Exploring the Inner Development Goals for New Perspectives

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Discover how inner development can unlock your capacity to lead real change; for you, your team and your organisation.

Business School, The University of Edinburgh

Join us for a thought-provoking and practical session where we’ll explore how inner development can unlock your capacity to lead real change—for yourself, your team, and your organisation.<ul><li>Discover the Inner Development Goal framework and the five core dimensions that support transformational change.</li></ul><ul><li>Explore your own challenges through the IDG lenses—and gain fresh, actionable perspectives.</li></ul>The IDGs can help you transform challenges and the associated stress, 'fire-fighting', overwhelm, conflicts, or 'feeling stuck', to positive and sustainable ways to thrive. Many of our challenges in this fast-changing world are complex - those annoyingly persistent problems, issues and challenges that don't have easy or obvious solutions, or no single solution. These are the challenges that you might be able to 'fix' or resolve to some extent for a while but then it recurs or just raises another issue. The IDGs support us to enhance our inner capacity to navigate complexity and address the root causes of problems with optimism, perseverance and the courage to take action - to "dare to do differently."The session will be facilitated by Dr Sue Mitchell. Sue is an author, executive &amp; leadership coach at Aeona, and previously an expedition leader and evolutionary ecologist with post-doctoral fellowships at The Max-Plank Institute for Limnology in Germany, and The University of Edinburgh. She is the co-founder of the IDG Edinburgh Resilience Hub (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidg.innersustainability.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6d3d11f5872545d47c6308ddad03c0c0%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638856953844603203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xcqz7cU4k6LdoBls0MNki3mg3hXnE7u6TXA4yVFfhv8%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidg.innersustainability.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6d3d11f5872545d47c6308ddad03c0c0%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638856953844603203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xcqz7cU4k6LdoBls0MNki3mg3hXnE7u6TXA4yVFfhv8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://idg.innersustainability.net</a>).<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fsuemitchell%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6d3d11f5872545d47c6308ddad03c0c0%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638856953844619627%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FN6tOWgweZupHc7Jv63LtdbgyZ3Q7JVA8U1ifZ0J56c%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fsuemitchell%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6d3d11f5872545d47c6308ddad03c0c0%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638856953844619627%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FN6tOWgweZupHc7Jv63LtdbgyZ3Q7JVA8U1ifZ0J56c%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/suemitchell/</a>

What are the IDGsThe IDGs are a framework of 23 cognitive, emotional and relational capacities that enable collective action on complex and systemic challenges. (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finnerdevelopmentgoals.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6d3d11f5872545d47c6308ddad03c0c0%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638856953844635602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=r1ygdhFSorauXYSBKp%2BrO5zeGTZmqA9p71O%2FZfC%2B%2FdQ%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finnerdevelopmentgoals.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6d3d11f5872545d47c6308ddad03c0c0%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638856953844635602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=r1ygdhFSorauXYSBKp%2BrO5zeGTZmqA9p71O%2FZfC%2B%2FdQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org</a>) The founders started the IDGs in response to recognising that the world already has all the knowledge we need to tackle the climate crisis and the challenges facing democracy and peace—yet we continue to focus on marginal changes. The framework is still evolving after the initial crowdsourcing from 1000 experts to derive the 23 capacities within five dimensions of development.<ul><li>Being – How we relate to ourselves</li></ul><ul><li>Thinking – Our way of understanding and handling complexity</li></ul><ul><li>Relating – How we interact and build relationships</li></ul><ul><li>Collaborating – The ability to create change together</li></ul><ul><li>Acting – Turning insights into action</li></ul>The IDG initiative aims include 1) to raise awareness that inner development is a necessary part of the transformations required to address the root causes of problems instead of just the symptoms. 2) to simplify the language of inner development so it feels accessible to everyone and 3) to encourage organisations, governments and society in general to integrate inner development into their change efforts.The IDGs are relevant for developing the inner and collective capacity to navigate any complex challenge we face in the workplace and life, as well as for addressing global sustainability challenges.

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