Building a Values-Based Business
The Academy talks with Stacey Tank (Vice President, Home Services at The Home Depot) and Grace Zuncic (Chief People and Culture Officer, Chobani) about their personal experiences of staying true to their core-values in the face of business growth, and how companies can maintain a sense of humanity when they reach scale.
The panel focus on how to sustain social good […]
Social Emotional Learning in Schools
By Anthony Johnson, Academy Fellow
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies have emerged as powerful tools for school districts across the country in promoting and developing self-awareness, self-management, empathy, social skill and good decision making. The objective of these strategies is to promote “good learning” which Daniel Goleman (the founder of the Collaborative of Social Emotional Learning and co-author of The Triple Focus, […]
How to Fly While Grounded: An introduction to core tools of system leadership
By Hal Hamilton and LeAnne Grillo.
System leadership grows from the use of tools and practices as we engage others in pursuit of positive change. After Donella Meadows wrote Limits to Growth from the work of a team, people began thinking of global challenges through the framework of feedback loops and the consequences of runaway use of resources. Peter Senge launched systems […]
Organic Tourism: Creating a more Sustainable Food System in Thailand
Udom Hongchatikul, a graduate of our Academy Fellowship program, is the founder of Thailand’s Social Lab and the co-founder of Thailand’s Sustainable Food Lab.
Udom is currently involved in promoting Organic Tourism across Thailand. Organic Tourism is a social movement that aims to create more sustainable food systems. Based on an inclusive business model, the movement is led by the private […]
Reimagining Leadership: Moving from Silos to Systems
What does it mean to be a systems leader? What is awareness-based systems thinking? How can we positively influence the systems in which we work?
In this keynote speech, our President and co-Founder, Darcy Winslow, highlights the urgent work needed to tackle today’s challenges, and focuses on how we can each show up to influence complex changes in large organizations.
“We have […]
Visionary Leadership Makes All The Difference
Academy Fellow, Bob Carey, is Strategic Partnerships Director for The Nature Conservancy in Washington. Having recently experienced Bob’s leadership skills in action, Academy co-Founder and Board Member, Hal Hamilton, shares a snapshot of Bob’s current work.
The Work
Bob Carey (pictured) used to be a backcountry ranger, and leading groups of teenagers to discover what wilderness will teach them is still something he enjoys. Bob’s current […]
A Conversation with Otto Scharmer
In this 60 minute recorded webinar, the Academy hosts Otto Scharmer in discussion about his work on Theory U, focusing on core principles and applications. Academy Founders, Peter Senge and Darcy Winslow, along with Academy Fellow and Strategic Design Manager, Katie Stubley, talk about turning theory into practice and take questions from participants as to how we can implement this work in our […]
Connections and Growth: The Expanding Academy Network
A Fellow from Cohort 1 of the Academy Fellowship Program, Kim Kita, is Director of Colorado State University Todos Santos. Here she shares her experiences of hosting Fellows from Cohort 2 for their Gathering in Mexico.
I have a sense of deep, sustaining, warmth this winter that comes from meeting, hosting, and joining the Academy fellows of cohort 2 at the Colorado […]
Overcoming 3 Barriers to Becoming and Environmentally Sustainable Business
This article by Academy co-Founder and Faculty Member, Hal Hamilton, was originally published on the Sustainable Food Lab website.
Sustainability in the business world always begins with quick wins. We increase efficiency with energy, water and fertilizer, for example. Those innovations save money and so are able to scale naturally.
Then it gets harder.
Beyond the early steps we face three barriers:
Organizational […]
Full Moon Reflections
Liliana Gutierrez is a graduate of the Academy Fellowship Program based in La Paz, Mexico.
As you look at the moon tonight and enjoy, take a moment, take a breath, feel the circle you belong to, feel the circle you are… take a moment and surrender to the full simplicity and power of a circle.
It is 8 o’clock in the morning, […]