1. Bath Consultancy Group Alexander Ballard
Change Strategies required to address impacts of climate change and energy security in local government
Bath Consultancy Group
Alexander Ballard
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2. Significant changes in the local and global context
In recent months there have been significant changes
Global Economic downturn
20% world – public backing by President Obama in USA for 80% carbon reductions
Need to reduce travel and save energy costs
Meanwhile
Pressure from stakeholders and partners is increasing – carbon and energy use is in the spotlight
Users and citizens are increasingly aware and active
Awareness in media / public awareness is increasing
Are you?
Getting a consistent approach across the organisation and with suppliers ?
Able to integrate a response into mainstream service delivery strategies?
Clear on the change strategies to address change needed ?
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Date of origination: Nov 08 2 ©

3. In addressing climate change and energy security
Questions that leaders in Local Government are asking:
What’s our strategic exposure to climate change?
Where are we now? What’s our data?
Predictive information – what are the risks?
What are our other public sector bodies doing?
How can we benchmark ourselves across government?
What is the carbon impact of our supply chains and forward plans?
What can affect us from suppliers we may not know about?
How will this affect our reputation?
How can we avoid greenwash and improve our image?
How can we mobilise concerted local action with our partners ?
How can we best link up and support change champions and avoid burnout?
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Date of origination: Nov 08 3 ©

4. Addressing climate change involves integrating strategy, leadership and culture through a change process
An integrated change process within the organisation and with your supply chain
Assessing strategic exposure
Benchmarking against others
Revisiting business models
Scenario planning
Supply chain
Strategy
Change
Culture
Leadership
Engagement
From awareness to action
Overcoming resistance
Breakthrough projects
Cross functional change
Discovery learning
Living the message
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Date of origination: Nov 08 4 ©

5. Challenges of integrating and sustaining change
Complex organisations will find many challenges with making this kind of strategic change that affects their assumptions fundamentally
Getting real commitment across vested interests cross functionally and driving this from the leadership team
Avoiding greenwash and reputational risk
Aligning interests across stakeholders within the organisation and its partners e.g. supply chain and knowing what's happening where
Identifying future scenarios and risks that need to be managed
Choosing and resourcing the right breakthrough projects to show what can make a difference
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Date of origination: Nov 08 5 ©

6. Climate PACT – building your capacity for change
Using a well researched proprietary tool, Climate PACT, we can help you build your capacity for change by:
identifying your strategic exposure and vulnerability to climate change
benchmarking your authority’s response level against world class standards
accelerating your strategic response through integrated development
identifying possible breakthrough projects which offer win : win outcomes and accelerated strategic learning
building a route map towards sharp strategies for change.
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Date of origination: Nov 08 6 ©

7. How Climate PACT works Identify levels of response
Work with you to generate a challenging stock take
Leadership Team
report
Learning pathways - strategies for change
Through a combination of developmental workshops and interviews with key personnel we identify the material business issues
Gather evidence on where you stand
Present a short action focussed report for discussion at Cabinet / Leadership Team level
This approach has been successfully developed with Hampshire County Council, and piloted there and in Kent County Council through ABL.
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Date of origination: Nov 08 7 ©

8. Example of a Climate PACT review: 2008
Tremendous progress – especially on adaptation
Very close to an unusually high leadership position
Leverage areas: Learning, Working together, Agents of change
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Date of origination: Nov 08 8 ©
Alexander Ballard Ltd, 25th Sept 2008, 8

9. Feedback on Climate PACT
“Inspirational” (Pieter Bloemen, VROM- Dutch Ministry of Environment and Infrastructure)
“Valuable because it gives you space to think about things you don’t normally focus on.” (Phil Sivell, C4S at TRL)
“This was a good chance to share understanding as a group” (Gillian Pratt, Environment Agency)
“One of the most valuable and helpful things was to get the people focus on our change efforts” (Alison Cambray, Kent County Council)
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Date of origination: Nov 08 9 ©
Alexander Ballard Ltd, 25th Sept 2008, 9

10. Opportunities from an integrated change approach
Using the current economic crisis to achieve fundamental change
Challenging current ways of working to achieve change quickly enough
Opportunity to be seen as a leader and ensure reputation
Engaging staff, stakeholders and customers
Sustaining change rather than it fizzling out
Mobilising the integrated steps that will deliver your strategic goals
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Date of origination: Nov 08 10 ©