Why Culture Matters: People Side of Change - Pt 1

This class is Part 1 describing the foundations for the Forever Green™ certification. Culture is often ignored and is the Achilles heel for most mergers and acquisitions. It is key to successful strategy implementation and core to an effective and long-lasting approach to sustainability.

Learn the hidden beliefs that drive the four cultures and their impact on getting to green.

Introduction to Sustainability

Participants will learn about the concept of sustainability and how it is implicitly intertwined with the economy, environment and society. True sustainability practices are more than the latest of trends implemented by “green” organizations; they are the key to long-term success.

Organizational leaders, supervisors and managers of corporations, small businesses and non-profits will benefit from taking this introductory course. It will give you the basic understanding that you will need before discovering how to execute a sustainability strategy and work towards Ethical Impact L3C’s Forever Green™ certification.

Learn how sustainability is intertwined with the long-term success of the economy, environment and society.

Ethics of Sustainability: People Side of Change- Pt 2

Ethics and values are things we hold dear. We do not understand the dark side of them and can be caught by surprise when things don’t turn out as we expected. The hidden danger to achieving deep  green business practices often lie in our unspoken value systems.

Learn the three value sets and how they influence our behavior in subtle and startling ways.

Change! Understanding the Reality Quake and the New Business Environment of the 21st Century

Understand the Reality Quake and the New Business Environment of the 21st Century. In this new business environment our personal and business decisions have increasing consequences not only for ourselves but for all of humanity and indeed, all of life on Earth.

Learn the evolving world view and the nature and dynamics of change..

Ecoliteracy - Foundations for Success in the New Business Environment - Part 1

Businesses that want to survive and thrive must integrate the knowledge and understanding of ecology and systems into their thinking and shift their values to effectively evolve their organizations. This class focuses on ecoliteracy.

Learn the difference between shallow and deep ecology.

Thinking in Systems - Foundations for Success in the New Business Environment - Part 2

Systems thinking is difficult because we have been taught to think that only parts of things are important. Our reductionist bias and our belief in separation drives everything in our culture including our approach to knowledge and our approach to business (competition, core business).

Learn how systems run themselves, traps and opportunities.