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Dr. Vanessa TimmerExecutive Director, One Earth
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Leading Change: Taking Acting7 leadership learnings for waste reduction
Dr. Vanessa Timmer, PhDExecutive Director, One EarthSenior Research Fellow, Utrecht University
24 October 2019 – CWMA - Victoria, BC, CanadaCoast Waste Management Association Conference
14 August 2003
Toronto, Ontario
50 million people affected
Dr. Lewis AkenjiSEED, Adelphi
from consuming to living
seeing the system
Leading Change, Taking Action: 7 Learnings
1. Seeing the system
2. Fostering reflection, generative conversations
3. Co-creating the futureSource: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania Winter - The Dawn of Systems Leadership
4. Dancing with change, not creating change
5. Thinking like a movement
6. Engaging a diversity of players
7. Embracing uncertainty
Sources: Donella Meadows – Dancing with SystemsAl Etmanski – Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation
from consuming to living
evolving leadership theories
systems leadership & sustainable living
from consuming to living
evolving leadership theories
systems leadership & sustainable living
What can I do to take action on climate change / waste?
Collect and save waterSay no to junk mailChoose energy efficient lightsBuy used goodsWalk, bike, take transit, car poolUse natural cleaners…
Household consumption accounts for72% of global greenhouse gas emissions
sustainable behaviour is therefore essential in any intervention to tackle climate change, especially in high income countries.
Source: Dubois et al. 2019
consumption-based carbon emissions
C40 cities have a 60% larger carbon footprint than previously estimated
scale of emissions generated bythe urban consumption of everyday goods and services
Source: C40 March 2018
1.5 Degree Lifestyles:Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints
February 2019
Housing Construction & DemolitionPaper, plastics, textiles wasteWasted Food…
We have heavily underestimated the challenge ahead of us.
And unfortunately there is a pattern where we are being looked at
As consumers
Rather than families, households, communities,
people who want to go about their everyday living.
- Dr. Lewis Akenji
remaining within our carbon budget requires
transformations in our ways of living
from consuming to living
Are we succeeding in solving major problems?
Are we creating more?
Margaret Wheatley, (2002) Supporting Pioneering Leaders as Communities of Practice: How to Rapidly Develop New Leaders in Great Numbers
If we believe that the old system cannot be repaired,
if we expect to see only more system failures,
then the work is not to fix.
Margaret Wheatley, (2002) Supporting Pioneering Leaders as Communities of Practice: How to Rapidly Develop New Leaders in Great Numbers
Instead, support needs to be given to
radically different processes and methods,
new systems based on new assumptions.
Margaret Wheatley, (2002) Supporting Pioneering Leaders as Communities of Practice: How to Rapidly Develop New Leaders in Great Numbers
from consuming to living
evolving leadership theories
systems leadership & sustainable living
Great Man Theory
18501869
Leader decides course of history
Leadership Theories - evolution
Evolution of Leadership Theory:https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ch-13-mgmt-150924010457-lva1-app6891/95/ch-13slides-12-638.jpg?cb=1443056790
Great Man Theory
18501869
Leader decides course of history
Traditional Theories
1900-1980
Traits – integrity, insight…Skills – problem-solving…Situational / Contextual / ContingencyPower and Influence
Leadership Theories - evolution
Evolution of Leadership Theory:https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ch-13-mgmt-150924010457-lva1-app6891/95/ch-13slides-12-638.jpg?cb=1443056790
Great Man Theory
18501869
Leader decides course of history
Traditional Theories
1900-1980
Traits – integrity, insight…Skills – problem-solving…Situational / Contextual / ContingencyPower and Influence
New Leadership Theories
1980s -present
Authentic leadershipServant leadershipEthical leadershipAdaptive leadershipTransformational leadershipSystems leadership
Leadership Theories - evolution
Evolution of Leadership Theory:https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ch-13-mgmt-150924010457-lva1-app6891/95/ch-13slides-12-638.jpg?cb=1443056790
Away from prediction / control / management / transactions
To adaptingframing key questions
inspiring / motivating based on valuesshaping new norms, roles, structures
Leading Change, Taking Action: 7 Learnings
1. Seeing the system
2. Fostering reflection, generative conversations
3. Co-creating the futureSource: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania Winter - The Dawn of Systems Leadership
4. Dancing with change, not creating change
5. Thinking like a movement
6. Engaging a diversity of players
7. Embracing uncertainty
Sources: Donella Meadows – Dancing with SystemsAl Etmanski – Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation
dancing, steering, nuturing
Source: John Robinson, University of TorontoDonella Meadows – Dancing with Systems
transformational change is here
Photo by lucas law on Unsplash
thinking like a movement
Source: Al Etmanski – Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation
leaders are everywhereself-organizingpower of small actscomplement each otherfollow the energy
engaging difference
inclusive, equity
Photo by Kamila Maciejewska on Unsplash
solidarity & belonging
Strong ties facilitate trust, motivation, and commitment
Weak ties broaden access to salient information, skills, and learning.
Leadership is accepting responsibility to create conditions that enable others to achieve shared purpose in the face of uncertainty.
– Marshall Ganz
traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.
Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar.
-Antonio Machado, Spanish poet
motivated by values
sustainabilityinclusiveness
wonder
Leading Change, Taking Action: 7 Learnings
1. Seeing the system
2. Fostering reflection, generative conversations
3. Co-creating the futureSource: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania Winter - The Dawn of Systems Leadership
4. Dancing with change, not creating change
5. Thinking like a movement
6. Engaging a diversity of players
7. Embracing uncertainty
Sources: Donella Meadows – Dancing with SystemsAl Etmanski – Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation
from consuming to living
evolving leadership theories
systems leadership & sustainable living
mappinggetting on the balcony
Source: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania WinterThe Dawn of Systems Leadership
seeing the system
evidence-base
Vancouver Footprint
better living
rather than guilt / negative framing
fostering reflection and generative conversations
Source: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania WinterThe Dawn of Systems Leadership
assumptionsreflection and action
assumption
behaviour change
Our ways of living are shaped by our:
identity, aspirations, social norms
societal context – physical layout, policies, markets, institutions, culture
habits and social practices
generative conversations
balance advocacy and inquiry
time scarcityvs.
abundance
affectscollaborationemotional intelligencestrategic solutions…
reflection - action
We have a propensity to prematurely rush into action, too often failing to take time for the kind of deep reflection necessary to clarify our goals, challenge our assumptions, and make sure we are all clear and aligned.
We can spend far too much energy paddling hard up stream, failing to take advantage of the currents going our way.
- Robert Gass
link footprints with wellbeing
co-creating futures
Source: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania WinterThe Dawn of Systems Leadership
beyond reactingto building positive visions
asking powerful questions
what if?
Imagine what sustainable livingcould look, feel, be like
when we imagine itwe can create it…
Leading Change, Taking Action: 7 Learnings
1. Seeing the system
2. Fostering reflection, generative conversations
3. Co-creating the futureSource: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania Winter - The Dawn of Systems Leadership
4. Dancing with change, not creating change
5. Thinking like a movement
6. Engaging a diversity of players
7. Embracing uncertainty
Sources: Donella Meadows – Dancing with SystemsAl Etmanski – Impact: Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation
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