Every change leaves an imprint, on people and on the planet. Our footprint for change does not disappear. It lives on long after the change programme.
The Change Management Institute’s three sustainability stewards, Bronwyn Hall McLoughlin (founder, People Planet Change), Neville Henderson (Strategic Change Lead, Transpower, New Zealand) and Pauline Melnyk (founder, Melnyk Consultancy, Canada), share stories from the field and a practical way to assess the people and planet impacts of the change you are working on right now.
Here is a taste of what the session covers
The people side is the real challenge
The biggest challenges sustainability teams face are not technical. They are the people side of change: people wanting to keep working the same way, and resistance to thinking differently and adopting new behaviours. That is familiar ground for Change Practitioners.
Your footprint and your handprint
Your footprint is the negative impact of the activities we create, such as harm, burden or unintended consequences. Your handprint is the positive contribution: the benefits we create, the capability we build and the better outcomes we enable. The full article shows how to assess both through two lenses, People and Planet.
The natural world as a stakeholder
The planet lens adds the natural world to your stakeholder list. It also asks a practical question: how much data is your team holding, and how much energy does that take?
What you will find in the full article
- What has changed for the climate in a year, and where the bright points are
- The Sustainability in Change Guide, and why the ESB case study is a milestone for change in sustainability
- How green teams use bike mechanics, waste audits and volunteer days to build new behaviours
- A simple people and planet impact assessment to draw up for your own project
- The people and planet topics to work through, from belonging by design to biodiversity
- Practical places to start, from your governance committee to your project kickoff
If it is not you, who else could it be?
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