Transformational Leadership for Sustainability
A program based on the work of Dr. Monica Sharma and Karen O'Brien, designed to create impact and shift systems and cultures at the rate, scale, magnitude, and depth required to address global challenges like climate change and sustainable development. The program emphasizes the interconnectedness of the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation.
Program Modules
Introduction to Transformational Leadership for Sustainability
Welcome and introduction to the program, setting the stage for addressing the challenges of sustainability and the need for systemic change.
Welcome Routine
WeeklyWeekly routine to start the week with program materials
The Three Spheres of Transformation
Exploring the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation and their interconnectedness.
Spheres Discussion Routine
WeeklyA routine for exploring the spheres
The Fractal Approach to Scaling Change
Understanding and applying the fractal approach for creating systemic change. The description included a comparison of fractals to other forms of scaling.
Fractal Pattern Routine
WeeklyA routine to work fractals and patterns into our thinking
Sourcing Inner Capacities and Transformative Design
Overcoming limiting beliefs and assumptions to activate collective agency for significant change.
Belief Examination Routine
DailyWork to identify and address our assumptions
Developing a Breakthrough Initiative
Connecting personal transformation with societal transformations through a specific breakthrough initiative. Each participant is asked to bring a specific breakthrough initiative to the workshop.
Developing a Breakthrough Initiative
MonthlyConnecting personal transformation with societal transformations through a specific breakthrough initiative. Each participant is asked to bring a specific breakthrough initiative to the workshop.
“Bring a specific breakthrough initiative that you would, you know, something that is important to your work or to your life or something that you really want to see shift.”
What You'll Accomplish
- Understand the interconnectedness of the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation.
- Apply the fractal approach to scaling social change.
- Identify and overcome limiting beliefs to activate collective agency.
- Design and implement breakthrough initiatives for sustainability.
- Connect personal transformation with societal transformations.
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