Some suggestions regarding tackling common institutional barriers in a transition towards a sustainable energy regime. And thus boost resilience
1.
allow
people to hop on a bike and interact with people in other regions. This can be accomplished by finding ways to support people with aspirations in this directions. An example is paying them for writing post cards to people you think would appreciate receiving such mail. In this case my friends in their turn
support a school in Nepal. To me a recumbent are the preferred way of traveling, due to an inclination towards laziness.
2.
If staying home is preferred: insource part time best of class, seasoned,
transition thinker
a. sign a formal agreement with regime actors (CEO, CFO, COO, CDO)
b. built trust
c. develop new criteria for success
d. use head, heart and hands
e. connect short with long term, micro with macro
f. frappez toujours
g. develop an in group language
h. synchronize with world at large and keep the hype of the day at bay
i. have
inspiring deliverables
j. make the process joyful and in sync with the results sought / allowed
k.defuse one down type of thinking
l. log events, so others can learn to emulate success
3.
supply opportunities for 1 to mix with dissidents in organization and possibly beyond (suppliers, clients, banks, etc)
4.
facilitate 2 with budget, location, status, shortcut type access to organizational resources and staff and beyond
5.
allow regime actors from various disciplines to join, a titre personnel
6.
monitor vitality of emerging group with 1
7.
reward contributing to emerging group with status, privileges, access to circles of power inside as well as outside the organization
8.
facilitate and reward acting upon best knowledge of staff regarding wild cards (rather than acting upon career perspective, peer pressure, comfort enhancing ignorance
9.
introduce risk liability: not knowing and not acting accordingly, when the stakes are high (from an organizational and/or a larger society perspective) invites closer scrutiny. After some iterations, naming and shaming by best of class peers are possible
10.
ponder