A company may obtain a trust culture. That is far better than culture of fear, rage, grief. Here are 8 check-points of a trust culture:
1)Maslow needs
What are the Maslow needs to create trust in common solutions to climate and bliological diversity problems?
-Survive may mean to tell the truth and rights of people.
-Feel safe is when people experience solutions are open and flexible to their needs and ego interests.
-Be included means that all participansts are seen, heard, have fun together, even maybe be touched by friends.
-My interests are respected and I respect the interests of the other mutually.
As these 4 needs are met, people feel and experience a process from safe to trust. Then they may feel interest in use of their time and money to co-create and unleash their potential for common goods. That is Maslow’s 5 need.
2)Climate action and clean energy measures are taken
3)Nature, biological diversity, land use are respected
4)Reduce inequalities + income to live on
If the rich elite avoid responsibility and the poor majority get the heaviest burden of climate measures, the poor are not interested in sharing their part of the burden. They lack trust in a system that share the burden and risk unfair, unjust, unequal. Measures may show that powerful rich industries seek profit - and the «sustainable» gain they do is greenwashing and no honest sustainable development. Greenwashing may draw attention away from continue of oil, gas, coal production and consumption and CO2-emission. This may confuse that reality is bad practice - and is disguised in a green coat.
Solution is a decent ground wage to live on for all. In addition an increase in tax on the richest, stop and ban tax heavens.
5)Sustainable consumption
Means to reduce total consumption of materials and use of energy. That is in rich countries, by the 1% richest globally. Then by the 20% richest globally.
6)Sustainable communities
Means inclusion, dialogue, deep listening, taking people’s needs seriously, so they experience safety, inclusion, respect.
People are motivated by seeking lust, care, play. Hope solutions, include, co-create, share ideas, responsibility, dialogue, deep listening, joy – will help create solutions with great support.
Rage, fear and grief may motivate away from pain. Maybe without a direction. To motviate many people to take many small steps for a common direction and solution – we need positve pleasure to light up the road. A common history to tell that attracts many people. A green new deal may be filled diverse valuable content.
7)Peace, justice and strong institutions
Mean inclusion and dialogue. Scream, pressure, polarise – are opposite to strong institutions. The power company «Norsk Vind» has an advertisment video on TV that most children are exposed to and may experience as facts.
To scream and treathen children may create unnecessary fear.
Pressure and force a solution onto people by stressing urgent sound effects, to do it now, without think of alternatives and a wholeness balance way – may create rage and unbalanced decision making.
To polarise, «are you with us or against us?» – are opposite to include broad groups and motivate to solve together.
8)Partnerships
Mean alliances, inclusion and dialogue. Complex non transparent ownership structure, contracts and trade agreements – confuse people on who is respinsible, and who decides, and who to address and speak to. Trade agreements shift power from local people’s elected leaders and representatives – to global lawyers. Trade agreements should be amended into – primary sustainable development agreements, where trade is only secondary to the needs of nature and people, that comes first.
Do you want to experience a session how you may build trust for climate-nature solutions: contact helge.christie@gmail.com
Resources:
My book: Kreativ i ekstremvær.
https://www.helgechristie.com/butikk/helge-christies-15-bok-kreativ-i-ekstremvr-e-bok
Stoknes Per Espen: What we think about when we try not to think about global warming.