Business as usual is not going to get us there

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to design digital workplaces or “offices in the cloud.” These environments enable companies to allow flexible and remote working for their teams. I also teach the digital literacy, fluency, communication and collaboration skills needed to work in these modern technology-rich workplaces.

If we take the science seriously (which we should) then we know that our current trajectory is completely unsustainable and we are heading at breakneck speed to a global catastrophe.

What is becoming VERY obvious is that we need a complete system change in order for us to stand a remote chance of warding off disaster. Business as usual is not going to get us there.

What does a complete system change look like? This is a great read (How localization can solve climate change) exploring some ideas on how we could do this.

“Shifting the main energy technology is not just a matter of replacing infrastructure – it means transforming the economic world order.”