How triage can help to make decisions
We all know the harsh reality of having to make decisions on how to spend such resources as our time and focus. Last week I co-wrote an article with Ben Preston for The Conversation on climate adaptation and triage. Triage as a concept emerged in World War I and is: a process of prioritizing actions […]
This is marketing: how to add true value and succeed
This week I have been reading Seth Godin’s newest book This is Marketing: You can’t be Seen until You Learn to See. What has been so refreshing about the book is Seth’s way of simply explaining how ideas work, which issues we should be thinking about when we embark on the journey in discovering and […]
Why tracking decisions matters both for health and climate
Much can be said about our individual decisions, and the way we make them. The world is full of advice on this: countless books, webinars, podcasts, online courses and workshops on how you can learn to make better decisions. When it comes to climate related decision-making, some have argued that framing climate change about individual […]
What good leadership really looks like
As the year 2018 is drawing to a close, it’s an excellent time to reflect on what has been going on in the world, and specifically in the climate change space. 2018 has seen both leadership that is frankly just bad but also positive that has been inspiring. The good and the bad A […]
And then there were COP24 outcomes (kind of).
The Paris Agreement was and remains a milestone agreement in climate change policy. Never before have countries spoken in so united voice about what their aspirations are for climate change outcomes, what kinds of commitments they aspired to, and how we can address climate change at a global scale. Yet, strangely these last two weeks […]
Finding direction at the COP24
This week the countries have tried to find a shared direction on a number of issues, including how to agree on the “Paris Rulebook” (more about that here). Yesterday night the countries finally came together to make decisions based on the discussions and meetings during the week. The two big ticket items have been the […]
Will COP24 deliver the great expectations?
This week in Queensland, temperatures are soaring, with temperature records consistently breaking this week, with potential for fire tornadoes with the strong winds, and also potentially a devastating season for our coral reefs as the summer heat begins. Meanwhile, school children and youth in Australia are staging a campaign and not going to school as […]
Adult development theory and climate governance
These past weeks are all turning into some sort of a nightmare story specifically for those of us who work on climate change. The World Meteorological Organisation just announced that 2017 is now on record with the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, despite countries committing to cut their emissions. To put it […]
Random acts of initiatives: how to grasp an opportunity
I listened recently to Ryan Hawk’s Learning Leader podcast episode with Seth Godin who is, as anyone in the branding industry knows, an absolute guru when it comes to branding and marketing. The two discussed the concept of random act of initiative where you see an opportunity, grasp it and see what happens. This is […]
How to always make good decisions
This week a friend of mine posted a question in Facebook about decisions: what do you do when you are faced with a decision, how do you know you pick the “right” fork in the road? It was somewhat amusing to read the advice and answers (my own included) about how we know we have […]