Walter (Thursday, 04 September 2014 17:41): Horror Stories

 

We are a group of systemic consultants and coaches. During a workshop we decided to use the card deck for our evening entertainment. Everybody randomly got a card and had to answer this question: what would happen if this sustainability driver wouldn't work at all? It was good fun because the game turned into a competition where everybody tried to find out to which driver the story was related. So we didn't quite catch the "act smarter" thing but it was revealing to discover what can happen when nobody tries to act smart - a bit of a horror, to be honest.

 

 

Richard: Strategy Building

I used the cards of the Sustainability Compass for a team event. Overall it became a very interesting exercise. This is what we did:
1. Participants were separated in two groups (management/administration and marketing/product). Both groups had to work on the same challenge.
2. Every group member selected the four sustainablity drivers.
3. In a negotiation phase the four drivers per head were reduced to the four drivers the whole group could commit to.
4. Starting form these four drivers the teams designed a mindmap with the most important questions, influences on our concrete project.
5. The groups presented their results and shared their insights.

 

Harry: CurryWe went through the process while having our curry in an indian restaurant. We decided to discuss the sustainability of chicken meals. For us the relevant factors were fairness, chemicals, protection of nature and health. Our son said that he liked the check list of the criteria because they offered questions he had never thought but were relevant. In the end we came to the conclusion that chicken can be really dangerous because we know so little about it. Probably the most interesting discussion was when anybody tried to explain what fairness meant. Again my son was very blunt: fairness is when no-one is harmed and every contributor has a profit.