By Alan AtKisson In 2021 I donated all the copyrights and licensing agreements for the “Accelerator” – a set of tools that I and colleagues created, developed, and used around the world, over a period of nearly 30 years – to the international non-profit organization Compass Education. “Accelerator” has three main parts: (1) the Sustainability … Continue reading Compass, Pyramid, Amoeba: How these tools for accelerating sustainability came to be, how they began spreading around the world, and what’s going to happen next

I am pleased to announce that I am donating all the sustainability tools that I and colleagues have developed over many years, operating as AtKisson Group, to Compass Education, an international non-profit with a big vision: reaching 1 million teachers.  Compass Education will also manage all professional and commercial licensing of the Sustainability Compass, the Pyramid workshop, … Continue reading A big step toward a big vision

There is a lot of advice packed into my books, much of it focused on making change happen. But if I were to lift up just one reflection on leading change in organizations, one that I still both observe and try to practice in my own work, it would be this one. Click for large … Continue reading The secret to making change happen

There is a story behind this little inspirational poster, the second in my series (and free to share). Twenty years ago, I wrote a song called "Goin' to the Top", dedicated to the people of New Orleans. I had hoped (and in fact had been promised) that Aaron Neville would perform the song at a … Continue reading Making your own road