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Future-proofing needs collaboration, innovation, education and inspiration
posted by Giles Hutchins  on September 14, 2011

Make no mistake, the transformation from a firm of the past to a firm of the future is challenging, especially while operating amid of a perfect storm of social, economic and environmental volatility. Successful transformation requires courage, not fear. The more we understand and explore our own business environments and wider business ecosystems (as well as our own inner motives and values) the more we find pathways for success – learning through doing, growth through experience, success through failure. Looking around us in nature and human nature, we find enablers to assist us; catalysts which aid and optimise the transformational journey. Four primary catalysts for transformation are: collaboration, innovation, education and inspiration. Let's explore each in turn:


Firms of the future - business inspired by nature
posted by Giles Hutchins  on September 5, 2011

Those bold enough to embark on a journey of dynamic transformation are most likely to succeed in volatile conditions
The economic, social and environmental volatility now facing business means organisations having to operate in a dynamically transforming landscape.
The nature of change itself is transforming. Organisations are now increasingly exposed to dynamic change: change upon change upon change – while dealing with one change, another affects us, then another, and so on. This dynamic change upsets the traditional business paradigm we have been working to over the last few decades. It is no longer appropriate to simply manage change through traditional change management methodologies or manage risk through tried and tested risk management techniques. We need to look deeper in dealing with these increasingly challenging times as we transform our organisations from firms of the past to firms of the future.
Paradoxically, inspiration for the current pressing challenges is all around us in nature. Nature has been dealing with dynamic change for over 3.8bn years, and the more we explore nature's ways the more we find inspiration for operating in a dynamically changing business environment.


Transformational times call for transformational change
posted by Giles Hutchins  on August 1, 2011

In this blog Giles Hutchins, global director for sustainability solutions at Atos and co-founder of BCI: Biomimicry for Creative Innovation, sets out why businesses must transform into firms of the future by embedding sustainability, creating value for themselves, their communities and the ecosystems in which they operate.


The Global Future of Green Capitalism
posted by Marc Weiss  on November 29, 2010

Green Capitalism generates substantial economic and employment growth and sustainable business and community development by demonstrating that innovation, efficiency, and conservation in the use and reuse of all natural and human resources is the best way to increase jobs, incomes, productivity, and competitiveness.


Is there still time for hope?
posted by Cyndi Rhoades  on November 12, 2009

Signs of a new era in economics emerge, bringing hope for real and systemic change.

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