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Leadership & Sustainability What can Leaders Learn from Nature?“
March 23, 2011
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Today’s Conversation
1. What was the nature of the transformation that you spear-headed at Nike?
2. What is Biomimicry and the opportunity it presents to business?
3. How do you link leadership capability to natural principles?
Living Systems
Earth’s Crust
Suppliers Manufac-turers Retail Consumers
ProductService Profit
PeopleProcess
Society
“Transforming a system is an inside job!”
Shambhala (Warriors): Planting Champions and Seeds of Change
5 Gears of Leadership in Corporate Sustainability
Source / Adaptation: The Necessary Revolution: and Mindsets in Action
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Purpose/Mission 5
Integrated Strategy 4
Partner 3
Volunteer 2
Pre/Compliance 1Irreverence Justified
Innovate for a Better World
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Biomimicry is the science and art of emulating Nature's best biological ideas to solve human problems.
– Biomimicry Institute
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• Runs on sunlight • Uses only the energy it needs • Recycles everything • Demands local expertise• Fits form and function• Rewards cooperation• Banks on diversity• Curbs excesses from within• Taps the power limits
Nature
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Ashley WelchDirector, Leadership & Sustainability
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