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Quick TipsTackling systemic challenges in g y gsustainability

Based on our conversation withGlen Low, Principal, Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants

What systemic challenge doTHE QUESTION

What systemic challenge do you face?

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Education reform

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Human rights

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Work togetherWHAT CAN WE DO?

Work together

There’s a growing consciousness of“There s a growing consciousness of the need for collective action that—I think—is unprecedented.

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Collective actionONE APPROACH

Collective action

Analytic Thinking

Human Systems

Lastingchange

You have to have the rational and “the emotional; otherwise your solutions are not enduring.

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— Glen Low, Blu Skye

But howBut how

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Engage the right peopleTIP 1

It’s not having everyone in the

Engage the right people

“ It s not having everyone in the room; it’s having the right people in the room.

“— Glen Low, Blu Skye

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Define the [shared] problemTIP 2

Everyone sees problems from their

Define the [shared] problem

“Everyone sees problems from their unique vantage point. But you need a shared sense of what is the problem.

“— Glen Low, Blu Skye

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Think bigTIP 3

Think big

One of my favorite quotes is from Dwight“One of my favorite quotes is from Dwight D. Eisenhower, who said, ‘If a problem can’t be solved, enlarge it.’ Because

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when you expand a problem, you also expand the value available in the system.

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— Glen Low, Blu Skyey

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Find the bright spotsTIP 4

Find the bright spots

When you frame things as a problem“When you frame things as a problem statement, it leads the mind to think it’s not possible. But when you think of the

iti d i t it tpositive deviants… it creates new possibilities.

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Make action easyTIP 5

Make action easy

Change requires multi-stakeholder action, “ g q ,not just stakeholder engagement. You need a pathway that enables the system to work together: what I call simple first steps

“together: what I call simple first steps.

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— Glen Low, Blu Skye

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Keep it personalTIP 6

Keep it personal

Every collective action requires“Every collective action requires individual accountability. There have to be champions, evangelists: people who want to step up who want to leave awant to step up, who want to leave a legacy, and break from the path.

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— Glen Low, Blu Skye

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