OUR APPROACH

OUR APPROACH

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As business we see the problems building, and often feel helpless. It’s as though we suffer from ‘paralysis’ – conscious, but unable to move. The interconnectivity is complex and often difficult for singular organisations to comprehend due to the multiplicity of interrelated risks. This leaves organisations extremely vulnerable to immediate and future shock in-able to adapt and respond quickly to system surprise. The worst times can be the best to drive change. We assist business leaders to open their minds to new possibilities, opportunities, business models and relational understanding.

Learning how to do this is key.

We do this by fostering a systems change and resilience thinking approach to dealing with current and future organisational uncertainty; in preparing business for system shock and surprise; and abrupt regime shifts and cascading tipping points.

We believe that in creating the change we want to see will require an increasing number of individuals to embrace the transition to think and act more systematically.

HOW WE DO IT

‘Critical thinking and curiosity are the key to creativity’ - Amala Akkineni

At earth.inc we think about the world differently.

Our thinking is novel, emergent and innovative, at times more aligned with executive coaching than consulting and advisory. This leads to asking the right questions.

Critical thinking and a systems approach forms the foundation of our thinking. Our story is one of dealing smartly with complexity. We see critical and systems thinking as a smart response to the complexity created by global hyperconnectivity. Our approach has developed as a response to bring simplicity and clarity to an exceptionally complex business ecosystem.

Our environment is changing at an unprecedented rate, and we need to adapt with it. This requires the capacity to adapt, to build organisational resilience, and agility in response. As organisations we need to strengthen our resolve to learn. How do we help organisations to learn and thrive in complex and uncertain environments?

It always starts with a conversation

Our clients include public and private sector actors. Using our broad experience and multidisciplinary skills, we help navigate the sustainability transition. We design and co-produce breakthrough ideas that delivers organisational value.

We collaborate with technical experts and mixed groups of stakeholders in a wide range of decision areas. Financial services, energy and water, agriculture and food, mining and industrial materials, are some of our sectorial points of gravity.

Our clients are large and small private sector organisations, international NGOs, donor organisations, academia, local to national governments, and global intergovernmental institutions. We have worked in 26 countries worldwide.