Independence is the key to success. The machine is a metaphor for human existence. We are all in this together. Resources are limited. Our businesses are dependent on the natural world.
Nature is a metaphor for human life.
Things happen in cycles. In order to create a different future reality, we must understand how our mental models influence our actions, and consider how we might reshape these assumptions about how the world works. Below are several predominant mental models, each of which is paired with a potential revised version that would support sustainability. The Economic System Is the Entire System. The economic paradigm that has prevailed in business schools and executive boardrooms often suggests that the economic system is the entire system.