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I didn't have time to post the last night, therefore I'm posting this late as this occurred yesterday (Fri 9/28/12). As I stated earlier this week, I signed up for a Sustainability Class called Sustainability Leadership and Implementation Certificate C ourse offered by University of Denver and Natural Capitalism Solutions . It is the leading sustainability certificate program that will help students gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement an effective and profit-enhancing sustainability program in their organization. Class started on Friday morning. We were served coffee, tea, yogurt, fruit, and pastries to start our day. We met our organizers, Toby Russell, and teachers, Hunter Lovins and Scott McLagan. Hunter spoke 1st to intro the course and discuss advocates and leaders in sustainability such as Gandhi, Rachel Carson, E F Schumacher, David Brower, Karl-Henric Robert, Ray Anderson, Paul Hawken, Dana Meadows, etc, and books to read on the subject (there are man...

Since I am taking a Sustainability Leadership and Implementation Certificate Course starting this Friday and Saturday, they requested I take read Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P Kotter. The article is about how many major change initiatives (ex boost quality or improve culture) that organizations attempt, fail miserably. One reason may be that many managers don’t realize transformation is a process, not an event. It advances through stages that build on each other. And it takes years. Managers must understand the stages of change to boost chances of a successful transformation. EIGHT STEPS TO TRANSFORMING YOUR ORGANIZATION 1. Establishing a Sense of Urgency - Examining market and competitive realities - Identifying and discussing crises, potential crises, or major opportunities 2. Forming a Powerful Guiding Coalition - Assembling a group with enough power to lead the change effort - Encouraging the group to work together as a team 3. Creating a Vision - Cre...

Since I am taking a Sustainability Leadership and Implementation Certificate Course starting this Friday and Saturday, they requested I take Insights Discovery Online Evaluator that is a 25 questionnaire with questions asking what is most and least like me, like Empathetic and Patient, Contained and Controlled, Task-focused and Competitive, Discussing and Spontaneous. The questionnaire helps determine where I stand on the Insight s Discovery Model (Cool Blue, Fiery Red, Sunshine Yellow, Earth Green).     The Insights Discovery model is based on the extensive research of Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, and the subsequent work of Jolande Jacobi, one of his leading students. The model uses 4 colors to represent observable behavioural patterns which are measured by the Discovery evaluator; a 25-frame questionnaire of statements from 100 word pairs, which when completed, produces the Insights Discovery Profile. The evaluator has been tested and updated to measure the...

As an alumni of DU , I receive email communications about events, activities, and education opportunities. I received an email a while back about a sustainability class being offered in the fall. The email was from Natural Capitalism Solutions  about a Sustainability Leadership and Implementation Certificate C ourse  offered for 6 total days between 9/28/12-12/15/12 for $3,500. It is the leading sustainability certificate program that will help students gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement an effective and profit-enhancing sustainability program in their organization. Through this course, participants will gain a deep understanding of sustainability frameworks, while also learning the practical leadership and implementation skills needed to put an effective sustainability program in place. As a final deliverable, participants will develop and present a set of strategic sustainability initiatives for their organization, in addition to initial goa...