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Is there any criteria for choosing a bottom-up approach or top-down approach?

Also, for example, if one of the approach has already implanted in one place for a long time, is it possible to switch to the other one in order to achieve better goals?

Hoi Wa

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'Sustainability innovation is in many cases a radical innovation' (Schaltegger & Wagner, p. 231) 

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'Sustainability innovation is in many cases a radical innovation' (Schaltegger & Wagner, p. 231) 

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As this radical nature may be unattractive, how do you propose larger and smaller firms work together along with bioneers to produce a sustainable future?
Molly

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For a sustainable world is it better a world from top-down or a world from the bottom-up?
I think that today with our mode of consumption we have reached a very high level, should we then go top-down to reduce our consumption and thus limit our environmental impact?
Caroline

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do you think we can really get a sustainable hierarchy even if some conflict persist over the world. Without global peace, incident can appear and put in jeopardy basements of a society, whom can make a come back with a leader to protect the country.
//Paul

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Up to which point can traditional companies join the battle against today´s modern problems (social inequalities, C.C., pollution, etc.), being that they are born and raised in the age of capitalism, and that most of the solutions to these problems require deep changes from the structures which are mostly responsible of causing them? Is it possible for them to reinvent themselves out of the profit paradigma in order to actually serve society in a most sincere way?
//Juan

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Up to which point can traditional companies join the battle against today´s modern problems (social inequalities, C.C., pollution, etc.), being that they are born and raised in the age of capitalism, and that most of the solutions to these problems require deep changes from the structures which are mostly responsible of causing them? Is it possible for them to reinvent themselves out of the profit paradigma in order to actually serve society in a most sincere way?
//Juan

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How do we convince opponents of collective action (CA) to engage in those practices? What are reasons that an organization/government would be opposed to CA (aside from corruption)? The reading on CA covered some drawbacks of CA, such as taking a less critical stance in order to gain more participants. In your opinion, what are other ways in which CA may not be the best option?

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The Paris agreement is considered a a bottom up success by many. Surely the previous process of first trying to settle a global emission reduction target and then trying to distribute the responsibly among nations had failed. When UN reversed the process by asking the countries to nationally determine  their contributions, finally a global agreement could be signed! But
1. The emission cut stipulated in the Paris agreement is far from enough to avoid a climate collapse
2) Even these insufficient cuts does not seem to have been broadly anchored in the societies, hence the formal or informal withdrawal from big players such us USA and Brazil, while the yellow vests protest in France.
Is the Paris deal really a successful bottom up story - and if not would could have been done differenly?
- Pontus Hummelman

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In sustainability leadership, how important is it to "practice what you preach" when trying to achieve change? Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership in Uppsala Kevin Anderson, who stopped flying for climate reasons, was very critical of "climate elites" such as Al Gore, Leo DiCaprio, Christiana Figueres, calling them "climate glitteraties" with no apparent ambitions to reduce their own emissions. What's your take on this?
/Daniel I-E

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How does one agent, trying to achieve change, prevent from igniting a counteraction to the cause from "the other side"? Having somewhat of a "Newton's third law of motion" or "action-reaction" perspective, there is always the risk of unleashing a backlash when trying to achieve change. What's your take on this?
/Daniel I-E

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Does idolisation of inidividuals as leaders negatively impact advances for change? As a social process, how can you encourage actors to work as a collective for change? // Olivia

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What do you consider to be the main tools needed to impel sustainable enterprises? And the kind of mindset that goes into sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation?

// Pontus Haag

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What do you consider to be the main tools needed to impel sustainable enterprises? And the kind of mindset that goes into sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation?

// Pontus Haag

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. . . the older approaches to leadership will not suffice. A new approach is required that is more sophisticated, collaborative and collective' 

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. . . the older approaches to leadership will not suffice. A new approach is required that is more sophisticated, collaborative and collective' 

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How does the panel envision this new collaborative and collective form of leadership taking hold? How might an individual seeking to make change encourage the growth of such leadership?

//Thomas

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Other than the skillset defined in ASAP blogpost, what are the biggest challenges of a sustainability leader trying to achieve sustainability success?
//Nur İdil Müftüoğlu

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(1) What is the role of NGOs in the political discourse according to you? - Can your answer be generalized regarding all the different missions and visions of NGOs themselves and how they perceive themselves.
(2) In the article "Inclusion without Influence" it is suggested that lobbyism is the way to go when it comes to changing policies. Do you see this as the right pathway for NGOs? Where is their place as changemakers?
//Julia

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Some social changes succeed through top-dowm but some social changes succeed through bottom-up. What makes this differences?

