This year again, I had the chance to be present at the forum with my dear colleague Pascale. Here are our 3 key takeaways: ❤️‍🔥𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲. Showing up in the face of complexity is challenging, at times even triggering, but it is also part of the solution. When we can’t hold complexity, it is maybe a sign we need to take a regenerative pause before showing up again. Only when having an open mind, heart, and will can we spark meaningful change. Otherwise, we might well generate more division, suffering, and miscomprehension - even if we had the best intentions. 🌿 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. Taking time to turn inwards, pause, and reflect are non-negotiable when we are change workers. For something mindful and meaningful to emerge, we need to develop the capacities and qualities to listen deeply to what’s present in order to feel what wants to emerge in the collective, social field. 🫂 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭. Our role as change workers, especially when coming from occidental settings, is to be mindful of our privileges as well as of inequalities in power and possibilities. There are many ways to conscientise and adapt our posture and to decolonize our minds, but they all start with listening and opening up to other perspectives and realities in order to get from a place of ‘power over’ to a place of ‘power with’. 🌱 We are now looking forward to already integrating some of the learnings of the past few days into our work at TransformAction Lab, as well as further reflecting on the topics of decolonisation and intersectionality in particular. I’d love for you to comment or get in touch if you’d like to share reflections on our key takeaways or any of these important topics! 🤗

“This was a too big stretch for my soul” said the guy I met at the IDG mingling evening. He was speaking about his former company which was purely Business oriented. Now he is in a purpose-driven company. I thought that it was a nice way to express his inner compass voice. What about you? How do you describe or feel your inner compass?

The IDG Summit started yesterday in Stockholm, but not only! The IDG Lemanic Hub gathered in Geneva for the first day of the summit. Shoutout to everyone who was there, looking forward to seeing you again 😊 Now, here are my 5 main takeaways, all aligning with, guiding, and reflecting the work we do at TransformAction Lab: ⚡ There is a gap between what's happening out there, meaning the destruction of ecosystems, and what’s happening inside of us. There are many ways to bridge that gap, although we have to remember that 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀, such as climate justice and a flourishing life for all. 🛑 We are mistaking means and goals. Economic growth is important, but it’s just a mean, not the goal. The goal behind economic growth is to improve the quality of life for all - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 🤯 We're not facing a sustainability crisis, but a behavioral crisis. Many frameworks, philosophies and practices can be helpful to untangle the individualistic myth we're caught up into when, really, I am because you are. 💓 Love is the key to profound transformation. We know the odds when it comes to the climate crisis, but odds are insignificant in the eyes of love. Giving up is not an option, because we wouldn’t give up on our family. Love is simply saying, “𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘁.” 🤩 Finally, to get us going: when trying to make a change in this world, what about imagining the best possible collective future, and walking backwards from there? To you all out here, what were your takeaways from yesterday? Keen to read you! 🙏 📸 Wilma Hartenfels