Culture Change

The Implementation Conference aims to contribute to changes in culture which we believe are essential to sustainable development.

The overall vision is to plant new seeds for a cultural change - from words to action, from static to dynamic, from competition to collaboration: Stakeholders collaborating - spinning into action - towards new horizons.

The following are some initial thoughts on what these cultural changes should be:

Input Behaviour or Approach

From	To
Communicating Positions	Creating Possibilities
Negotiation over blockages	Facilitation through challenges
Content before Process	Process before Content
Emphasis on Formality	Emphasis on Informality - within agreed process
Lead by Rules	Lead by Example
Detail Focus - forgetting the overall goal & purpose	Big Picture Focus - providing the background for specific tasks
Fighting Each Other	Seeking Solutions Together
Organisations changing individuals	Individuals changing organisations
Reactive way of working	Pro-active way of working

Output or Outcome Change in Culture

From	To
Creativity is Stifled	Creativity is encouraged
Safe but dull	Risky but fun
Constricted	Liberated
Debilitating	Energising
Hierarchy	Initiative
Confrontation	Collaboration
Slow	Fast
Fragmented	Integrated
Transactional Clutter	Strategic Clarity
Defensive	Accommodating
Deadlock	Movement
Words	Action
Competition	Collaboration
Argument	Consensus

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