April Newsletter: New eight-year mission-driven program

Happy Easter, folks! We hope you enjoyed the holidays. We're kicking off this newsletter with some big news.

First, we're launching the eight-year-long mission-driven program?Decoupling 2030 (Afkobling 2030)?with an ambitious group of partners. Second,?our ten actions?to design an irresistible circular society are featured in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's?Adaptive Strategy for Circular Design?(yay x 2!).

And thirdly, our colleagues,?Christian Bason, and?Sune Knudsen, will publish?a new book?on April 13, sharing their personal stories as leaders driving DDC's transformation into a?self-leading organization.

You can also learn more about?how we work with wicked problems?and?how stretching our empathy to future generations?might help solve our poly-crisis.

We're back again in May – follow us here or on?Twitter?to stay up to date till then.

New Program:?Decoupling 2030 – Denmark Leads the way to Sustainable Production

We're so excited to finally launch a big mission baby we've worked on for the past year:?Decoupling 2030?– or Afkobling 2030 in Danish.

The program's goal is that 4,250 Danish production companies must actively work on their sustainable transition by 2030, and 650 must have taken significant steps toward absolute decoupling.

We tested the setup in a pilot project in 2022, and the program is now significantly expanded to an eight-year effort, of which the Danish Industry Foundation has allocated DKK 32 million for the first two years.

We are part of the ambitious and courageous partner group along?Alexandra Instituttet,?FORCE Technology,?Teknologisk Institut,?Trekantomr?det, and?DANDY Business Park. The Danish Industry Foundation (Industriens Fond)?has co-developed and supports the program.

Read more here.

The Ten Actions?to Design our Irresistible Circular Society

We're featured in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's?Adaptive Strategy for Circular Design!

We're so happy to announce that the Ellen MacArthur Foundation features our?ten actions to design an irresistible circular society.?In April 2022, we gathered 30 experts within the circular economy. We co-created ten actions we all – businesses, governments, organizations, and citizens – must take to design our irresistible circular society.

Our ten actions are featured in the strategy as an example of how to imagine desirable circular futures along with other inspirational projects.

Read more about our mission and the ten actions here.

Series:?How to Turn Wicked Problems Into Ambitious Opportunities

The term wicked problems occur more and more often in our conversations and work – especially in public innovation. Wicked problems are, by definition, complex, dependent, and systemic. But do they call for wicked solutions?

This article is the first in a series of four written by our colleagues?Anders Erlendsson?and?Sara Gry Striegler.?The essays explore and explain how we work with wicked problems from a design- and mission-driven perspective.

Read the full article here.

New Book:?When the Organization was set free

On April 13, our two colleagues,?Christian Bason, and?Sune Knudsen, will publish a new book.?

The book tells their personal story as top management leaders driving the transformation of our organization to?become self-leading.?It's part of a series of short books for leaders facing hands-on organizational challenges.

The book is in Danish.?Order it here.

Article:?Stretching our Empathy to Future Generations

Imagine a world where the right to vote is granted from birth, and every decision always has future generations in mind. Can we do away with the short-termism of our society?

In this article,?Anders Folmer Buhlet, Academy Director at the?Social Innovation Academy, and?Sara Gry Striegler, Director of Social Transition here at DDC, explore what it would take for our government and society to adopt what?The Long Time Project?calls ‘long-timism’ – a genuine concern for the world beyond our lifetimes – and ‘long-termism’ – extensive planning for future benefits and goals.?

That requires skills we do not prioritize and cultivate in today's society but hold enormous potential to solve the world's poly-crisis.?Read the full article here.

This article was first published in?Impact Insider?on February 20, 2023. You can read it in Danish?here.

The Salary Experiment:?Breaking Free From Traditional Models

At DDC, we're committed to finding a salary model that aligns with our self-leading organizational structure. Fortunately, we aren't alone in this endeavor. The Danish in-depth news media?Zetland?is also looking for a more fair?salary model and has published a series of articles about it. And guess what? We're one of the featured organizations!

In this four-part series, journalist Fie?Dandanell?explores our transition and visits four other Danish companies that have successfully implemented new salary models. And to make sure you don't miss it, we're providing a short summary and access to all four episodes.

You can find it right here.