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This service provides government agencies and non-governmental
organizations knowledge and methodology for base of the pyramid
economic development. This service helps link responsible business, responsive
government and resilient civil society in a tri-sector approach to economic
development—that delivers sustainable and profitable solutions to
poverty.
For an overview of these programs, see below.
Perspectives
BigPicture Consulting's Base of the Pyramid Economic Development service
presents a big picture perspective on organizational, local, regional, and
national problems that empower leaders by turning problems into opportunities.
Our approach removes “small picture” assumptions to reveal big
picture resources. We think perspective is the mother of discovery.
We are convinced that wealth is in the whole, not in the parts. Our approach
is to build whole systems capacity and to transform local problems into
opportunities for wealth creation.
We see markets where conventional thinking only sees poverty; we see connections
and collaborations where current actors only see walls and competition.
We think civil society, private enterprise, and government are all on the
same team—and the sooner they realize this, the sooner real wealth
can be created and abysmal poverty eliminated. We think it is better to
ask the right question than to answer the wrong one.
Our approach turns leaders into effective problem solvers, not martyrs to
a lost cause. We help leaders see across boundaries and build connections
and collaborations between civil society, private enterprise and government.
The results are real, sustainable, socially relevant, and profitable.
What we do
Big Picture Consulting offers consulting and training that transforms leaders
abilities to solve tough problems and create desired futures for their organizations,
communities, or countries.
We do this through a whole systems approach to defining problems and developing
sustainable solutions to real problems.
We offer leadership programs to develop evolutionary leaders and regenerative
solutions programs to deliver wealth building action plans.
Evolutionary Leaders programs
Leaders Transforming Problems by Building Sustainable Institutions And Societies.
Evolutionary leaders are both effective problem solvers, and generators
of desired futures. Our leadership programs are based on five disciplines:
• Systems thinking. Seeing the big picture—seeing the whole,
not just the parts, seeing hidden connections in systems is essential for
transforming systems.
• Sustainability/Regeneration. Applying sustainability and regenerative
design to processes, products, communities, and organizations is critical
for solutions that work— and keep on working.
• Transformational Conversations. Having effective conversations with
all stakeholders produce new possibilities, commitment, and effective action.
• Desired Futures. Creating a vision of what is desired rather than
statements of what is feared brings about a creative tension between current
reality and the desired future and a perspective that leads to solutions
outside of the conventional paradigm.
• Collaboration. Getting leaders from business, government, and civil
society to collaborate and build their desired future leads to solutions
that work for everyone in ways that builds capacity and wealth for all.
Our programs help leaders see problems from other perspectives and develop
solutions that solve problems, not treat symptoms. Leaders become designers
of a future in which innovation, wealth, justice, community, and sustainability
flourish.
Regenerative Action Plans
Eradicating Poverty, Building Wealth, Transforming Society
BigPicture Consulting’s Regenerative Action Plans are tri-sector plans
that bring the forces of the private sector, civil society and government
to bear on the problems of poverty. Working with an organization, community,
agency or government, the action plans are developed using a methodology
that is inclusive, comprehensive and creative.
Our action plans start with a community created vision of the desired future
and proceed to detail the path to this vision. Present day technology coupled
with previously hidden local resources combine in joint initiatives to create
wealth that solves problems. Our action plans assume the obvious—that
everything is connected to everything else, and that a poverty reduction
strategy that leaves out key sectors or players is like putting a band-aid
on cancer. Our action plans deal with systems of food, energy, shelter,
water, sanitation, education, health care, communication, transportation,
employment, and governance. They involve win/win/win outcomes for communities,
families, and individuals and civil society, private enterprise, and government.
Regenerative Action Plans become designs for a future in which innovation,
wealth, justice, community, business, and sustainability flourish.
For further details on BigPicture Consulting’s programs for international
and government agencies and civil society organizations
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