The future will be powered by sustainable thinking in business, organizations, governments and everyday life.Organizational change guru, Bob Doppelt, makes the case that global warming and today's other ecological and socioeconomic problems are not technical in nature, rather they represent a crisis of thought. Every society has a shared 'mental frame' - core beliefs and assumptions - that shape the way people make decisions and behave. Effective solutions will emerge only when new, sustainable forms of thinking emerge. Yet how do we do it?This revolutionary book tackles climate change, sustainability and life success by starting with your mind. It provides proven 'staged-based' methods for transforming thinking and behaviour, beginning first with the reader's own cognitive patterns, then moving to how individuals can motivate other people to change, and finally to how teams and organizations can be motivated to change.Organizational change guru Bob Doppelt unleashes The Power of Sustainable Thinking to transform how we think and act to improve our lives and tackle climate change. Interviews with business and organizational leaders and practical methods inspire readers to become sustainability 'change agents' in any profession or activity.
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Foreword by L. Hunter Lovins
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pt. I The Imperatives of Change
1 The Gift 3
2 Making Our Fate 15
3 Climate and Sustainability Basics 23
4 Sustainability Thinking Blunders 37
Pt. II The Path Forward
5 How We Think 59
6 How We Change 69
7 Transforming Your Personal Thinking and Behaviour 87
8 The Ethics of Sustainable Thinking 127
9 Motivating Others To Think and Act Sustainably 147
10 Motivating Teams and Organizations To Think Sustainably 169
11 The Power of Sustainable Thinking 203