Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Becoming Net Positive

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At Ashoka and Unblock, we understand the common struggle of bridging the gap between intention and action for sustainability efforts. Many companies have ambitious sustainability goals; however, organizational barriers and outdated ways of working can hinder efforts and impede progress toward meaningful change. 

We've identified key challenges organizations face:

  • Organizational inertia, bureaucracy, and incompatible structures.

  • Opening up innovation and R&D processes to include triple-bottom-line impact.

  • Realizing new strategies that match our fast-changing and complex societal challenges.

  • Engaging employees as initiators and drivers of sustainability efforts.

  • Recognizing that traditional change management isn't enough.

What's in store for you at this session?

  • This is an opportunity to discover practical solutions and insights to catalyze real progress in sustainability and social impact initiatives. Prepare to be inspired with:

  • A dynamic 20-minute presentation from Ashoka and Unblock, sharing their experiences and the challenges they've encountered with this topic.

  • Engaging in a facilitated discussion with like-minded leaders, where you'll share, dive deeper, and learn from each other's journeys.

  • Discovering actionable interventions that empower you to achieve your sustainability ambitions.

What will be covered?

  • The common organizational barriers that slow down sustainability change

  • Why traditional change management isn’t enough and what to do instead

  • Modern organizational practices for realizing strategy and creating a bias for action

  • The role of employee changemakers and social entrepreneurship

Who are Unblock and Ashoka Changemaker Companies, and why are they joining forces?

For this session, Unblock and Ashoka joined their expertise because together they identified that organizations struggle with closing the intention-action gap for their sustainability efforts, and their combined expertise seems to be a good match for closing that gap.

Ashoka Changemaker Companies - incepted by Ashoka, the largest network of system-changing social entrepreneurs - accelerates the rise of an inclusive and regenerative economy by helping companies create business cultures where everyone is a changemaker.

Unblock helps organizations realize their strategy and create sustainable workplaces where people thrive. As a modern consultancy, Unblock specializes in adaptive strategy, decision-making, and inclusive teamwork.