Best Practice

“A best practice generally refers to the best possible way of doing something; it is commonly used in the fields of business management, software engineering, and medicine, and increasingly in government.” This definition is from wikipedia.org. For more please see the wikipedia entry or the Best Practices paper. The paper argues that the following four best practices are always present in all extremely difficult problem solving efforts that succeed:

  1. A true analysis of the problem is performed.
  2. The Scientific Method is used to prove all key assumptions.
  3. A formal continuously improved process that fits the problem is used.
  4. Learning from past mistakes and successes occurs.
 

Dueling Loops Paper

The most popular page on the site by a factor of 3. This paper presents a simple model showing why activists have been unable to solve the sustainability problem, and an alternative solution strategy based on high leverage points.

Change Resistance Paper

This explains why the crux of the sustainability problem is change resistance, rather than what conventional wisdom thinks it is. That's why the problem has remained unsolved for over 30 years. The paper describes a high leverage point that's never been pushed on before that can solve the change resistance problem.

The Powell Memo

The most eye popping short read (7 pages) on the site, if you have never heard about it. The memo was written in 1971.

Dueling Loops Videos

These average 8 minutes. They give a quick introduction to the Dueling Loops model and how it explains the tremendous change resistance to solving the sustainability problem.
 

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