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#395 – POST HURRICANE IAN: FLORIDIANS HAVE COMPLEX DECISIONS TO MAKE – BOB LEONARD

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Living a quarter of a mile from the Gulf of Mexico in Sarasota, Florida, I knew we would eventually have to make a decision. Hurricane Irma was the deciding factor. We were without power (so no AC) for 10 days in September in south Florida. The heat and humidity were brutal. So we decided to get out of harm’s way. We relocated to Oregon. That was five years ago. The current residents of southwest Florida face more complex climate-related decisions. Continue reading →

#388 – CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY IS OPPORTUNITY: THE FUTURE IS MALLEABLE – BOB LEONARD

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“If you are proactive, you focus on preparing. If you are reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.” – John C. Maxwell

We live in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world. And our climate crisis guarantees it will remain a VUCA world for decades. Climate touches everything so it has knock on effects in society, technology, economics and politics, and, obviously, on our ecosystem. Continue reading →

#381 – PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR THE BUMPY ENVIRONMENTAL ROAD AHEAD – BOB LEONARD

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Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting and reducing carbon footprints are just the first steps in what is going to be a decades long initiative to mitigate and adapt to our climate crisis. Every business and every person will be impacted, and those impacts will continue for a long, long time. Continue reading →

#284 – RESKILLING FOR THE VUCA CENTURY – BOB LEONARD & DAVID ROSS

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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler, futurist

This is the first in a series of articles concerning the needs to reskill to meet the challenges of a VUCA world and our imminent climate crisis. In subsequent articles we will dive deeper into reskilling for the effects and opportunities of climate change, reskilling for digital transformation, and reskilling for the evolved style of leadership required. Continue reading →