2. The Power of Authentic Communication
Dr Katalin Illes
10th of November 2011

3. Fire Exit

4. No Exit

5. Trees Have Rights Too

6. Polly Higgins – Environmentalist layer
She has dedicated her life to one client - the Earth
ECOCIDE
There are already four international Crimes Against Peace.
They are: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes,
and Crimes of Aggression.
There is a missing 5th Crime Against Peace:
that crime is Ecocide.

7. Maps of Purposefulness
Living in a fantasy
Face our reality
Leaders at grass-root level

8. Historic Perspective Paradigm shift Need to review our relationships
to nature
to each other
to work
Growing complexities
Coexistence of paradoxes
( competition and collaboration)
(certainties and uncertainties)

9. The greatest discontinuity of leadership assumption
Pace and Extent of change
Discontinuity
Radical
Military Technology
Communication Technology
Transportation Technology
Human Awareness
Leadership Assumptions
Substantial
Incremental
Negligible
Time
Egyptian
Greek
Roman
Norman
Modern

10. The flow of power European example
2011
1,000 Years

11. Working with metaphors Arab Spring No way to avoid the real winter
The power of communication
Quantitative easing, ecocide, NAMING

12. “Leadership is an individual responsibility to grow, to use
all our talent to the greater
good and inspire others
to do the same.” (Katalin Illes)
When I take responsibility for my life – I am the leaders of my own life. I consider my choices and make my own decisions.
When I take responsibility for my family unit and make decisions that impact on the whole family I act as a leaders of my family.
When I take responsibility for something in the workplace and make decisions that impact on others I act as a leader in that situation.

13. Whose interests are you serving?
Change the question
What is your legacy?
What do you intend to give?
What do you take responsibility for?
Whose interests are you serving?
Your own?
Wider Earth Community?

14. Transform Leadership Leadership education Character building
Values and virtues
Courageous Followers
Ask the right questions
Be responsible

15. A Responsible Person
Self motivating
Self-aware
Self-disciplined
Self improving
Acts like a leader
Doesn’t wait to be told what to do
Never feels “that’s not my job”
Behaves like an owner

16. Encouraging examples
Desso – Cradle to Cradle
circular economy
from eco efficiency
to eco effectiveness

17. Serving with Passion
Continuous growth
Learning
Belonging
Making a contribution

18. http://pielkeclimatesci. wordpress

19. Moving from machine to organism
- Image hands
- Image Face

20. Questions?