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6/16/2021 Manuel Manga Evolutionary Leadership for a Just, Flourishing, and Sustainable World Manuel Manga 1 Center for Evolutionary Leadership www. evolutionleader. com

THE EVOLUTIONARY CRISIS The Evolutionary Crisis leading toward Collapse ng asi e r Inc and dem re rce sou ve ati r e en Available offer n Eco Manuel Manga hin gr eso urc es 6/16/2021 y om Dim inis g Re The Critical Path toward Sustainability Sustainable Demand Sus tain abl e. S oci ety Time 3 The Funnel Model by The Natural Step. Robert, K-H. 2000

6/16/2021 In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now. Manuel Manga Wangari Maathai 4

THE CHALLENGES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: SEVEN UNSUSTAINABLE CONDITIONS 6/16/2021 Climate Manuel Manga change/ rising seas. Population growth Poverty Unsustainable economic systems and addiction to consumerism Biosphere destruction War, Terrorism, WMD Hubris. Our Modern World view 5

HOW DID WE GET HERE ? 6/16/2021 What are the historical narratives that got us here? What are the assumptions that got us here? What are the paradigms that got us here? Manuel Manga 6

6/16/2021 THE PURPOSE OF EVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP Manuel Manga is to facilitate a conscious cultural evolution toward a socially just, ethical, flourishing and sustainable global society. Evolutionary leadership is based on a new worldview that integrates the biological, ecological, and social dimensions of life. 7

6/16/2021 The Evolutionary Crisis: An Unsustainable World. Manuel Manga The Work of Evolutionary Leaders. Evolution of Self- Mind-Complexity of Consciousness Institutional Evolution. Systemic Sustainability Cultural Evolution Sustainable World The Great Transition Toward Sustainability 8

1980 2020 2060 Social Equity 1 1 1980 2020 2060 Ecosystems 550 2060 Forests (ha) CO 2(ppm) 4. 5 billion 3 1980 2020 2060 Water People in stress Climate billion Hunger 30 300 1980 2020 Development Freedom Manuel Manga Major Conflicts Peace 6/16/2021 BENDING THE CURVE 5 billion 9 1980 2020 2060

PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE DRIVERS – 6/16/2021 TELLUS INSTITUTE) Proximate Drivers Values and Needs Economy Knowledge and Understanding Technology Power Structure Ultimate Drivers Governance Manuel Manga Population Culture 10

THREE TYPES OF EVOLUTION TOWARD A JUST & SUSTAINABLE WORLD 6/16/2021 Manuel Manga An evolution of mind- consciousness An ecological mindset. An evolutionary mind. A systems-oriented way of seeing the world. Institutional evolution Business and other institutions need to evolve to become “living institutions” that support the sustainability of the whole planet. Cultural evolution New values that promote a sustainable life style, ecological harmony, social justice, respect, and a focus on love and quality of living. 11

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT of development that satisfy the needs of the present, while at the same time safeguarding the capacity of future generations to meet their own needs. 6/16/2021 ¤ Forms Manuel Manga 12

Manuel Manga Sustainability is the possibility that human and other forms of life will flourish on the Earth forever. 6/16/2021 SUSTAINABILITY John R. Ehrenfeld 13

WHAT DO EVOLUTIONARY LEADERS DO ? They declare a vision for a future, they generate worlds and actions through language and conversations. Work on adaptive challenges Think big, systemic and strategic Promote learning, change, evolution Make choices , Mobilize people & Action Manuel Manga Evolutionary Leaders are people that declare possible what other people do not 6/16/2021 14

Manuel Manga 2. Emotions & Generative Language 3. Systems 7. Evolutionary Being & Principles & Thinking Scenarios 1. Personal Evolution/ Evolution of Consciousness 6. Adaptive 4. Ontological Work & Designing Collaboration 6/16/2021 SEVEN COMPETENCIE S OF AN EVOLUTIONAR Y LEADER : A SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL EVOLUTION 5. Systemic Sustainability 15

An evolutionary leadership competency Personal Evolution 6/16/2021 v Commits to transforming your personal ontology/understanding of self : as a systemic being, emotional, linguistic and relational/cultural being. v. Commits to taking a stand/ a declared purpose for social evolution, to contribute to bring forth a just, flourishing, sustainable world. Manuel Manga v. Commits to transform the type of observer that you are: transform your mind, develop an evolutionary mind/consciousness, your assumptions, mental models, narratives. Become a new observer of the world. v Commits to learn for life. Including reading and reading the world. This learning will expand your evolutionary mind and the type of observer that you are. v. Commits to becoming an evolutionary leader, applying the competencies of evolutionary leadership to take action, mobilize people, make a difference either locally and or globally. 16

