out what an underpants gnome is…).

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Innovation, Innovation & Transformation, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainability Issues, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
Sustainable-Business-Challenges 2023

2023 sustainable business trends and challenges – what to watch out for

From avoiding greenwashing to facing soaring business costs, 2023 is set to be a challenging year for most business leaders to navigate.
Regulators, customers and consumers have increasing expectations for good quality, consistent information on sustainability. Communication must be accurate and meaningful because greenwashing is getting more dangerous.
Inflation and the cost of borrowing have the potential to push action on climate and sustainability down the agenda, but this is balanced by new regulation for 2023 that will help keep sustainability at the forefront for many business leaders.
As in previous years, the climate and nature crises, new regulations, geopolitical turmoil, and declining biodiversity are not going away. Sustainable business ambitions and plans are indeed facing challenges from fast-changing global conditions.
Terrafiniti’s partners Dominic Tantram and Joss Tantram share insight and opinion on the trends to watch for 2023 –the good, bad and the ugly.

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Sustainability Issues, Sustainable Business Strategy, Sustainable Change
Change is the only constant

Fear of change can block sustainable transformation

Many people and companies fear and resist change due to uncertainty and perceived higher risks. But the risk of not adapting can be higher - what biases are involved and how do we move forward?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainability Shorts, Sustainable Business Management, Sustainable Change
against-a-dark-background

Against a dark background – the limits of certainty

A sustainable future depends upon our ability to perceive the limits of certainty, and to embrace the uncertainty that has always been there.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
Agree-10-percent-principle-minimum-consensus

I agree 10 per cent – the principle of minimum consensus

Instead of arguing about irrelevant details on topics we agree upon, isn't it logical to stop seeking total agreement and aim for minimum consensus?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Innovation, Practical Guidance, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation, Tools and Solutions, Towards 9 Billion
Traffic-Jams-Manifest-will-people

Traffic Jams – the manifest will of the people?

The mass effect of individual actions can produce an outcome at odds with the original intent of those decisions. Is this the manifest will of the people?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
values-alone-arent-enough-for-a-sustainable-world

Its not you, its we: why values alone aren’t enough for a sustainable world

Allowing the values we hold to be expressed through action should not be a matter of guilt. Sustainability will come when we turn the tide.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation, Towards 9 Billion
Natural-philosophy

Sustainability: 21st Century Natural Philosophy

Sustainability echoes the European Enlightenment period. Today, 21st century Natural Philosophers hold their thinking up against today's orthodoxies.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation, Towards 9 Billion
Status-Quo-Bias-Stratocaster-detail

Sustainable Futures and the Status Quo Bias

Humans unconsciously tend to assume that the status quo is somehow right and natural. How might this affect our ability to build a sustainable future?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
physical-impossibility-of-death-in-the-mind-of-someone-living

A sustainable world before the end of our world?

Optimism for a sustainable future might be pointless in cosmic terms but then so is pretty much anything when viewed in this light.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation, Towards 9 Billion
Living in a material world

Living in a material world

What is reality? You don’t need faith to believe in physics, to understand the laws of energy, to know that we are a populous species on a finite planet

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
our-days-are-worth-years

Our Days are Worth Years

We don’t always have to think of time as a linear pathway towards the future. Many millions of years are lived by humanity every day - just imagine if we could harness and make use of that time ...

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Redefining Value, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation, Towards 9 Billion

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