1. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 1 Manuel Manga Center for Evolutionary Leadership www.evolutionleader.com Evolutionary Leadership for Systemic Sustainability BASOL -HUB SAN FRANCISCO JUNE 21, 2013

2. The objectives of this presentation 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 2 To understand our evolutionary crisis and how it contributes to an unsustainable world. Become familiar with the seven competencies of an evolutionary leader, and what makes it different from other leadership models. to invite you to become an evolutionary leader who contributes toward a psychosocial evolution and building a just, flourishing, and sustainable world. Identify your personal evolutionary stand, purpose, or commitment. Expand your horizon of opportunities where you can make a difference.

3. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 3 The Evolutionary Journey: Jonas Salk The most meaningful activity in which a human being can be engaged is one that is directly related to human evolution, this is true because humans now play an active and critical role not only in the process of their own evolution but in the survival and evolution of all living things. Therefore, human beings have a responsibility for their participation in and contribution to the process of evolution. Acceptance and acknowledgement of this responsibility and creative engagement in the process of meta-biological evolution consciously would bring forth a new reality.

4. The Evolutionary Crisis 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 4 Our Unsustainable World Let’s examine the evolutionary crisis from a systemic perspective.

5. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 5 Global Problems: Global Problems: A Systems Perspective Hunger Poverty Oppression of Women AIDS Population Growth Obsolete worldviews & Patterns of leadership Culture & lifestyle of consumerism Unsustainable Economic Systems Environmental destruction & Global warming Resource wars & WMD’s Need for oil supplies & energy

6. The Evolutionary Crisis 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 6 Our Unsustainable World The Crisis of Perception The Ecological Crisis The Human Condition Crisis The Institutional Crisis The Crisis of Leadership

7. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 7 In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now. Wangari Maathai

8. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 8 How did we get here ? What are the historical narratives that got us here? What are the historical narratives that got us here? What are the assumptions that got us here? What are the assumptions that got us here? What are the paradigms that got us here? What are the paradigms that got us here?

9. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 9 The Purpose of Evolutionary Leadership is to facilitate a conscious cultural evolution toward a just, ethical, flourishing, and sustainable global society/planetary civilization. Evolutionary leadership is based on a worldview that integrates the biological, ecological, and social dimensions of life.

10. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 10 The Great Transition Toward Sustainability Evolutionary Leadership Sustainable World Evolution of Mind Institutional Evolution Cultural Evolution THE EVOLUTIONARY CRISIS/ OUR UNSUSTAINABLE WORLD

11. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 11 Three types of Evolution toward a Just, Flourishing & Sustainable World An evolution of mind- consciousness An ecological mindset. An evolutionary mind. A systems-oriented way of being and observing the world. A planetary consciousness. Institutional evolution Business and other institutions need to evolve to become “living institutions” that support systemic sustainability- the sustainability of the whole planet. Cultural evolution New values that promote a sustainable life style, ecological harmony, social justice, ethics, and a focus on love and quality of living.

12. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 12 Sustainability is the possibility that human and other forms of life will flourish on the Earth forever. John R. Ehrenfeld Sustainability

13. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 13 What Do Evolutionary Leaders Do ? Evolutionary Leaders are people that declare possible what other people do not Evolutionary Leaders are people that declare possible what other people do not They declare a vision/scenarios for a future. They declare a vision/scenarios for a future. they design worlds and actions through language and conversations. Work on adaptive challenges Work on adaptive challenges Think systemic, collaborative, and into deep future. Think systemic, collaborative, and into deep future. Promote learning, ontological designing, and cultural evolution Promote learning, ontological designing, and cultural evolution Make choices, Mobilize people & Action Make choices, Mobilize people & Action

14. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 14 Seven Competencies of an Evolutionary Leader/ the how 2. Emotions, Language 3.Systems Being &Thinking 4. Ontological Designing 5.SystemicSustainability 1.PersonalEvolution 7. Evolutionary Visions/Scenarios 6. Adaptive Challenges and Collaboration

15. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 15 An evolutionary leadership competency  Commits to the development of an evolutionary mind/consciousness aligned with evolutionary vision.  Recognizing that as a living system you are part of nature and the human family.  Commits to learning and applying evolutionary competencies in order to transform oneself and produce results.  Declares a stand/purpose in order to make history and bring forth a just, flourishing, & sustainable world. PersonalEvolution

16. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 16 An evolutionary leadership competency Emotions vocabularies conversations Emotions & Language Historical Narratives

17. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 17 Language & Conversations Language and conversations. It is through language that we observe and bring forth our worlds. It is through conversations that we coordinate our actions, create relationships, and elicit commitments to produce results. Language and conversations. It is through language that we observe and bring forth our worlds. It is through conversations that we coordinate our actions, create relationships, and elicit commitments to produce results. Everything human takes place in language and conversations. Everything human takes place in language and conversations. Language shapes the human world. Language shapes the human world.

18. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 18  Understands the four types of systems,  Understands the dynamics and behaviors of systems.  Understands the systemic structure of our global problems  Designs systems in harmony with nature and systemic sustainability. Systems Being/ Thinking An evolutionary leadership competency

19. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 19 Social Systems Technological Systems Living Systems Natural Systems Types of Systems

20. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 20 The Systemic Nature of our Global Problems Most of our world problems are systemic in nature: poverty, population growth, ecological destruction, global warming. Yet we react to them in a way that is fragmented and often counter-productive. There is a crisis of perception - There is a crisis of perception - in our culture, we don’t see systems.

21. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 21 Material Flows http://www.naturalstep.ca/systemconditions.html

22. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 22 Natural Capitalism. Designing with sustainability Population stabilized /social justice Ecological culture and institutions. Natural ontology. +R+R Natural Capitalism and an Ecological Culture

23. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 23 Science Evolutionary Leadership Competencies Leadership Systems Sustainability Knowledge Multi-Sector Institutional Application

24. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 24 Ontological Designing Design is one of the most powerful concepts available to humans, social designers, and leaders. Ontological Designing is becoming aware that we humans are designing our worlds and things, and those worlds and things are designing us. We can design technology, artifacts, constitutions, rights, the self, culture, organizations, and social systems. Ontologicaldesigning

25. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 25 The Work of Evolutionary Leaders “The key challenge of this new century- for social scientists, natural scientists, and everyone else- will be to build ecologically sustainable communities, designed in such a way that their technologies and social institutions-their material and social structures - do not interfere with nature’s inherent ability to sustain life. The design principles of our future social institutions must be consistent with the principles of organization that nature has evolved to sustain the web of life.” -Fritjof Capra The Hidden Connections The Hidden Connections

26. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 26 A Design for a Sustainable Organization Sustainable Organization People Humanistic Management and Human Development Learning organization Human rights Sustainable consumption Sustainable communities Learning society Planet Atmosphere & climate Water Fisheries & Forestry Agriculture Biodiversity/biosphere Energy & Transport Waste Profit Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainable products and services Quality of growth

27. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 27 Designing to Create Sustainable Societies FUNNEL 2013 and beyond... Sustainable Society Systems Science 2013 Current Unsustainable World Learning

28. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 28 An evolutionary leadership competency  Understands sustainability as composed of three dimensions: Human, Institutional, and Environmental.  Human sustainability supports the basic needs of human beings.  Institutional sustainability are the structures and systems that support a sustainable society, such as business, government, education, religion, the family.  Environmental sustainability conserves the biosphere and the ecology on earth on which human beings depend for their well-being. SystemicSustainability

29. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 29 A new paradigm in which human beings reclaim their sense of their place in the natural world. It is the ethical domain of doing the right thing. A new paradigm in which human beings reclaim their sense of their place in the natural world. It is the ethical domain of doing the right thing. Entails understanding the biological and ecological principles that sustain life and seeing the organization embedded in a complex living network. Entails understanding the biological and ecological principles that sustain life and seeing the organization embedded in a complex living network. Must include designing technology, artifacts, and organizations with principles derived from ecosystems properties and dynamics. Must include designing technology, artifacts, and organizations with principles derived from ecosystems properties and dynamics. Systemic Sustainability

30. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 30 HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY SYSTEMIC SUSTAINABILITY

31. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 31 Human Sustainability : human needs met in a just society 9 Fundamental Human Needs IdentityFreedom Participation Idleness Creativity Subsistence Understanding Protection Affection Source:Manfred Max-Neef, 1991

32. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 32 Institutional Sustainability Corporations can either continue to grow within the unsustainable paradigm or evolve toward the paradigm of a sustainable society. Organizations and Institutions can evolve to become Living Institutions that are responsible and care for the whole.

33. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 33 An evolutionary leadership competency Adaptive Challenges & Collaboration An adaptive challenge is a situation that requires new knowledge, new learning, and even a change in values, behaviors, and worldviews. Adaptive challenges requires both an assessment of the current reality as well as a vision of a new reality. Leaders identify the adaptive challenges and then evoke the collective intelligence of the group or organizations to come up with answers and commit to doing the work. A key question is adapt to what, and for what purpose? Adapted from Leadership without easy answers. Ronald Heifetz.

34. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 34 Adaptive Challenges of the Twenty-first Century: Seven Unsustainable conditions Climate change. Climate change. Population growth Population growth Poverty Poverty Unsustainable economic systems and addiction to consumerism Unsustainable economic systems and addiction to consumerism Biosphere destruction Biosphere destruction War, Terrorism, WMD War, Terrorism, WMD Hubris. Our Modern World view Hubris. Our Modern World view

35. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 35 society Culture/ Civil Society Polity Economy Evolutionary Leaders work with all three Collaboration Collaboration among organizations within each sector of society and between each sector of society, as well as between societies as part of a Global collaboration movement.

36. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 36 An evolutionary leadership competency  Understands our evolutionary history: Cosmic, Biological, Cultural.  Thinking longer, deeper, and wider about our place in nature, this moment on earth, and future civilizations  Envisions sustainable scenarios for humanity  Concerned with the conservation of life/biosphere on this planet Evolutionary Vision & Scenarios

37. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 37 A Vision of a Sustainable World Conservation of Biosphere, Ecology: water, air, land, species, ecological systems, biosphere. Conservation of Human beings: Human beings as loving beings, as part of nature. Creating a socially just world. Living Institutions: Business and an ecological economy. Sustainable technology. Education for sustainability. A Humane and Ecological Culture : focus on quality, learning, loving, diversity, respect, ecology, enough.

38. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 38 The Work of Evolutionary Leaders Mobilizing people to transform our politics, institutions, and culture, inspired by a vision of a better society, a sustainable society. Creating networks of leaders and organizations that support each other in the evolution toward a sustainable world. Changing the game from an unsustainable economic system, a culture of conspicuous consumption, a culture that glorifies material consumption as the road to happiness, to a value system based on quality, human dignity, learning, love, spiritual wisdom, and ecological sustainability

39. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 39 The Resources and the Opportunities We have the scientific and technological knowledge to solve our major world challenges. We also possess biological, psychological, and sociological knowledge to educate and transform humans. Our organizational knowledge and sustainability principles will allow us to design institutions that could support evolution toward sustainable societies.

40. 10/10/2015 ©2006 Center for Evolutionary Leadership 40 The Choice We have a choice now that we have become aware of our role as the dominant species, on our planet, now that we have become aware of our human evolution and our history of impacting the biosphere and other human civilizations. We have a choice now that we have become aware of our role as the dominant species, on our planet, now that we have become aware of our human evolution and our history of impacting the biosphere and other human civilizations. We have a choice to continue to drift into the future, to continue on a collision course with our ecological systems, or to work on the adaptive challenges and opportunities of the 21 st century. We have a choice to continue to drift into the future, to continue on a collision course with our ecological systems, or to work on the adaptive challenges and opportunities of the 21 st century. We have a choice to design and facilitate the emergence of a conscious evolution toward a sustainable world. We have a choice to design and facilitate the emergence of a conscious evolution toward a sustainable world.

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