An evolutionary leadership competency Historical Narratives Vocabularies Manuel Manga Conversations and 6/16/2021 Emotions, Language & Generative conversations Speech Acts Emotions and Words 17

LANGUAGE, CONVERSATIONS 6/16/2021 It Manuel Manga is through language that we observe and bring forth our world. It is through conversations that we coordinate our actions, create relationships, and elicit commitments to produce results. Everything human takes place in language and conversations. Collaboration is about a shared vision and is based on networks of conversations. 18

An evolutionary leadership competency v. Understands the dynamics and behaviors of systems. Manuel Manga v Understands the four types of systems, 6/16/2021 Systems Thinking v. Understands the systemic structure of our global problems v. Designs systems in harmony with nature and systemic sustainability. 19

Types of Systems 6/16/2021 Social Systems Manuel Manga Technological Systems Living Systems Natural Systems 20

Yet we react to them in a way that is fragmented and often counter-productive. Manuel Manga Most of our world problems are systemic in nature: poverty, population growth, ecological destruction, global warming. 6/16/2021 THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF OUR GLOBAL PROBLEMS There is a crisis of perception in our culture, we don’t see systems. 21

THE EVOLUTIONARY CRISIS: A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE Culture & lifestyle of consumerism Resource wars & WMD’s Obsolete worldviews & Patterns of leadership Poverty AIDS Hunger Need for oil supplies & energy Manuel Manga Unsustainable Economic Systems 6/16/2021 Environmental destruction & Climate change Population Growth Oppression of Women 22

Leadership 6/16/2021 Evolutionary Leadership Science Sustainability Knowledge Systems Manuel Manga Competencies Multi-Sector Institutional Application 23

Natural Capitalism and an Ecological Culture 6/16/2021 Natural Capitalism. Ecological culture and institutions. Natural ontology. + R Manuel Manga Designing with sustainability Population stabilized /social justice 24

An evolutionary leadership competency Manuel Manga v Understands sustainability as composed of three dimensions: Human, Institutional, and Environmental. All contribute to flourishing. 6/16/2021 Systemic Sustainability v Human sustainability supports the basic needs of human beings. v Institutional sustainability are the structures and systems that support a sustainable society, such as business, government, education, religion, the family. v Environmental sustainability conserves the biosphere and the ecology on earth on which human beings depend for their well-being. 25

Entails understanding the biological and ecological principles that sustain life and seeing the organization embedded in a complex living network. Must include designing technology, artifacts, and organizations with principles derived from ecosystems properties and dynamics. Manuel Manga reclaim their sense of their place in the natural world. It is the ethical domain of doing the right thing. 6/16/2021 SYSTEMIC SUSTAINABILITY A new paradigm in which human beings 26

SYSTEMIC SUSTAINABILITY Manuel Manga INSTITUTIONAL 6/16/2021 HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 29

HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY : HUMAN NEEDS MET IN A JUST SOCIETY Freedom Participation 9 Fundamental Human Needs Understanding Manuel Manga Affection Protection 6/16/2021 Identity Leisure Creativity Subsistence Source: Manfred Max-Neef, 1991 30

Manuel Manga Our key institutions ( Economics, Government, Education, Religion, Media) transform their purpose toward the caring and well being of humans and biosphere, promoting a culture-civilization of flourishing, prosperity, and sustainability. 6/16/2021 INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY Organizations and Institutions can evolve to become Living Institutions that are responsible and care for the whole. 31

THE WORK OF EVOLUTIONARY LEADERS Mobilizing people to transform our politics, institutions, and culture, inspired by a vision of a better society, a sustainable society. Creating networks of leaders and organizations that support each other in the evolution toward a sustainable world. Changing the game from an unsustainable economic system, a culture of conspicuous consumption, a culture that glorifies material consumption as the road to happiness, to a value system based on quality, human dignity, learning, love, spiritual wisdom, and ecological sustainability 6/16/2021 Manuel Manga 32

An evolutionary leadership competency v Ontological Design is being conscious that everything we design should be done with ethics and sustainability in mind, in this sense paying attention to the systemic consequences of our design, artifacts, etc. Manuel Manga v Ontological Design is the conscious design of the Self , Our Mind, and Becoming Human by Design. 6/16/2021 Ontological Design: Ethics And Sustainability v We are all designers. v Ontological design is also recognizing that we design also comes back to shape us/ designs us, in conscious or unconscious ways. 33

