SustainopreneurshipBusiness with a Cause
Getting Leverage forEntrepreneurship and Innovation
for Sustainability
Anders AbrahamssonSLICE Services and Publishing
blog.slice.nu • @sliceonline
Today - at JCI ECM2010… sharing a background story… providing a context… introducing the concept… getting leverage!
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The Sustainability Challenge- and its traditionalresponses
BASE OF THE PYRAMID
Four billion people 'live' below $4 a day
CLIMATE CHANGE
NATURE OF PROBLEMS
DEMAND FOR SOLUTIONS
POLITICS
CORPORATES
NGO'sACA-DEMIA
BACK TO BASICS
BACK TO BASICS
BACK TO BASICS
BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY 1.0 > 2.0?
THE ENTREPRENEUR
LONG TERM VISION
EVOLUTION OF THE E-WORD
entrepreneur > social entrepreneur >
ecopreneur > sustainability entrepreneur >
sustainopreneur
Sustainopreneurship – Business with a Cause
Entrepreneurship for Innovation andSustainability
http://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Sustainopreneurship
http://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Sustainopreneurship
SUSTAINOPRENEURSHIP
… deployment of sustainability innovations… short for sustainability entrepreneurship
And furtherly defined by...
THREE DIMENSIONS
1 – purpose > sustainability2 – process > creative organizing3 – process > respecting the needs of current and future stakeholders (life support systems)
Getting leverage – empowering the sustainopreneurial movement
MAIN PROBLEMS FOR SUSTAINOPRENEURS
- financing – 'Get the bucks'- promotion – 'Get the word out'- finding people with the right mindset – 'Get the right people'
...let's find some key parts of the whole to get beyond...
- CREATIVITY- INNOVATION- ENTREPRENEURSHIP- SUSTAINABILITY- SOCIAL WEB
CREATIVITY
- Get Into the Flow!
'Idea creativity' vs Do CreaCtivity
INNOVATION
- Innovations have always been
'Hard' vs 'Soft' innovations
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Discover your way by doing!
Business Model Innovation
http://businessmodelgeneration.comhttp://businessmodelgeneration.com
SUSTAINABILITY
- Be the change you want to see!
Sustain Yourself and Your Peers
SUSTAINABILITY
- Dream- Imagine- Explore- Visualize- Set goals
...then...
SUSTAINABILITY
- Patience- Endurance- Joy
...road tosuccess!
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SOCIAL WEB
THE SUSTAINABILITY WEB
MAKE MEANINGMAKE CONVERSATIONSMAKE IDENTITYMAKE MONEYMAKE CHANGE
… getting leverage
SPACE - virtualPLACE - physicalCRAZE - mentalBLAZE - spiritualAMAZE - social
… getting leverage
From financing to resourcingFrom promoting to conversingFrom structure to flow
Be human – Be yourself!
… getting leverage
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AI – harmony
KI – life energy
DO – the way
A Thousand Mile Journey Begins with One Step/Lao Tse
RE:LOVE THE WORLD- a world where you meet your fellow human
being with Love and Respect – and you can expect to be met with the same
SUSTAINOPRENEURIALLECUTURINGINSPIRATIONCONSULTANCY andEVENTS
Building communities for a better world – one dialogue, relation and action at a time
Anders AbrahamssonSLICE Services and Publishingblog.slice.nu • @[email protected]
Thank you for your attention!