/yoowon jeong

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I think its still not successful to make a change to reduce greenhouse gas or other things related to environmental issues. What is the role of NGO to make a effective change and the role of youth to make a grassroots?

//Gyuri Cho

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In your opinion, how collective action could contribute towards the elimination of corruption? As it is an overwhelming problem of our society. 
In what ways do you think collective action can be helpful to achieve a greater change in society? How can we have such solutions that can lead us towards more sustainable world through this collective actions and leadership?

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In your opinion, how collective action could contribute towards the elimination of corruption? As it is an overwhelming problem of our society. 
In what ways do you think collective action can be helpful to achieve a greater change in society? How can we have such solutions that can lead us towards more sustainable world through this collective actions and leadership?

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How important do you think transparency between state and citizens is in achieving a more sustainable future? Do you believe that there should be complete transparency between the two or do you think that an element of privacy is needed in order to achieve certain objectives?

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It is mentioned that companies should join forces with goverments, communities, NGOs and other related actors. Having a common goal to eradicate corruption and working on with another, there might exist a possibility that the government would take advantage of this colaboration and company’s right might be violated. Should this integrity for anti-corruption have limits? How mich the integrity/sovereignty of any company, government or organisation be compromised?

Antonio Franco

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In what situation does bottom up and top down works the best? When should people use the bottom up or the top down to make a change?
Mayui Kitamoto

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The term leadership is used so much these days that it is almost becoming one of the buzzwords that has no meaning. First of all do you believe this is the case? and secondly what specificities must be taken into account these days to actually become an informed and effective leader. This, both applied to the top level leadership but also to the grass roots leaders promoting change.

Alastair

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How can sports help foster the "new" Social Leadership?

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How can sports help foster the "new" Social Leadership?

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Erika Svensson writes in her blogpost for ASAP: "To reach the sustainable development goals we need leaders. But the older approaches to leadership will not suffice. A new approach is required that is more sophisticated, collaborative and collective. This is because leaders today more than ever must act in ways that service the whole. Our success or failure are dependent on how well we support each other"

Many kids encounter formal leadership for the first time outside school through leadership in sport organizations. I'm curious about your view on how sports (leaders in sports and the practice of sports) can help foster the "new" sophisticated, collaborative and collective leadership that we, according to Erika Svensson, need to succeed in the future?
- Sofia

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Is it possible for companies to become sustainable without new policies and standards?

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Is it possible for companies to become sustainable without new policies and standards?

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Most of the big companies today have a plan to become sustainable but they don’t change as quick as necessary. It is a complex process for many of them, since their business model is unsustainable from the start. For example, IKEA have understood that they have a lot to gain from becoming circular, in both sustainable, innovation and economic terms. They state that their most important challenge is to become circular, but policies today prevent companies from reusing materials categorized as waste. They mean that the society needs regulations and branch initiatives which results in common policies and standards, that states what material may contain to be called recyclable.

Is it true that we need this kind of regulations? And why don’t these policies already exist when big companies as IKEA ask for them? Maybe this is where companies need to co-operate to create these changes?

//Elin von Liewen Wistrand

(The question is for everyone but mostly for Ida)

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When looking at complex global challenges such as climate change, the introduction of polycentric systems of governance has been emphasised as a viable solution that places an emphasis on local solutions embedded within a wider system of governance (especially from scholars such as Ostrom). Do you believe this to be an effective solution? How do you propose we confront the challenges of the movement of power from large corporations and individuals into the hands of local and smaller collectives?

- Laura Thomas

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A quote from ASAP that caught my interest: "Today, there is a growing view that leadership should be viewed as a social process - a process that happens between people, not in people. In this sense, leadership is contextual and a collective effort."
How can we foster such social leadership through education, an institution where you will typically find traditional hierarchies?
- Emmy

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Question for all - altering the view of activism

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Question for all - altering the view of activism

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Ganesh & Zoller outline a concern that there is a general opinion that there is a lack of dialogue in activism and it is viewed as confrontational instead of collaborative. How does this impact individuals involving themselves (or not) in activism?  Can you explain a bit more about the 'agonistic approach,' and how adopting this, as they suggest, could alter this worldview?

//Laura Tapping

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In "Inclusion without Influence? NGOs in European
Trade Policy", research shows that NGOs have little influence over EU policy for various reasons. What strategies would you propose NGOs employ to change this?

//Laura Tapping