Green Project Management
DECEMBER 21, 2015
This post is intended to provide the foundational concepts around organizational sustainable risk management factors. This post also recommends adopting sustainable risk management as a core discipline within sustainable change delivery. This is part of a series that provides the foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. “It is far better to grasp the universe as […].
Daniel Burrus
JULY 1, 2015
Few subjects these days are more contentious than education, and rightly so. If our children are our future, it’s essential we do everything we can do educate them properly, to prepare them for what’s to come. But are we schooling our kids for a future that might not even exist by the time they’re ready to transition to the working world? Today, more than ever before, the ground beneath our feet is continuously shifting — growing and expanding in ways few have been able to anticipate.
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Sustainable Development Network
DECEMBER 14, 2015
SDSN-Amazonia in partnership with SDSN Global organized Amazon Solutions Day during COP 21 in Paris on December 7th at the Columbia Global Center | Paris (Reid Hall). The event aimed to develop a common vision strategy for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Amazon region, as well as financing mechanisms. Several experts in sustainable development participated including WWF President Yolanda Kakabadse, SDSN Director and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-Genera
Daniel Burrus
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
When it comes to the future of your industry, how secure do you feel, not only in your position, but in your career, your abilities, as a whole? The era in which a professional could go to school for a specific skill or trade, develop his or her acumen and skills, and stick with that skill set to establish and grow a career until retirement has passed.
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 14, 2015
Most people would agree that people don’t like change. I would disagree, let’s face it, babies cry until you change them. We take vacations because we want and need a change. However, we all know there is a dark side to change, the type we don’t like. In order to turn change into an advantage, it’s important to understand how to turn the negative side of change to a positive.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 19, 2015
A number of years ago, as part of an international project, I made a short list of the biggest problems the world would face over the next fifty years which included shortages of food and drinking water to name a few. Then I researched what would be needed to solve all of these problems, and I came to an interesting conclusion. The one common thread that connected all of the solutions was energy.
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Daniel Burrus
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
In today’s world of technology-driven transformation, leaders need to embrace a new leadership principle if they want their organization to be relevant today and in the future. In recent years, leaders have added agility — being able to change quickly based on external circumstances — as an organizational competency. But digital disruption from the outside-in has been coming at an ever-increasing speed, and it’s only getting faster.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 6, 2015
It doesn’t matter what you do for a living — whether you work in medicine or retail, law or construction, whether you’re a software engineer or a writer — there’s an art and science to just about every career imaginable. Every profession has its scientific aspects, those more mechanical facets and rules and methods you absolutely must know to excel within your industry.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 12, 2015
Much like every other prominent industry, the medical field is becoming inexorably digitized. Digital disruption and transformation within the healthcare profession is a Hard Trend — something that will happen, something we can count on seeing in the future. But these developments aren’t exactly futuristic, far-off advancements; we’re starting to see them in our everyday lives and they’re already improving the quality of healthcare we as patients can expect to receive.
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 21, 2015
Data analytics is the science of extracting patterns, trends, and actionable information from large sets of data. While often used interchangeably with the term “business intelligence,” it’s useful to distinguish the terms. Think of business intelligence as the ways in which companies use data to improve their management and operations. Data analytics involves improving your ways of making sense of that data before acting on it; further still, you can slice and dice the data to extract insights
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 7, 2015
By sheer definition, the word “impossible” connotes something that simply cannot be done. But we all know the impossible isn’t completely out of our reach; for centuries, humans have been achieving the so-called “impossible” by developing conceptual understanding and making visible that which we’ve been previously unable to see and conceive of. When we develop this sort of understanding, previously unknown opportunities and solutions become clear — and then, doing the impossible becomes just a m
Daniel Burrus
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
These days, we see new, dramatic innovations in technology with considerable frequency. Moreover, when we consider the past decade or so, the pace of new developments is increasing at an exponential rate. But while we’re seeing more creativity and inventiveness, how much of this technological development is disruptive rather than simple tweaks to existing innovations already embedded within mainstream society?
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 26, 2015
In 1983, I identified digital disruption as one of twenty technology-driven Hard Trends that would increasingly shape the future at an exponential rate, and at the same time drive economic value creation. Today, as more and more industries and businesses become disrupted, it is important to understand that digital disruption happens in waves. If an industry has already been disrupted, chances are more innovators — emboldened by the spike in news stories and early success that comes with such de
Daniel Burrus
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
You may have read that we’ve reached the tipping point of consumerization in the IT field. This means that a majority of IT developers now think about products in a new way. Businesses and organizations are no longer the target audience of IT development — the focus has shifted to the individual consumer. The popularity of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policies in the office has accelerated this new style of thinking.
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Daniel Burrus
JULY 8, 2015
In today’s highly competitive world, it’s never been more important to exceed both personal and professional expectations. If you’re merely meeting expectations, you can position yourself as good — but not great. Or, you might be positioned as great, but not extraordinary. You will continue to have to work hard to add new customers and grow your business, as well as your reputation, and you will find competitors stealing your customers.
