New Book Excerpt: Exploring A Sustainable Future

“Buckminster Fuller said that spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per hour, with no need for seat belts, lots of room in coach, and really good food—but all that is changing.”  ~ Paul Hawken
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The 21st century will be a century of change, transformation, new ideas and innovation, and discoveries that will enrich our society.  We have entered a new industrial revolution.  An industrial change that acknowledges our environment, our current generation’s needs, our need to revisit best practices, our business need to transform and prepare our legacy to meet the needs for succeeding generations.

We currently have, in place, a budding Sustainability industry that will continue to grow, mature and expand in the next 20 years. This is not a siloed approach,  but an integrated solution approach that is tailored to fit each organization’s needs.

Ideas will come from Humanity and Nature will show us the path.  We will see a dance between Technology and Science that will build our economies as nothing before. Technological arrays, will focus on issues and resolution through the use of technology. From science, biological and “natural” views, will focus on how to restore our environment. It will continue to build on array and matrix foundations, which will holistically support industries, countries and the world in the transformation to a sustainable planet. Technological arrays will interconnect technologies for remediation of Sustainability issues (i.e.,  Transportation, Traffic, Internet, Water Purification, etc.). Environmental matrices will produce biological and “natural” views will make solutions for converting waste to bio-nutrients for the purpose of environmental restoration. This is a long-term mending and nurturing strategy to restore our planet.

In this century, business will be the true catalyst for pragmatic Sustainability transformation.  This is a systematic approach of eliminating waste, improve efficiency,  addressing customer needs, and recognizing corporate social responsibilities. Sustainability is a systemic framework to address economic, environmental, social and technological issues, to create a sustainable world and avoid declining ecosystems and the extinction of Humanity as we know it. The business community has begun to implement Sustainability and has proven that change can indeed be profitable.

For the first time in the history of humanity, we can see our survivability threaten by witnessing dramatic climatic change, scarcity of resources, overpopulation, and the ignorance and abuse of our planet. Humanity will be obliged to address these critical problems. Our population is growing at phenomenal rate and this key issue, which increases demands on all resources (land, water, food, air, etc.) will be the bane of the next two or three human generations. But we have a choice. We must change our approach to business, recognize resource limitations, and make decisions that ensure holistic understanding in order to make informed decisions that will benefit our biosphere and mankind. Four profound ideas will transform this century and lead us down a more secure path:

•     Creating A New Renaissance will bring new ideas and original thought
•     Creating Shared Value will redefine business and its relationship with society
•     Creating Disruptive Technology will bring innovation to the marketplace
•     Creating Technology For New Resources will bring new resources to the market
•     Creating A Gateway To Originality will bring new thoughts and meld with old ones

This is an excerpt of my new book “Building a Bridge to Benefits”. Publication date is scheduled for November 2013 and is planned to be available on Amazon. More to come …
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Lead Smart, Endless Opportunities when Sustainability is driven by Lean Six Sigma
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Sustainability is a Change in DNA, Not Window Dressing

“The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about”
 ~Unknown

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Geoffrey Moore published a landmark book in 1991, entitled “Crossing the Chasm”. The theme of the book focused on marketing and selling technical and disruptive products to mainstream customers. In a very real sense, his perception of disruptive products being brought into the marketplace is aligned with similar efforts a company would go through implementing Sustainability principles.

Everyone who includes and aligns principles of Sustainability into their strategic planning and business model will have performance and profitability consequences.  Regarding Sustainability, “Innovators” and “Early Adopters” are clear winners in the marketplace by refining their processes, eliminating waste in their production and products and engaging Customer and Suppliers who also are like-minded. From Moore’s book, technical companies considered “Early Majority” businesses were also rewarded.

Why are major corporations engaging in Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility? What do they see that other corporations do not? These are leadership segments that Geoffrey Moore called the “Innovators” and “Early Adopters”. Their leadership differentiates their companies and products through Sustainability. They are the industry leaders and by being first, permit them to mold their industry. They are the companies who have quickly recognized the value of Sustainability. These leaders find it easy to understand the concepts, appreciate the benefits, and relate benefits to other opportunities. These leaders recognize that pragmatic Sustainability “makes good business sense” and “is the right thing to do”.

I ran across this article and found it is a great perspective of tangible benefits. Why would reading this be important? Simply, there is complete misunderstanding to the value of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. Read The Cart Goes After The Horse. Okay, Which One Is The Horse?

Good business leadership will recognize the need for change and probably already recognizes the value of Sustainability today. But their competition, the ones who believe CSR is only window dressing, will be the laggards. Their destiny is already known.

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New Book Excerpt: Executive Commitment and Vision

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower
others.”   ~ Bill Gates
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Transformation is modeled with foundations for better leadership, based on these two lessons: The leanest will be more competitive [Lean Six Sigma – LSS]. The leanest will be better stewards and create a better chance of making the future a success [Sustainability]. All resources are finite, but the journey to pursue excellence is based on optimizing profitability. So, recognizing the definition of Sustainable Develop slightly refocuses our formula for increased Profitability:

Optimizing Profitability = Sustainable Development
 + Quality + Continuous Improvement + Secured Gains

Will transformation create opportunities for increased performance, reduced costs, provide for growth of brand and attract quality employees? Research and results indicate it will provide your organization with those opportunities and establish a Continuous Improvement process to refine and meet your future competitive landscape. Your true litmus test is two-fold. First, the results of aligning your Vision, holistically, to integrate Ethics into your organization and philosophy to create a unique Culture that attracts the quality people you want and need. Second, is the true increase in profitability and competitiveness that is an ongoing refinement by fusing Sustainability with an effective Quality effort.

This is an excerpt of my new book “Building a Bridge to Benefits”. Publication date is scheduled for November 2013 and is planned to be available on Amazon. More to come …
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Jarvis Business Solutions, LLC
Contact Information
Email: Ralph.Jarvis@JarvisBusinessSolutions.com
Blog: http://horizons.JarvisBusinessSolutions.com
Web site: http://www.JarvisBusinessSolutions.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/corporatesocialresponsibility/

Lead Smart, Endless Opportunities when Sustainability is driven by Lean Six Sigma
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Shlomo Benartzi: Saving for tomorrow, tomorrow – TED Video

Shlomo Benartzi uses behavioral economics to study how and why we plan well for the future (or fail to), and uses that to develop new programs to encourage saving for retirement.

Today, we have many sources of information and knowledge. That is true for topics surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Business Transformation, etc. I have discovered some very good videos that are supported by the Creative Commons (CC) license and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). For more information, please go to originating sites for more information (TED, YouTube, and other  web sites). We hope you enjoy these videos and share with your friends and colleagues.

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Yochai Benkler on the new open-source economics – TED Video

Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.

Today, we have many sources of information and knowledge. That is true for topics surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Business Transformation, etc. I have discovered some very good videos that are supported by the Creative Commons (CC) license and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). For more information, please go to originating sites for more information (TED, YouTube, and other  web sites). We hope you enjoy these videos and share with your friends and colleagues.

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Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future – TED Video

Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism — that we’ll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. “I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down.”

Today, we have many sources of information and knowledge. That is true for topics surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Business Transformation, etc. I have discovered some very good videos that are supported by the Creative Commons (CC) license and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). For more information, please go to originating sites for more information (TED, YouTube, and other  web sites). We hope you enjoy these videos and share with your friends and colleagues.

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