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Learning to create more sustainable futures.
The aim of the ASP Learning Events is to move people from unsustainable to sustainable practices, by:
- inspiring, motivating and empowering
- offering opportunity for open dialogue between individuals
- stimulating awareness and consciousness
- promoting visions and values
- promoting skills and practices
These events can also provide ASP members with opportunities for networking and further collaboration and work to move the outcomes into practice.
Topics include key areas for focus e.g. carbon, energy, food, corporate governance and financial systems, and practices essential for sustainability practitioners.
Continuous Professional Development
The ASP Learning Events are designed to increase knowledge and awareness in a variety of areas and can count to attendee's CPD hours under the self-certification process. If in doubt contact your professional body.
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FUTURE EVENTS
9th February 2010, 13:00 – 18:30, University of Westminster, London
Beyond Crisis - organisational renewal in turbulent times
Achieving organisational renewal in turbulent times - creating purposeful self-renewing organisations
A facilitated workshop in collaboration with SAMI Consulting.
The next decade will present organisational challenges on an unprecedented scale
There will be no return to business as usual
Beyond Crisis introduces new organisational development principles,
and practical tools, designed to work in any type of organisation,
that will extend your capabilities and renew your thinking.
It maps out the recent crisis and upheaval caused by debt, demographics, technology and new ways of thinking and behaving.
These principles and tools are based on extensive research and experience of consultants from SAMI Consulting.
Participants will:
- learn how to build a ‘purposeful self-renewing organisation’ to survive and succeed in the midst of chaos
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explore a range of tools and future scenarios for diagnosing problems and creating solutions
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explore how to apply these techniques in their own organisation.en
Featuring inputs from:
- Gill Ringland is CEO and a Fellow of SAMI Consulting, which helps organisations make robust decisions in uncertain times. Previously, she was head of corporate strategy at ICL (now part of Fujitsu). She is the author of several highly-regarded books on scenarios including Scenarios in Business, Scenarios in Public Policy, Scenario Planning, and Scenarios in Marketing.
- Oliver Sparrow is a SAMI Fellow and directs the Challenge Network, a group of senior strategic consultants. He spent two decades with Shell, chiefly in strategic planning, public affairs and new ventures. He has also directed a public-private sector strategic partnership out of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He is well known as a speaker and thinker on policy at national and international levels.
- Patricia Lustig is a SAMI Principal and Visiting Executive Fellow at Henley Business School, where she specialises in leadership development, change management and organisational performance enhancement.
This event will be of value to anyone involved in organisational development, transforming organisations to be "value-based" and implementing sustainable business models.
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REGISTRATION
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ASP Associate/ SAMI Member: £75
NGO, Public Sector, Individual, Not-for-Profit: £105
Corporates: £150
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PAST EVENTS
2nd December 2009, Bristol
Leading from within Living Systems
…a facilitated exploration of what our emerging understanding of living systems tells us about leadership for Sustainable Development
Leadership is the new mantra for change, yet leadership initiatives come and go leaving little enduring capacity for improvement behind.
This is a unique opportunity to take part in a facilitated and highly experiential event that explores leading-edge thinking on leadership, work in living systems, and the achievement of effective teamwork.
Work on sustainability takes place within living systems. Yet how often do we make best use of our experience of how change occurs within such systems?
We will use the best of our shared experience and aspirations to...
- Clarify the outcomes you seek from effective leadership
- Experience being part of living systems and what this means for our work towards more sustainable futures
- Share positive experiences of what works in leadership for improvement
- Reflect on leading-edge thinking on leadership development
- Explore what this means for you at local level
- Plan action to take forward this important topic in concrete ways
- Connect with others on a similar journey at and beyond the even
Featuring inputs from:
- Tim Macartney, Founder of Embercombe and author of “Finding Earth Finding Soul”
- Wendy Stephenson, CEO at The Converging World and The Third Floor
- Professor Steve Onyett, expert on leadership development, solution focused coach, researcher and facilitator
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15th October 2009, Davis Langdon, London
Leading the sustainability Journey
…using tools of transformation: new results; less sweat
The workshop was the first in a series on “Leadership and Sustainability”, designed to empower those interested in being more effective in communicating and achieving
sustainability objectives.
Bringing together experts from the fields of business development, sustainability and human resources with leading practitioners in organisational and individual transformation,
this seminar was a unique opportunity for anyone with an interest in sustainability to take their leadership and ability to influence to the next level.
The workshop was organised by Future Conversations and the Association of Sustainability Practitioners. Our focus was for Sustainability and HR people to hear about
best practice in transforming organisations and communication enabling you to:
- Better lead organisations, people and initiatives
- Empower people in your organisation to develop their own leadership for sustainability
- Create effective organisational cultures
- Gain support from others who may currently resist sustainability objectives
- Have initiatives, strategies and projects really fly
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September 2009, Pierian Centre, Bristol. June 2009, Royal Mail, London
'Smarter Travel - people and logistics'
…identify new initiatives and actions we can take to change our own and our organisation’s travel behaviour
The impact of ‘Smarter Travel’
Recent research for DfT found that an intensive smarter choices programme over 10 years could cut car traffic significantly:
- Urban peak-hour traffic could be cut by 21% and off-peak traffic by 13%.