THE WORK OF EVOLUTIONARY LEADERS 6/16/2021 “The key challenge of this new century- for social scientists, natural scientists, and everyone else- will be to build ecologically sustainable communities, designed in such a way that their technologies and social institutionstheir material and social structures - do not interfere with nature’s inherent ability to sustain life. Manuel Manga The design principles of our future social institutions must be consistent with the principles of organization that nature has evolved to sustain the web of life. ” -Fritjof Capra The Hidden Connections 34

DESIGNING WITH SUSTAINABILITY We can design technology, artifacts, constitutions, rights, the self, culture, organizations, and social systems. Manuel Manga is one of the most powerful concepts available to humans, social architects, and leaders. 6/16/2021 Design It is the art of creating something that did not exist before. 35

THE RESOURCES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES 6/16/2021 We have the scientific and technological knowledge to solve our major world challenges. We also possess biological, psychological, and sociological knowledge to educate and transform humans. Our organizational knowledge and sustainability principles will allow us to design institutions that could support evolution toward sustainable societies. Manuel Manga 36

Designing a Sustainable Organization Atmosphere & climate Water Fisheries & Forestry Learning organization Agriculture Human rights Sustainable Biodiversity/biosphere Sustainable communities Organization Energy & Transport Sustainable consumption Learning society Manuel Manga Humanistic Management and Human Development Planet 6/16/2021 People Waste Profit Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainable products and services Qualitative growth 37

An evolutionary leadership competency Adapted from Leadership without easy answers. Ronald Heifetz. Manuel Manga • An adaptive challenge is a situation that requires new knowledge, new learning, and even a change in values, behaviors, and worldviews. • Adaptive challenges requires both an assessment of the current reality as well as a vision of a new reality. • Leaders identify the adaptive challenges and then evoke the collective intelligence of the group or organizations to come up with answers and commit to doing the work. • A key question is adapt to what, and for what purpose? 6/16/2021 Adaptive Challenges. Work 38

Collaboration among organizations within each sector of society and between each sector of society, as well as between societies as part of a Global collaboration movement. 6/16/2021 Culture/ Polity Manuel Manga Evolutionary Leaders work with all three Civil Society Economy society 39

An evolutionary leadership competency Manuel Manga v Understands our evolutionary history: Cosmic, Biological ( we are one human family, we are 99. 9 the same by DNA, we all came out of Africa), Cultural. 6/16/2021 Evolutionary principles and Scenarios v Thinking longer, deeper, and wider about our place in nature, this moment on earth, and future civilizations v Envisions sustainable scenarios for humanity v Concerned with the conservation of life/biosphere on this planet 41

A Vision of a Sustainable World Conservation of Biosphere, Ecology: water, air, land, species, ecological systems, biosphere. Business and an ecological economy. Sustainable technology. Education for sustainability. Manuel Manga Conservation of Human beings: Human beings as loving beings, as part of nature. Creating a socially just world. 6/16/2021 Living Institutions: A Humane and Ecological Culture : focus on quality, learning, loving, diversity, respect, ecology, enough. 42

Learning to Create Sustainable Societies 6/16/2021 Science Learning 2012 Current Unsustainable World Manuel Manga FUNNEL Systems 2012 and beyond. . . Sustainable Society 43

THE EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY: JONAS SALK Manuel Manga Therefore, human beings have a responsibility for their participation in and contribution to the process of evolution. Acceptance and acknowledgement of this responsibility and creative engagement in the process of meta-biological evolution consciously would bring forth a new reality. 6/16/2021 The most meaningful activity in which a human being can be engaged is one that is directly related to human evolution, this is true because humans now play an active and critical role not only in the process of their own evolution but in the survival and evolution of all living things. 45

BIBLIOGRAPHY The Hidden Connections. Fritjof Capra. Becoming Human by Design. Tony Fry. Great Transition. Paul Raskin et al. www. GTInitiative. org The Real Wealth of Nations. Riane Eisler. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. William Mc. Donough & Michael Braungart. Natural Capitalism. Paul Hawken, Amory & L. Hunter Lovins. Envisioning a Sustainable Society. Lester. W. Milbrath. Sustainability by Design John R. Ehrenfeld. R Design Futuring. Sustainability, Ethics, and New practice. Tony Fry. The Necessary Revolution. Peter Senge, Sara Schley, others. 6/16/2021 Manuel Manga 46