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Jason Jay

The PROMISE of a Systems Approach to Sustainability

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

The PROMISE of a Systems Approach to Sustainability SPONSORED BY: MIT Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10-11am Pacific Time

In this webinar, MIT Sloan’s Jason Jay will give an overview of the PROMISE framework, that analyzes sustainability at Personal, Relational, Organizational, Market, Institutional, Social, and Environmental levels. This framework is the basis for MIT Sloan’s systemic approach to sustainability strategy, and is the centerpiece of their Strategies for Sustainable Business executive education course, offered in March and October of 2015.

The presentation is relevant to anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of sustainability, and what it takes to establish leadership in sustainability as a company and as an individual.

What You Will Learn

Understand why the most significant barriers to sustainability have to do with conversations and relationships between people across organizational boundaries. Understand the potential for competitive business strategies for sustainability, and where collaboration beyond the firm is essential, to advance markets and institutions. Understand why a holistic approach to sustainability – with socio-economic, environmental, and even personal dimensions – is they key to success in sustainable business.

About The Speakers

Jason Jay is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan. He teaches courses on leadership, strategy, and innovation for sustainable business. He engages students and alumni in hands-on projects with leading companies and organizations. His research focuses on how people navigate the tensions between personal, business, and social goals in sustainability efforts, particularly in cross-sectoral collaborations and hybrid organizations. Much of his research and practice occur in the technical domain of energy efficiency.

Prior to MIT, Jason was a management consultant for Dialogos International, where he consulted on leadership development and organizational change for major international corporations and NGO's including BP and the World Bank. Jason holds a Ph.D. in Organization Studies from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and an AB and M.Ed from Harvard University. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

Webinar presentation: ... http://www.sustainablebrands.com/digital_learning/webinar/organizational_change/promise_systems_approach_sustainability

Slides from the presentation: ... https://s3.amazonaws.com/sbweb/slideshow/SB+webinar+SSB+exec+ed+preview.pdf