Daniel Burrus
JULY 22, 2015
Today’s smartest smart homes have your appliances talking to you through texts sent directly to your smartphone. We have thermostats that automatically adjust based not just on the temperature, but on your daily routine. Some smart homes allow the homeowner to control everything—from starting your coffee in the morning to locking your doors and arming your security system—right from your smartphone.
Daniel Burrus
JULY 29, 2015
Shortly after the launch of Apple’s iPhone, corporate Blackberry users started experimenting with the iPhone, and it didn’t take long before we began seeing office workers and executives juggling two phones – the Blackberry because they had to and the iPhone because they wanted to. Blackberry was focused on the corporate market and they designed the product for corporate communication and email systems.
Daniel Burrus
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
More and more of late, the age range of the entrepreneurial demographic — those innovators responsible for the most recent advancements in tech we’ve benefitted from and enjoy — has skewed younger. Whereas many of the great 20th-century tech geniuses were far removed from academia (and their parents’ basements) when they reached the career-defining breakthroughs for which they came to be known, a huge portion of the entrepreneurial set these days still can’t legally walk into a bar and order a d
Speaker: Hortense Grouvel
In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Too often, the younger generation and older generation see each other as rivals. We can imagine that stereotypical notion they each tend to hurl at the other: “They just don’t get it!” But this isn’t necessarily the case. In fact, it seemingly represents a willful sort of dissociation, a deliberate self-isolation, on the part of both old and young. When faced with what seems to the respective sides like a fundamental divide in understanding — whether it’s a grasp of social customs, language, cre
Sustainable Development Network
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
On November 24, 2015, SDSN Spain (Red Española para el Desarrollo Sostenible – REDS) launched a Declaration with all p olitical parties in Spain to publicly commit to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda before the national elections on December 20. The Declaration was presented in a public event by the Chairs of SDSN Spain/REDS, Miguel Angel Moratinos and Teresa Ribera.
Sustainable Development Network
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
On November 11-12, SDSN Turkey (hosted by Bogaziçi University) convened a two-day high level workshop on the role of SDGs in the G20. On November 11-12 — only two months after Heads of State and Government gathered in New York to approve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one week ahead of the G20 meeting in Atalya, Turkey, and two weeks before the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris — SDSN Turkey (hosted by Bogaziçi University) convened a two-day high level workshop on the role of SDGs
Sustainable Development Network
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
The G20 must focus on implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Declaration for the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2015 Download the SDSN G20 Declaration for Action On September 25, 2015, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This 15-year agenda will guide the international community and national governments on a pathway towards sustainable development.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 21, 2015
The Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems had a busy October! On October 8th and 9th, 2015, the country teams for the solutions initiative National Transformation Pathways for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems met in New York City, USA, to share their past work and chart next steps. Participants discussed the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September, how to bring additional stakeholders (including youth) into the process, and methodology.
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 20, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY What the Sustainable Development Goals Mean for G20 Countries A high-level workshop ahead of G20 – Turkey 2015 November 11 and 12, 2015 Bogaziçi University – Istanbul, Turkey On September 25, 2015, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to adopt the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a 15 year agenda calling upon countries at all development states to join efforts in realizing economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection.
Sustainable Development Network
SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
On September 21-25, SDSN hosted its second capacity development workshop for National and Regional Network managers, with the support of GIZ. This workshop gave the opportunity to ten SDSN network managers to meet in person, discuss projects and potential collaborations, and share lessons learned. The managers also met the SDSN Secretariat to learn more about the work of SDSN at the global level.
Sustainable Development Network
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
By Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs | September 22, 2015 Land rights, both for individuals and for communities, are critical for achieving sustainable development. Security of land tenure and other rights to the land (sometimes held communally rather than individually) can accelerate poverty reduction, strengthen food security, and empower women.
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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 31, 2015
The Laudato si’ Encyclical, a letter from Pope Francis which highlights the moral dimensions of climate change, was recently presented at two events in the Amazon region. These events brought together academia, civil society, government, religious leaders, and indigenous communities. The first event took place on August 16 in the Kambeba village, located in Três Unidos community, a Rio Negro Area of Ambiental Protection (APA).
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 24, 2015
SDSN and our partners are hosting a series of exciting events in New York, in and around the UN General Assembly (UNGA 70) and the Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. For more information on any of these events and to express your interest in participating please write to the SDSN Secretariat focal point, listed below. Please direct all media inquiries to Kathy Zhang.
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 5, 2015
Just a few hours after consensus was reached in New York on the SDG outcome document, SDSN Philippines was launched in Manila on Monday, August 3. Just a few hours after consensus was reached in New York on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outcome document, SDSN Philippines was launched in Manila on Monday, August 3. Over 300 participants from the universities, civil society, the private sector, the Philippine Government, and the international community welcomed the new network which uni
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 24, 2015
On July 21-22, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the SDSN, convened a 2-day high-level event at the Vatican in Rome, bringing together more than 60 mayors from the world’s major urban centers to showcase the modern challenges facing cities and to demonstrate the bold leadership of cities and local governments in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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