Co-creating a sustainability leadership program
Sustainable Cities International, in collaboration with leadership development consultants, is offering a service to municipalities that will help build leadership capacity amongst their staff and within their community to meet their sustainability goals. The service is grounded in the concept of co-creation which ties together two elements; design thinking – a methodology increasingly used by businesses and less frequently by the public sector to build personal and organizational capacity for innovation and; strategic citizen and stakeholder involvement (both in policy design and implementation). This ‘human centered’ approach to innovation is the key to creating sustainable futures; for a product, a service, an organization or a city.
Through an intensive 2-day workshop, the consultant team will work with municipal staff (human resources, communications and engagement professionals and sustainability practitioners) to incorporate local issues and knowledge into the design of a leadership program. This unique, ‘upfront’ design process enables the municipality to identify and build upon its own assets and those of its community, thus creating greater capacity for continued learning and development.
Recognizing that training professionals is not solely about deepening the understanding of sustainability issues but is equally about strengthening the skills and values required for its delivery, the process seeks to integrate design thinking competencies (such as innovation and collaboration), with the more technical aspects of sustainability as they apply to the services and operations of a municipality (provision of water, waste, housing or the alleviation of poverty). Rounding out the competencies will be strategic stakeholder engagement – a good practice undertaken by most municipalities.
Attention Sustainable Cities International Network Members: Seeking Pilot Cities
Currently we are seeking for some cities to pilot the service. The service will be offered a reduced rate for the pilots. Please contact our Netork Director, Pat Gordon (pgordon at icsc.ca) if you are interested in this offer.
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Co-creating: a service of Sustainable Cities International
Sustainable Cities International, in collaboration with leadership development consultants, is offering a service to municipalities that will help build leadership capacity amongst their staff and within their community to meet their sustainability goals. The service is grounded in the concept of co-creation which ties together two elements; design thinking – a methodology increasingly used by businesses and less frequently by the public sector to build personal and organizational capacity for innovation and; strategic citizen and stakeholder involvement (both in policy design and implementation). This ‘human centered’ approach to innovation is the key to creating sustainable futures; for a product, a service, an organization or a city.
Through an intensive workshop, the consultant team will work with municipal staff (human resources, communications and engagement professionals and sustainability practitioners) to incorporate local issues and knowledge into the design of a leadership program. This unique, ‘upfront’ design process enables the municipality to identify and build upon its own assets and those of its community, thus creating greater capacity for continued learning and development.
Recognizing that training professionals is not solely about deepening the understanding of sustainability issues but is equally about strengthening the skills and values required for its delivery, the process seeks to integrate design thinking competencies (such as innovation and collaboration), with the more technical aspects of sustainability as they apply to the services and operations of a municipality (provision of water, waste, housing or the alleviation of poverty). Rounding out the competencies will be strategic stakeholder engagement – a good practice undertaken by most municipalities.
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