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Let's build new institutions apt at dealing with OUR problems, not those of our organizations!!! - Stephan Dohrn

two-day Sustainability Change Agent Training with Alan AtKisson, November 16th and 17th. It was a packed workshop full of information and interactive exercises. - Stephan Dohrn

"Eco-efficiency," the current industrial buzzword, will neither save the environment nor foster ingenuity and productivity, the authors say. They propose a new approach that aims to solve rather than alleviate the problems that industry makes - Stephan Dohrn

So much we all could do in our respective areas and sectors, and politicians are afraid to commit to more then 20-30% emission reduction. - Stephan Dohrn

It's critical for people to understand that while importing these social platforms from the Internet, we also import an underlying electronic culture that will profoundly change the workplace organization. And these changes involve management principles. - Stephan Dohrn

How to apply game thinking to your business challenges - Stephan Dohrn

Living statistics - Stephan Dohrn

what some do for money - Stephan Dohrn

Values and social purpose are creeping back into the business strategy conversation. Big societal problems are the next innovation frontier, and the best companies are practicing what I call "leadership yoga" — flipping the organization upside down to have their eyes to the ground to see the grass roots, where the next opportunities are starting to grow. - Stephan Dohrn

Umair Haque / Strategies for a discontinuous future / Selected work 2004-2009 / - Stephan Dohrn

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The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. - Stephan Dohrn

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In this article, we’ll discuss some of the pros and cons of the various choices of business entities to help you decide which is best for you. - Stephan Dohrn

Mendeley is a free research management tool for desktop & web. Share papers cite & create bibliographies; in Word & OpenOffice collaborate; search & annotate PDFs sync across PCs - Stephan Dohrn

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Now policy makers and development specialist just have to act on this... - Stephan Dohrn

I'll be there from October 31st until November 11th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stephan Dohrn

Still loving the fact that Lin Ostrom got the Econ Nobel. Great article on her work and its possible implications. - Stephan Dohrn

Cooperation and egalitarianism, it turns out, are viable and sustainable practices both socially and ecologically, nothing more nor less than that. - Stephan Dohrn

IMPROVING IMPACT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN RESEARCH The components of the research process (as shown in the diagram) all offer an entry point in which knowledge sharing (approaches, methods, tools) can be integrated and used to improve those stages and the process as a whole. - Stephan Dohrn

Great to see two people you know from different contexts ending up working together on a project... as it seems successfully. - Stephan Dohrn

Made a small "Business model canvas" flash tool. Drag and drop the sticky notes in the appropriate columns and write some text on the notes. - Stephan Dohrn

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Ostrom's dedicated researches in the inter-relationship between mankind and our ecological system, thus ensuring the sustainability of our water, forest, fishery and other shared resources--should serve as a loud and clear alarm to mankind, who have now come face to face with ecological disasters of unprecedented proportions. - Stephan Dohrn

Much of the disaster that is foreign aid can be tied to the blunt importation of best-practice rules without understanding how their implementation interacts with existing practice. - Stephan Dohrn

As Ms Ostrom’s theories gain more attention from the public, people will figure out whether hers is a conceptual breakthrough or just a more sensitive application of the old tools of privatisation and regulation. But if they have taken us out from under the shadow of “The Tragedy of the Commons”, they are already a step forward. - Stephan Dohrn

The biggest roadblock standing in the way of many people’s recognition of the importance of the commons came tumbling down this week when Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize for economics. Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize for economics. - Stephan Dohrn

Now Professor Ostrom has won the Nobel Prize for Economics, the first woman to be so honored. It is a well-deserved recognition. Professor Ostrom holds a special place in the history of the commons because she has done so much to make it visible in our time — first to academics, and then to many policymakers and now to the general public. - Stephan Dohrn

It is so encouraging to see the explicit recognition, by the economics profession, of her landmark studies in the factors that encourage cooperation. Those who have been privileged to work with her know how richly deserved this recognition is. - Stephan Dohrn