Leading change toward sustainability: a change-management guide for business, government and civil society

Part I. Why some organisations succeed and others fail

1. A tale of two companies

2. What went wrong?

3. A primer on sustainability

4. Socioeconomic implications of sustainable development

5. Sustainability, governance and organisational change

Part II. The wheel of change toward sustainability

6. Change the dominant mind-set that created the system through the imperative of achieving sustainability

7. Rearrange the parts of the system by organising deep, wide and powerful sustainability transition teams

8. Change the goals of the system by crafting an ideal vision and guiding principles of sustainability

9. Restructure the rules of engagement of the system by adopting source-based strategies

10. Shift the information flows of the system by tirelessly communicating the need, vision and strategies for achieving sustainability

11. Correct the feedback loops of the system by encouraging and rewarding learning and innovation

12. Adjust the parameters of the system by aligning systems and structures with sustainability

13. Aligning governance with sustainability

14. Closing thoughts on the change process

Leading change into the future

Appendix A. Assessing your organisation's 'sustainability blunders'

Appendix B. Assessing your governance system

Appendix C. Assessing your sustainability-change initiative

Bibliography

Index.