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There are sources ripe for business tactics and growth everywhere you look, most of which is classic and important blog material. But nothing can act as an analogy to anything better than nature itself. As my courses have begun, and I am en route to restoration certification (I like to call it ‘Impact Solutions’ ), my blog-fodder nursery has grown substantially.
The latest business/ecology analogies that I am finding (and running back to my computer throughout my study hours to take note of) are as follows:
Products vs. Services - While products rake in the revenue through resource harvest, services offer long-term solutions.
Businesses that deal in products and commodities will probably rake in more revenue than businesses that provide services, but that’s not to say that the services aren’t important. The services are what protect the business and allow them long-term profitability, and much like nature’s services (hydrology and systems), though they cannot offer direct profit - they provide the land with what it needs to be productive.
*Note to industry: keep natures services active.
Stress Factors - Removing the stress factors is merely passive, while adding stabilizing factors is active.
When stress is encountered, one might want to initially only remove those stress factors, so that eventually your life and work can return to normal. But that is the passive approach - and if you don’t take an active approach to mitigating problems, that stress factor will never really go away.
In restoration management the first thing one would do is identify the stress factors which are meddling with a system, and assess the possibility of removing them. Secondly, you need to assess what active management you can take, that is - what other factors you can introduce to fix a damaged system.
Overall, the idea is to see what element you can introduce to an environment to allow for growth, instead of cutting out what may be damaging. Or, both cut and introduce.
Acceptance of Dynamic Systems - That there are always several answers and routes to a solution, and solutions shouldn’t be set in stone.
And finally - whether you react by adding an element to a system or deal in products or services - you should know and be willing to accept that solutions and processes are dynamic. Both restoration and business solutions are dynamic processes - so it’s always good to allow for input and change as projects mature.
I could quote ol’ Don Rumsfeld’s ‘unknown unknowns’ spiels, because the point is similar - but it’s all quite simple: get out there and ecologize, the answers are everywhere!
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05.20.08
nature is the greatest teacher. This is why I recomend that all students in College take biology classes. All concepts and designs as well as Human Behavoirs come from nature. A loss of connection from rural to an Urban and Suburban environment. Much can be learned from the plants and insects.
05.20.08
Absolutely. Ecology, both urban and further, should be mandatory through the later parts of school. I happen to know people who dropped Eco (like math) once they had the chance. Thanks for commenting!
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