More storms are brewing

When a storm is brewing it is hard to sleep..

The storm that I am losing most sleep over is the massive effects on society of shifting too late and too slowly and without enough ambition on climate change.

My work as an executive coach informs me that a combination of complacency, fear and belief in their own 'hype' is holding people in organisations in an immobile state of 'freeze' in the face of the tsunami of disruption that is coming.

I know that Greta is correct, and is cutting through the political noise with a strong signal. Her message is getting some attention but it leads to too little ambition and totally inappropriate scale of action.

I will back this up with some science from a trusted source, where you can scroll through the various indicators such as this one showing emissions pledges gaps.

The problem is that even with talented people in the room, who are climate literate, there are no good or easy options.

There is a new global cadre of coaches emerging who care enough about this problem to are bring together their IP, their knowhow, their ability to help people in systems to navigate. In a unique way, the Climate Coaching Alliance is developing the conversations with business people, politicians and public servants around the globe to meet the moment. Above all we are asking the questions, accounting for the truth, and inviting responsible carefully designed series of action for change.

Future generations have much to lose and no voice. Let's consider together what we can do for their stakeholder perspective in the place of the shareholder perspective. We humans have all the resources we need to make the changes we need and to thrive in a redesigned more socially inclusive way.

What conversations do you need to be having?