How To Create Lasting Change for a Sustainable Built Environment
*Please note this event is for UKGBC members only.
Why do so many sustainability and organisational change initiatives struggle to deliver lasting impact? Often, the visible challenge isn’t the real problem. Lasting change requires us to look beneath the surface to understand the patterns, systems, and mental models that shape the way organisations and people behave.
In this webinar, we’ll explore the Iceberg Model – a simple but powerful systems thinking framework that helps individuals and organisations move beyond treating symptoms to addressing the root causes of complex challenges. Participants will explore how events, patterns, structures and mental models interact to shape outcomes and influence change.
The built environment is a complex system of interconnected organisations, policies, behaviours and supply chains. Understanding how these elements influence one another is essentials for creating lasting sustainability outcomes. Through practical examples drawn from our sector’s biggest sustainability challenges, attendees will learn how to use systems thinking approaches to recognise where to focus effort to create lasting change and positive impact.
By attending, you will
- Understand the core principles of the Iceberg Model.
- Learn how to identify the root causes behind complex challenges.
- Develop a systems thinking approach to problem-solving and driving change.
- Recognise where to focus your efforts to create more effective and lasting positive impact.
- Leave with practical ways to apply the Iceberg Model in your own organisation and sustainability challenges.
Why attend?
Understand
Learn how to use the Iceberg Model
Build your confidence
Gain practical insights
For your organisation:
Who Should Attend?
This webinar is designed for anyone within our membership responsible for influencing change, pimproving performance, or embedding sustainability within complex project and organisational environments. It will be particularly relevant for:
- Sustainability, ESG and net zero professionals across real estate, construction, engineering, infrastructure and property sectors.
- Strategy, transformation and organisational development professionals responsible for change programmes and business improvement.
- Project managers, programme managers and delivery leads looking to address systemic challenges more efffectively.
- Senior leaders, directors and managers seeking practical tools for leading organisational change.
- Consultants, advisors and facilitators working in sustainability, systems change, innovation or transformation.
- Public sector, local authority and housing professionals tackling complex environmental, social and organisational challenges.
This session is ideal for anyone looking to understand how the Iceberg Model can help create deeper, more sustainable and lasting change.
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