- Non-urban peak hour traffic could be cut by 14%, and off-peak traffic by 7%.
- Nationally, traffic volumes could be cut by 11%.
The Means, Better Bankside, Royal Mail Group and the Highways Agency collaborated with ASP on a series of workshops in which participants
- gained an overview of current transport patterns in the UK
- shared the findings of key studies in transport and sustainability
covered three relevant case studies:
- Royal Mail transport interventions, people and freight
- Better Bankside Master Travel Plan & associated interventions
- Highways Agency Travel Planning initiatives
- experimented with the principles of ‘Smarter Travel’ and ‘Travel Planning’ and how they link to a wide sustainability programme:
- Personal behaviour changes
- Corporate behaviour changes
Contributors
- Sophie Tyler, The Means, Better Bankside
- Sylvie Sasaki, Environment Manager, Royal Mail Group
- Michael Ginger, Regional Travel Plan Co-ordinator, Highways Agency
- Giles Semper, The Means, Better Bankside
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24th September 2009, Institute of Directors, London
Sustainability, the need for new talents and skills
…exploring how organisations need to adapt to take advantage of sustainabilty practitioners' talents
In the current economic situation more companies are embracing sustainability as part of their strategy to emerge stronger and more competitive. This will mean understanding how they can more effectively attract and integrate the talents and skills of sustainability practitioners, either in the CSR/Sustainability departments or embed them into the Line Management and Operational units.
HR professionals will need to review policy and practice for recognition, recruitment and reward mechanisms for these new emerging talents.
Line Managers are having to do more with less. New strategies and plans for more sustainable businesses will increase the need to understand how they can make best use of these skills and how to integrate them into their teams and plans.
ASP collaborates with Alpine Executive, in an enquiry for Managers, HR Professionals and Sustainability Practitioners that will explore how organisations need to adapt to offer new themselves new opportunities to take full advantage of these new talents and skills.
Contributors
- Simon Henzell-Thomas, Sustainable Development Director, The Body Shop
- Dinah McLeod, Head of Sustainability in Global Services, BT
- Simon Sheppard, Driector, Organisational Development, Natural England
- Marianne Mwaniki, Head of Sustainability, Standard Chartered Bank
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30th June, The Pierian Centre Bristol
21st April, University of Westminster, London
'Responding to Climate Change'
...how adequate is your organisation's response?
"Climate change is becoming one of the most critical elements in corporate strategy. Failure to act in advance of the growing threats to commercial success is increasingly seen by shareholders and others as highly irresponsible. The consequences are likely to be serious not only for the environment as a whole but also for profits, shareholder value, competitiveness, indeed for most areas of corporate performance."
- David Ballard, Director, Alexander Ballard Ltd.
ASP Learning Events collaborated with Alexander Ballard Ltd in half day workshops to highlight the ground-breaking methodology they have developed to help organisations assess their exposure and respond with appropriate strategies.
This session described the PACT (Performance Acceleration Capacity-building Tool) framework that emerged from ABL's work with Hampshire County Council, Climate South East and other leading organisations in the ESPACE project (European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events).
Participants:
- gained insight into the nature and scale of the human and strategic problems climate change presents
- gained insight into PACT and hands-on experience of the methodology
- gained an overview into their own organisation’s current ability to respond, where it ought to be, and how to close the gap
- identified opportunities for collaboration
Presentations and Outcomes
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'Collaboration: an essential for sustainable practices?'
- What are the recent experiences and best practices from public and private sectors?
- How NGO’s can collaborate for greater impact?
The Association of Sustainability Practitioners, The Environment Council, The Pierian Centre and Open Minds collaborated to host workshops in London and Bristol.
April 2009, The Pierian Centre, Bristol
Bristol Contributors
Mike Jones – Director Learning & Leadership, Open Minds
Mike Zeidler – Founder, modoto consulting
June Burrough – Founder and Director, The Pierian Centre
Lesley Seymour – Buro Happold
February 2009, The Environment Council, London
London Contributors
Simon Hamilton, Director and Founder of Three Hands
Mike Jones, Director Learning & Leadership, Open Minds
Mark Lawrence, Head of UK Operations (logistics), Marks & Spencer
Sian Peake-Jones, Director and Founder Open Minds
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December 2008 - March 2009, London and Bristol
'Creating Futures, beyond profit'
...a route to a fairer, steadier, open system for all
A series of enquiries, initiated by the Change Forum Ltd, in partnership with ASP Learning Events, facilitated by The Environment Council.
