Organizational change agents for sustainable development see themselves as serving a larger goal of moving society toward sustainability. They believe deep changes are needed across many sectors of society. The challenges of enacting such widespread changes can at times feel overwhelming. While sharing positive feelings at work helps effectiveness, these agents are divided on how best to manage negative emotions regarding the scale of change required.

1. Organisational leader or part of a wider change movement? How change agents see themselves. Penny Walker EABIS Colloquium 2008

6. How much change is needed?

8. From time to time, it’s overwhelming

9. And it’s hard to stay optimistic

11. Views about sharing feelings