Sustainable Development: The Ultimate Leadership

Challenge

Our World Is in Trouble!

Natural Disasters

Environmental Disasters

Poverty

Social Upheaval

Rising Oil Prices

Economic Crisis

Sustainable development is

making sure that the citizens of

Medicine Hat meet their needs

today AND not compromise the

needs of their grandchildren for

many generations to come.

The Journey

Rubic’s Cube

Literature Review

• Leadership

• Sustainable Development

• Organizational Change

1. Describe a compelling

need for change and

commit to organizational

learning

2. Inspire a shared vision

and build a culture of

sustainable

development in

Medicine Hat

3. Engage key

stakeholders in co-

creating a strategy to

implement sustainable

development in

Medicine Hat

4. Execute the strategy

and put it into action in a

systems thinking

perspective

5. Keep score and retell

the story

Triple Bottom Line

Planet

Profit People

AND

Life Cycle Assessment

ID Plan Design Build Sell

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Right People at the Table

Robin’s Hedgehog Principle

Deep

Best

What you are

deeply

interested in

What we can be

the best for the

world at How we serve

the needs of

our resource

engine

Planet

Profit People

A Little Help Please!

Opportunities for Change

What LEED-ND Is:

1 •Smart Growth

2 •New Urbanism

3 •Green Buildings

= Improved Quality of Life

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

Photo by Robin Levesque

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“What use is a thriving business

in a world that fails?”

D’Humière