We are witnessing the most dramatic economic downturn we have seen in our lifetimes and although, as some financial experts, brokers et al are saying 'we’ve seen it all before', this one is different – it’s global and it’s serious.
It’s different too in that there is sufficient questioning momentum across the globe to enable significant change in our financial systems, the way we do business, the way we lead our businesses and our lives. We have a tipping point. Let’s tip the point!
The purpose of this enquiry is to seize this opportunity to create new financial strategies, forms of organisation et al, to create alternatives and to influence and direct them happening.
‘A problem is never solved by the same type of thinking that created it… Einstein’
Let’s create new thinking
Regional Enquiries:
The first regional enquiry was held in December 2008 at the University of Westminster, London.
The second enquiry was held in March 2009 at the Pierian Centre Bristol.
Bristol Contributors:
Jenny Wardle – MD ChangeForum Ltd.
June Burrough – Founder and Director, The Pierian Centre
Jamie Walton – Independent Financial Systems Researcher
Ian Chambers – Programme Director, Orange
Jim Roberts – Independent Consultant in Financial Services and Investment
Hilarie Owen – Chief Executive, Institute of Leadership
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January 2009, The Environment Council, London
'Creating and Managing Trust'
- How can CSR succeed without TRUST?
- What happens when stakeholders lose trust in a company’s Environmental, Health and Safety regimes?
- How many partnerships flounder because the trust evaporated?
The current financial crisis has shown just how essential trust is in holding our economic and business systems together: people don’t trust the financial institutions and financial institutions don’t trust each other.
This lack of trust can arise from failures in a number of areas: “motives”, “ethics and values”, “systems” and “regulatory frameworks” or simply in communications with stakeholders.
The Association of Sustainability Practitioners, The Environment Council and John Turner from Constructive Interactions are collaborating to host a workshop in London on 29th January.
Contributor
John Turner
John has over 26 years in the nuclear industry, working in a highly technical and controversial area of business, constantly in the spotlight of public scrutiny and concern. As the former Group Head of Corporate Responsibility for BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels plc.), John advised the BNFL Executive and Board on corporate responsibility issues and lead the development of the group wide strategy for corporate responsibility.
John Turner’s recent research and years of corporate experience are the basis for a set of frameworks for identifying an organisation’s dependence upon stakeholder trust, and for then pro-actively building and managing trust.
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November 2008 at Buckland Hall, in the Brecon Beacons. The 6th Annual Walk Your Talk Conference
‘Leave your Heart at the Door!’
- can we afford to work without heart?
This year’s theme was– ‘Leave your Heart at the Door!’ – a chance to explore, both practically and personally, the role of the heart in your work. Is it possible to reconcile our heads and our hearts? How do we create a heart-based culture in an organisation? Do the terms ‘corporate social responsibility’, ‘diversity’, and ‘sustainability’ mean anything without heart? Are we all running around like heartless chickens, or can we lead from the heart?
Our conference was held in ‘Open Space’, a facilitated process in which there are no designated experts or leaders. We learned by walking and talking, sharing passions, curiosities, hopes, expertise and questions. Drawing on each other’s wisdom and experience, we discovered the creative possibilities of each individual and the group as a whole.
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November 2008, held at Coexist Centre for Sustainability, a mixed use building on Stokes Croft, Bristol
Creating Food Futures:
Based on issues raised in a new book “Creating Food Futures: trade, ethics and the environment” (Gower/Ashgate).
'Managing Competing Values in Organic Food and Farming'
- balancing commerce, ethics, community, culture and ecology
- How can organic farming contribute towards the development of ‘sustainable communities’ in rural areas?
- How do farmers and other actors in the organic food chain define and work towards the protection of ‘non-market values’ - and what works against them?
Contributors: -
- Re-connecting with Food. Barny Haughton, Founder Bordeaux Quay
- The ‘social-economic footprint’ of different types of farming systems. Matthew Reed, Senior Research Fellow at the Countryside and Community Research Institute.
- The impact of the organic sector in Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany) on sustainable regional development.Martina Schäfer, Professor for Sustainability Research at the Centre of Technology and Society.
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September 2008 at The Environment Council, London.
Engagement 2.0: Stakeholder Engagement Workshop
Themes: - political drivers for engagement
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development of Stakeholder engagement as a change process
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development of Online Engagement, its potential and pitfalls
Contributors: Rod Stern - Trustee of The Environment Council and Head of Change Strategy at WWF
Edward Anderson - Head of Practice at Involve
Mark Corderoy - New Media Director at IMS plc
Mike King - CEO The Environment Council
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15th July 2008 at Royal Mail's Phoenix Centre London.
Royal Mail's Sustainability Strategy and Carbon Reduction Commitmment Workshop
Themes:
- Royal Mail's Sustainability Strategy
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Royal Mail's Carbon Reduction Commitmment
Contributors: Dr. Martin Blake, Head of Sustainability, Royal Mail Group
Simon Francis, Sustainability Development Advisor, CSR Group Royal Mail Group
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