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Lorraine Smith

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How I’ve Come to Love 'Emergency'
How I’ve Come to Love 'Emergency'

Stakeholder Trends and Insights / In the land of systems thinking, there is a principle called “emergence.” It refers to the interaction of the parts of a system, whereby characteristics arise that cannot be found in any of the system’s individual parts. In other words, something new forms. - 7 years ago

If We’re Going to Push Forward, It’s Time to Embrace Awkwardness
If We’re Going to Push Forward, It’s Time to Embrace Awkwardness

Marketing and Comms / From economists to politicians, from consumers to scientists, plenty of people agree that the current approach of many businesses is not sustainable.We’ve talked about the sheer obviousness of this point, as have many other thinkers and doers working on this challenge. But when it comes to discussing this with people responsible for key decisions within these companies, it is frankly a bit awkward. Even for consultants like us who are engaged specifically to talk about this stuff, it doesn’t always feel okay to come right out and say it. - 9 years ago