Posts Tagged: transition
The future of sustainable design
The Guardian recently launched the “Sustainable design hub”. In light of this new hub, The Guardian’ reporter Jenny Purt wrote an article on the future of sustainable design. You can find the full article here, I would like to share
The future of sustainable design
The Guardian recently launched the “Sustainable design hub”. In light of this new hub, The Guardian’ reporter Jenny Purt wrote an article on the future of sustainable design. You can find the full article here, I would like to share
The problem with economic growth to measure progress
I would like to share with you an article by Vandana Shiva on The Guardian Sustainability. You can read the full article here, I took some excerpts from the article that greatly inspired me. The concept of growth was put
The problem with economic growth to measure progress
I would like to share with you an article by Vandana Shiva on The Guardian Sustainability. You can read the full article here, I took some excerpts from the article that greatly inspired me. The concept of growth was put
Sustainability as an add-on
In my last post I discussed the sentence “We’ve added sustainability to our mission statement”, which I’ve heard quite some times already. I’d like to continue where I stopped last time. Besides the discussion on whether or not a mission
Sustainability as an add-on
In my last post I discussed the sentence “We’ve added sustainability to our mission statement”, which I’ve heard quite some times already. I’d like to continue where I stopped last time. Besides the discussion on whether or not a mission
From value driven to purpose driven entrepreneurship
With business becoming more and more aware of their social and ecological responsibilities, we’re breeding a new type of entrepreneur. Where most companies are struggling hard with this thing called value-driven entrepreneurship, more and more people are getting interested in
From value driven to purpose driven entrepreneurship
With business becoming more and more aware of their social and ecological responsibilities, we’re breeding a new type of entrepreneur. Where most companies are struggling hard with this thing called value-driven entrepreneurship, more and more people are getting interested in
Collaborative consumption
Collaboratice consumption is (still) booming like crazy. More and more people start sharing stuff, leasing products or start paying for services rather than products. I came across the term for the first time via Rachel Botsmans book: The rise of collaborative
Collaborative consumption
Collaboratice consumption is (still) booming like crazy. More and more people start sharing stuff, leasing products or start paying for services rather than products. I came across the term for the first time via Rachel Botsmans book: The rise of collaborative
Change-management: Six change approaches
Change management is very often used with a wrong mindset. The company is compared with a ship. The larger the company, the slower the ship and the longer it takes to make a turn. The problem with this metaphor is
Change-management: Six change approaches
Change management is very often used with a wrong mindset. The company is compared with a ship. The larger the company, the slower the ship and the longer it takes to make a turn. The problem with this metaphor is
Conscious Capitalism
On Thinktopia I read this article about Conscious Capitalism. I’m a strong believer in the foundations of Conscious Capitalism, but there are some pitfalls that aren’t addressed (good enough) yet. Conscious Capitalism focuses principally on the recognition that every business
Conscious Capitalism
On Thinktopia I read this article about Conscious Capitalism. I’m a strong believer in the foundations of Conscious Capitalism, but there are some pitfalls that aren’t addressed (good enough) yet. Conscious Capitalism focuses principally on the recognition that every business
On complexity
Complex versus complicated Complexity has always been a part of our environment. Where (environmental) science has already embraced complexity as a default, economics have great difficulty dealing with it. One of the reasons complexity isn’t fully understood by economists is
On complexity
Complex versus complicated Complexity has always been a part of our environment. Where (environmental) science has already embraced complexity as a default, economics have great difficulty dealing with it. One of the reasons complexity isn’t fully understood by economists is
Joy, Shipmates, Joy!
I want to share Edward Abbey’s final paragraph of his speech Joy, Shipmates, Joy! with you as my new year’s letter: One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am — a reluctant enthusiast… a
Joy, Shipmates, Joy!
I want to share Edward Abbey’s final paragraph of his speech Joy, Shipmates, Joy! with you as my new year’s letter: One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am — a reluctant enthusiast… a
Double-Loop Learning
In my last post I talked about learning from failure and succes. With this post i’d like to go in deeper on the concept of learning and how learning works in different situations. Single-Loop Learning Rudimentary, straight-forward tasks have a
Double-Loop Learning
In my last post I talked about learning from failure and succes. With this post i’d like to go in deeper on the concept of learning and how learning works in different situations. Single-Loop Learning Rudimentary, straight-forward tasks have a
Keep the game, change the rules 