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I have a PhD in physics but work on sustainability -- what I consider the most important role for someone who understands nature today. I constantly meet people

by spodek 6y ago

I have a PhD in physics but work on sustainability -- what I consider the most important role for someone who understands nature today. I constantly meet people who are surprised to find that turning on a light in their homes causes fossil fuels to be burned. Their ignorance is their business, but the greenhouse gases become everyone's.

pier25 6y ago
Yeah common people think emissions come mostly form cars. Globally all transportation represents like 15% while electricity production is like 25% of our emissions.
- BlueTemplar 6y ago
  Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Greenhouse_gases_emissions_by_sector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Greenhouse_gase...
defterGoose 6y ago
Can I ask what you're working on specifically? As a lapsed graduate-level physicist turned entrepreneur, problems related to climate change have been making me frantically search for a place where I can make meaningful contributions.
- spodek 6y ago
  Nearly everyone says we know what to do, we just lack the will to do it. We lack leadership -- not telling people facts, figures, doom, gloom, and instructions. That's management, which is important, but leadership -- helping people do what they want to but haven't figured out how. No leaders or people with authority understand nature and I think it's easier for scientists to learn leadership than leaders to learn science. I support more science, but it's overwhelmingly clear. We don't need more science to create a vision and strategy. People need to feel meaning and purpose, to have an expectation of success. That comes from what leaders work on -- stories, images, role models, systems, emotions, and culture. So I focus on leadership -- bringing what people like Mandela, Eisenhower, Ali, and Deming brought but I don't see anyone doing today. My TEDx talks https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx and podcast illustrate what I'm working on, though I've advanced a lot since then. Here are podcast episodes describing my strategy: - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/224-clarifying-my-strategy https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/301-does-it-scale-my-modified-tesla-strategy https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo... - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/260-creating-the-muhammad-ali-of-the-environment https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/310-the-start-and-end-of-any-serious-conversation-on-the-env https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo...

by spodek 6y ago

pier25 6y ago

Yeah common people think emissions come mostly form cars. Globally all transportation represents like 15% while electricity production is like 25% of our emissions.

BlueTemplar 6y ago
Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Greenhouse_gases_emissions_by_sector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Greenhouse_gase...

defterGoose 6y ago

Can I ask what you're working on specifically? As a lapsed graduate-level physicist turned entrepreneur, problems related to climate change have been making me frantically search for a place where I can make meaningful contributions.

spodek 6y ago
Nearly everyone says we know what to do, we just lack the will to do it. We lack leadership -- not telling people facts, figures, doom, gloom, and instructions. That's management, which is important, but leadership -- helping people do what they want to but haven't figured out how. No leaders or people with authority understand nature and I think it's easier for scientists to learn leadership than leaders to learn science. I support more science, but it's overwhelmingly clear. We don't need more science to create a vision and strategy. People need to feel meaning and purpose, to have an expectation of success. That comes from what leaders work on -- stories, images, role models, systems, emotions, and culture. So I focus on leadership -- bringing what people like Mandela, Eisenhower, Ali, and Deming brought but I don't see anyone doing today. My TEDx talks https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx and podcast illustrate what I'm working on, though I've advanced a lot since then. Here are podcast episodes describing my strategy: - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/224-clarifying-my-strategy https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/301-does-it-scale-my-modified-tesla-strategy https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo... - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/260-creating-the-muhammad-ali-of-the-environment https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/310-the-start-and-end-of-any-serious-conversation-on-the-env https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo...