The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook: When it All Comes Together

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Part I. Understanding reality: our context for The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook......Page 14
Introduction and overview......Page 15
‘Business case’ for a sustainable enterprise......Page 16
Missing ingredients and The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook......Page 17
How should a person be if he or she has values aligned with sustainability?......Page 18
Using The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook......Page 19
Context: acknowledging current reality, best practices, and iterative learning......Page 21
Iterative learning: action research efforts evolve our understanding......Page 23
Overview of this book......Page 31
References......Page 36
Part II. Preparing the foundation for a sustainable enterprise......Page 38
Introduction......Page 39
The Leadership Diamond: zero footprint and a life-giving workplace......Page 42
Nature and domains of leadership for sustainable enterprise......Page 43
Reflections on leadership from ancient traditions and Earth wisdom......Page 50
New frameworks for leading sustainable enterprise......Page 54
Engaging the natural tendency of self-organization......Page 60
References......Page 69
Introduction......Page 71
Six dimensions of mental models......Page 73
Cultivating mental models that support sustainability in a technically oriented organization......Page 83
Mental models in civil society......Page 90
Appreciative Inquiry case study: executive MBA candidates......Page 94
Conclusion......Page 99
References......Page 100
3 Developing a sustainability strategy......Page 102
The nature of strategic management......Page 103
The nature of sustainability strategies......Page 105
The strategic logic or business case for the sustainable enterprise......Page 107
Doing well by doing good: the sustainability advantage......Page 109
The progression toward integrated sustainability strategies......Page 111
The unique and varied nature of sustainability strategies......Page 113
The process of formulating and implementing sustainability strategy......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 127
References......Page 128
Part III. Embracing and managing change sustainably......Page 130
Achieving sustainable enterprise in the 21st century......Page 131
Managing the change to sustainable enterprise......Page 132
Challenges in changing enterprise culture......Page 134
Transforming enterprise culture......Page 136
Participative change and sustainable enterprise cultures......Page 137
Iterative transformational change methodology......Page 139
Iterative guide to sustainable development workscapes......Page 142
Conclusion......Page 151
References......Page 152
5 Employee engagement for a sustainable enterprise......Page 154
What employee engagement looks like......Page 155
Employee engagement in sustainability management......Page 156
Case studies......Page 158
Conclusion......Page 172
References......Page 173
6 Sustainable enterprise metrics and measurement systems......Page 175
Global sustainable development indicators overview......Page 177
Enterprise sustainability metrics and management systems overview......Page 183
Metrics applications for sustainable enterprises......Page 190
Financial performance indicators......Page 198
Measuring sustainable enterprise qualities......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 213
References......Page 214
Part IV. Connecting, integrating, and aligning toward the future......Page 216
7 Sustainable globalization: the challenge and the opportunity......Page 217
What do we mean by ‘sustainable globalization’?......Page 218
Looking through the economic and financial lens......Page 219
Looking through the technology lens......Page 221
Looking through the lens of poverty and inequity......Page 223
Looking through a limits-to-growth lens......Page 229
Looking through the movement-of-talent lens......Page 233
Looking through a geopolitical lens......Page 234
Holistic integration, featuring ‘Six lenses of sustainable globalization tool’......Page 243
References......Page 245
8 Transorganizational collaboration and sustainability networks......Page 248
Transorganizational collaboration and stakeholder engagement......Page 250
CORE: Core Organizational Renewal Engagement......Page 251
Case. ‘Sustainable Uplands’: learning to manage future change......Page 255
Putting networks to work: architecting participation......Page 257
Tool. Personal network drawing exercise......Page 262
InnoCentive: sustainable enterprise through ideagoras......Page 263
Collaboration and networking technology......Page 265
Using the virtual world of Second Life to promote real-world sustainability......Page 270
Conclusion......Page 273
References......Page 274
Part V. When it all comes together......Page 276
9 A new beginning: when it all comes together......Page 277
Common threads......Page 278
The Sustainability Pyramid......Page 279
References......Page 287
Coda. An invitation to participate with us in the Living Fieldbook at www.TheSustainableEnterpriseFieldbook.net......Page 288
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About the contributors......Page 300
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