WOW
Here are some of the things that are 'wowing' us at modoto today...
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Judging the Global AIESEC Impact Sustainability Awards has been an interesting process. The projcts entered were very good - assesing the quality of impact was very hard!
Save the Children's education team were delighted with their three day visioning intensive in London, where they felt they made great progress thanks to our facilitation support
Glow Consulting wrote "It was an absolute pleasure to work with you, and you did exactly what I thought you would - swoop in and do what needed doing. Really, the work you did yesterday was exemplary and we simply couldn't have done it without you both" of our help in facilitating a visioning workshop for 200 people about the Temple Quay Enterprise Zone.
Bristol Foundation Housing aimed to create a 3 year business plan in a half day visioning session, and their feedback was "I'd be grateful if you could e-mail me your invoice please to ensure swift payment as a VERY happy customer. Again, thanks for making the day so enjoyable"
The Happiness Challenge begins on April 17th 2012. This new programme brings all our leadership and organisational development kit right up to date with the best of today's thinking, and we're excited to be working with Mark McKergow (of Solutions Focus fame). Write to mike.zeidler@modoto.co.uk to arrange a chat about how we can help you improve business performance in these increasingly tough times...
Mike & Liz Zeidler were featured on Page 61 of the Observer Magzine (26/6/11) as 'rising stars of tomorrow's green scene' in their series on environmental innovators.
The Dare to Care programme for people leaving social care in Lewisham hit a new high for feedback, as the group talked about how much they'd learned and what it would change. They now feel they can be leaders of their own lives, and who knows, they may well become leaders of others...
The modoto blog is 'resting' while we put most of our efforts into the Happy City Initiative. Normal service may resume eventually, but you can still visit here to see comments on:
The Serious Business of Happiness
The Hungry Elephant
Changing British Life
Language and Leadership
Book reviews, and more...
Thought for the week
Below are some links to cool stuff
Our main project for 2011/12 is The Happy City Initiative click the link for the main Happy City site
To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they're asking themselves. If you've not been there already, have a look over The Edge.
Click here for a great youtube clip about changing views
Having trouble with Climate Skeptics? They tend to argue on specific grounds that conveniently miss the big picture - click here to see how peer reviewed science removes doubt about man's influence on climate.
Here's a bit of serious fun. The Tobin Tax re-born...
Wiserearth
Aka WISER - the World Index of Social and Environmental Responsibility. You can get a sense of the scale of change already going on here, and register your self/organisation if appropriate.
ASP
A community of people supporting each others learning to transform behaviour from unsustainable to sustainable practices.
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