Paul C. Light, a Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at the Robert Wagner School of Public Service at New York University.
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The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group organized the second Hiwar session, an event that focuses on current economic, social and environmental issues and its implications for sustainability in Abu Dhabi , as seen through the lenses of practitioners from the government, business and not-for-profit community. The Hiwar was led by Paul C. Light, a Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at the Robert Wagner School of Public Service at New York University.
He introduced the need to have robust organizations and networks, in a world with ever-deepening economic, social, and political uncertainty. Current methods of managing uncertainty are increasingly being questioned in the light of recent shocks such as the financial crisis.
He called for a sophisticated, but simple a! pproach to hedging against risk and exploiting opportunities.
He also called for networks that are particularly useful in achieving common goals for innovation and sustainability, both inside an organization and across a network.
Networks are essential for the swarming now needed to solve pressing problems. This cannot be done one organization at a time, said Prof. Light.
According to Prof. Light, all organizations seek high performance and there are four key pillars of high performance: Alignment to a clear mission such as sustainability, alertness to threats and opportunities, agility in responding to those threats and opportunities, and adaptability in bringing new ideas to the fore.
Prof. Light believes that Abu Dhabi should lead on building a robust network of organizations committed to performance excellence and sustainability.
What you have here is a relatively small number of organizations that are highly motivated and a centra! l unit devoted to maintaining the network and an international! reputation. There are clear goals and deliverables involved in Abu Dhabi . Also, the commitment to sustainability is clear and the support for effort is growing. Abu Dhabi has all the right players involved and the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group is a remarkable open-source model for sharing ideas, he added.
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