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Biomimicry: Business Innovation and Resilience Inspired by Nature with Dr. Tamsin Woolley-Barker [LLC 017]

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We’re turning to nature to learn some important business lessons. How do honey bee colonies treat leadership? What can ants teach us about individuality and effective workplace structures? We’re joined by evolutionary biologist and biomimicry expert, Dr. Tamsin Woolley-Barker as she shares her knowledge about innovation and nature. Dr. Tamsin is the author of Teeming: How Superorganisms Work to Build Infinite Wealth in a Finite World

What We Discuss in this Episode  

  • What nature can teach organizations about facing challenges
  • What is biomimicry?
  • Are the way companies are structured impeding their progress?
  • How underground fungal networks teach us how to be resilient
  • Diversity is what allows ants to innovate and that innovation is what allows the ants to survive and thrive
  • How delineating a common purpose and goal in your company can help engage employees
  • Why most hierarchical structures are limiting and finite and what we can do to tap into the infinite resources within our businesses
  • Why small businesses can have a big impact too
  • How can modular growth be more impactful than linear growth?
  • What would distributed leadership look like for our organizations?
  • How can businesses utilize regeneration to create value for future generations

Resources

Teeming: How Superorganisms Build Infinite Wealth in a Finite World 

Contact Information:

www.drtamsin.com

Inhabitat.com blog

Greenbiz.com column

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