itSMF Bulletin September 2020 | Page 10

People Matter

For those readers who have not heard about the framework before, let me introduce it.

In 2010, NBS commissioned a large-scale systematic review of both academic and practitioner resources related to embedding sustainability into organizational culture.

The research team, led by Dr. Stephanie Bertels, identified 13,756 academic and practitioner articles and reports related to the topic. A detailed review then narrowed this down to the most relevant 179 to be included in the systematic review. (Bertels, Papania, & Papania, 2010)

Balanced Diversity Revisited

By Karen Ferris

Back in 2010, as a result of my interest in sustainability for IT, I came across a body of research that I soon realized had far-reaching implications for those of us leading change.

Although the focus of the research was on embedding sustainability into organizational culture, my examination of the research results clearly showed that

the findings could be related to embedding any type of change into an organization.

On discovering this research, I contacted the Network for Business Sustainability(NBS), who had commissioned the research, to request permission to reference the material in a white paper that I was keen to write as I