Co-Designing, Developing, and Implementing Industrial Ecology Initiatives for Success: the potential role of purposeful dialogue and outcome mapping approaches
Biographical Summary: Keith is energetic, engaging, attentive, facilitative, creative, hard-working, innovative, fun and a ceaseless connector. He cherishes complex, multi-stakeholder, collaborative challenges in strategy, change, innovation and transformation. His assignments include situation analyses, outcome mapping, logic modelling, strategic planning, business planning, business case development, gap analyses and performance measurement and management. They demand a full suite of knowledge and skills in listening, dialogue, synthesis, integration and communication in oral, written and graphical form. His art and graphic skills are an integral part of his work to help communicate complexity and connection.
A mix of principles drives work, for example: engage in dialogue, not debate; seek alignment, not agreement; nurture collaboration, not silos; build trust, not turf; embrace co-creation, not lone wolfism; be intentional, not aimless; encourage whole systems thinking, not narrow-mindedness; spark imagination, not the status quo; be at peace with ambiguity, not rigidity; welcome experimentation, not inaction; unleash innovation, not stagnation; be a mentor, and a mentee; welcome humour, not prudence; foster resourcefulness, not idleness.
Keith’s diverse skills and knowledge have open-up opportunities for him to engage in a remarkably wide range of real world challenges and opportunities in science and technology, collaborative innovation capacity building, marketing, forestry, agriculture, mining, food, bio-economy, ecology, conservation, energy, water, ocean-marine, health, wellness, literacy, homelessness, affordable housing, infectious diseases, sustainability, and more. He has worked on projects in the public sector, private sector, First Nations, non-profits, and academia in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, the US and Africa. Keith has a BSc. (Biology) and MSc. (Forest Ecology/Science). Keith has been a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and Professional Biologist (P.Biol.). He has operated as an independent consultant since 1996, based out of Victoria. He is a Master Practitioner, Lead Educator, and Mentor for the Challenge Dialogue System® (CDS) Network -http://www.challengedialoguesystem.net/
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Location: (Online) – Register on Eventbrite
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Keith Jones