Are you in the Climate Closet at Work?
Melissa O'Mara
?? Founder, The Leaders Co-Lab | Growing Transformative Leaders and Teams in the AEC & Buildings Industry | Future-focused, Resilient, Systemic, Informed ??
This edition of the Leading Change That Matters is an invitation to a conversation about Climate Change - in the workplace.
Just look at the headlines of these two recent research-based articles published in Nature Communications:
Americans experience a false social reality by understimating popular climate policy support by nearly half.
To create serious movement on climate change, we must dispel the myth of indifference.
That's why I'm stepping out of the climate closet - because I actually KNOW that at least two-thirds of you are concerned. That's what new research says.
In fact, even though the vast majority of people are concerned about climate change, we feel uncomfortable talking about it - at work and sometimes even with our family and closest friends. (Even if sustainability is in our job description!)
But if we don’t talk about it, we can’t address the very real changes we face collectively and globally.
So, let’s talk about it.
That's what I've been doing for the last 5 Fridays, and I have two more sessions lined up - including today at 3pm EST.
Please register here .
Join us for a 1 hour interactive discussion where you will:
Here's a slide deck preview of the climate conversation and content we will cover in 1 hour.
We will also be watching 1 - 2 short videos, to activate and broaden our perspectives.
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Whether climate change is new passion, or you've been in this space for years, please bring your questions, your wisdom, and your willingness to grow your "changemaker" muscles.
I hope you will join us today.
If you would like me to deliver an activational keynote, or join one of your team meetings - reply to this message, and let's see what's possible.
Let’s grow our courage and impact together while helping to shrink our collective environmental footprint.
Join me in "stepping out of the climate closet" at work.
Step by step. Word by word. One conversation at a time. Many conversations every day.
Hope to see you soon,
Melissa
P.S. I work with companies, leaders and teams who are authentically committed to sustainable growth, development and transformation - to break through BAU in the workplace.
I also run an intimate online community called Changemakers@Work. We will be growing from 8 members to 24 members on April 1st - by nomination, and referral only.
Please let me know if you are interested in learning more about working together to grow your impact as a change leader in 2023.
Just reply to this email, or click here to reach out. Everything meaningful starts with a meaningful conversation.
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1 年I couldn't agree more! I come from the operations and technology side of commercial buildings and believe the interaction between HR, tenants and operations has been missed for far too long. We need to not shy away from concepts of sustainability that could lead to reduced personal comfort. Today, the expectations of tenants and owners do not align with the achievable realities in bldg mechanics and most of this is driven by a culture of being spoiled by immediate comfort responses over the past 50+ years and until we make everyone in an organization aware of climate impacts generated by comfort demands, we will have trouble achieving the required reductions. As an fyi on where the USA sits in this relating to more progressive countries, in the Netherlands they have a general and recommended winter time setpoint of 66 degrees and when occupants are chilly they layer on clothing rather than call in a complaint that increase energy use to remediate. Rant over for now lol!