Insights we can borrow from the military, education, community development, and public health sectors

Tools from these sectors are just a few examples of cross-sector learning contributing to greater sophistication in understanding and responding to the reality of a fast-changing world, with inter-connected issues, and a need for collaborative solutions.

In this article series, I want SMB (small and medium sized businesses) to see how the pieces or issues fit together, have examples to follow, and to be inspired to take action in becoming a “better” company — for the community, consumers, employees, and the bottom line. We have discussed some history, definitions, concepts, examples of good corporate citizenship (and greenwashing), and why having robust “alphabet soup” (CSR, CS, DEI, ESG, SDG, PPP, 9Rs, etc) culture and practices is important not just ethically, but strategically. Fundamentally, it’s about being a learning (& caring about stakeholders) organization; so, what can we learn from each other, from other aspects of our lives, and from other sectors?

VUCA, Moore, and Shift Happens The world is changing ever faster. “Moore’s law”[1] + regionalization/globalization + increasing integration of technology into our lives, equals proverbial lightning, and overwhelm potential. Using a military speak analogy, much as we might wish for calm and simplicity, we are living and working in a VUCA world (see forthcoming articles on leadership in a fast changing world — managing our minds and impacts, and how to simplify our focus to a few underlying concepts, which help hone our intuition, and navigate myriad situations).

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Transformative Leadership and the creative minority. Consultation and the Eisenhower matrix. Social determinants of health, ie Public Health sector’s insights.

If you’re interested in the ultra-succinct summary, aka 12 guidelines to (further) develop your company’s long-term-risk-management and sustainability policies and culture, email me and I’ll share the free, five-minute read.