Inspired by Nature - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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<strong>Inspired</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Nature</strong><br />
presented <strong>by</strong><br />
<strong>Kew</strong> and BCI<br />
25 May2010
Welcome<br />
Introduction <strong>by</strong>:<br />
Professor Monique Simmonds<br />
Head, <strong>Kew</strong> Innovation Unit<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, <strong>Kew</strong><br />
Giles Hutchins<br />
Global Director, Head of Sustainability Solutions<br />
Atos Origin<br />
Co‐Founder, BCI
<strong>Inspired</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Nature</strong><br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, <strong>Kew</strong><br />
Monique S.J. Simmonds
Our planet: 3.8 billion years<br />
1 billion yrs multi-cellular organisms<br />
1,500 million yrs fungi<br />
475 million yrs land plants<br />
200 million yrs mammals<br />
200 thousand yrs “humans”<br />
251 <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, <strong>Kew</strong>
Our planet: 3.8 billion years<br />
Evolution of innovation<br />
1 billion yrs multi-cellular organisms<br />
1,500 million yrs fungi<br />
475 million yrs land plants<br />
200 million yrs mammals<br />
200 thousand yrs “humans”<br />
251 <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, <strong>Kew</strong>
Shanghai Trade Expo 2010 UK Exhibit – seed cathedral
Resources to survive<br />
Plant biodiversity<br />
Interactions with others<br />
What “function” does it serve
Laboratory Methods<br />
Extraction<br />
Extraction<br />
Clarification
From plant chemistry to system biology to<br />
business design<br />
Substructure (MS2)<br />
Mass:charge (MS1)<br />
Surface chemistry (LC)
From plant chemistry to system biology to design<br />
of sustainable business<br />
Robustness -Flexibility<br />
Supply chain<br />
Function – uniqueness
<strong>Kew</strong> has an extensive global reach, through<br />
collaborations in more than 100 countries<br />
<strong>Kew</strong> has Collaborations in >100 countries and works with >800 organisations<br />
UK<br />
• New medicinal properties<br />
of traditional plant species<br />
identified e.g. compounds<br />
with anti-cancer properties<br />
Countries where <strong>Kew</strong><br />
has formal collaborations<br />
Montserrat<br />
• A survey of biological<br />
resources helped<br />
restore area<br />
devastated <strong>by</strong> volcano<br />
Brazil<br />
• Living Pharmacy in favelas:<br />
− Engaged street<br />
children in cultivation<br />
of medicinal plants<br />
− Safeguarded<br />
traditional knowledge<br />
Peru<br />
• Developed and demonstrated to<br />
locals techniques for:<br />
− Habitat restoration using local<br />
plants<br />
− Sustainable production of<br />
economically viable products<br />
St. Helena<br />
• Established<br />
programme of<br />
technical aid to<br />
rescue native<br />
species<br />
Ghana<br />
• Helped cocoa farmers<br />
find companion<br />
plants as additional,<br />
less vulnerable<br />
income source<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
• Promoted sustainable<br />
use of limited tree<br />
resources used as<br />
firewood<br />
South Africa<br />
• Helped sustainable<br />
management of plants<br />
used as food and medicine<br />
in area with high HIV<br />
incidence relying on<br />
traditional medicines<br />
Kenya<br />
• Promoted sustainable<br />
use of traditional food<br />
plants for improved<br />
nutrition<br />
Madagascar<br />
• Developed conservation<br />
capacity with Rio Tinto:<br />
− Provided essential<br />
equipment, technical<br />
support, and staff training<br />
− Focused on protecting<br />
endangered species<br />
China<br />
• Identified and verified<br />
the herbal quality of<br />
Chinese medicinal<br />
plants available for<br />
sale internationally<br />
Malaysia<br />
• Worked with timber<br />
companies to ensure<br />
sustainable timber<br />
extraction<br />
Australia<br />
• Introduced native<br />
plant species to<br />
replace invasive<br />
wheat crops
The journey ahead<br />
Giles Hutchins<br />
Global Director, Head of Sustainability Solutions<br />
Atos Origin<br />
Co‐Founder, BCI
2010 – 2020: Volatility<br />
(The Age of Fear – Wall Street Journal)<br />
• Volatile input costs, prices, buying patterns<br />
• Increasing complexity & risk in supply chain<br />
• Changing demographics<br />
o world population shifts<br />
o BRIC growth –multi‐polar world<br />
o increasing socio‐economic/political tensions<br />
• Increasing scarcity of finite natural resources<br />
o Increasing propensity of food & water shortages<br />
• Increasing frequency of natural disasters , epidemics<br />
• Rapid decline in biodiversity
Transformational Times call for<br />
Transformational Change<br />
Dawn Vance,<br />
Nike’s Global Head of Supply Chain:<br />
Organisations have 3 options:<br />
1.Hit the wall<br />
2.Optimise and delay hitting the wall<br />
3.Redesign for Resilience
Transformational Times call for<br />
Transformational Change<br />
Charles Darwin:<br />
“It is not the strongest species that<br />
survive, nor the most intelligent, but<br />
the ones most able to adapt to change”
The beginning of a unique journey<br />
World leader in plant and fungi<br />
science<br />
BCI<br />
Ecological Thinking<br />
for Radical Transformation
Agenda for today<br />
• <strong>Inspired</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Nature</strong>: The journey<br />
• Where are you now, where are your headed?<br />
• Exploring biomimicry: Tour of <strong>Kew</strong><br />
Lunch<br />
• Creating conditions conducive to change<br />
• Workshop: Ideas from nature<br />
• Discussion<br />
• Wrap‐Up<br />
Drinks and canapés
<strong>Nature</strong>’s Principles<br />
for<br />
Business Transformation
Business shaped <strong>by</strong><br />
conventional thinking
Characteristics of business shaped<br />
<strong>by</strong> conventional thinking<br />
• Independent<br />
• Competitive<br />
• Strong<br />
• Stable<br />
• Efficient<br />
• Protected<br />
• Predictable
Results of business shaped <strong>by</strong><br />
conventional thinking
Results of business shaped <strong>by</strong><br />
conventional thinking<br />
http://themorningsidepost.com/2008/10/credit‐crisis‐hits‐canada/
Business transformation
apid<br />
growth<br />
Ecological thinking
Ecological thinking<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established
Ecological thinking<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established<br />
release
Ecological thinking<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established<br />
reorganization<br />
release
Ecological thinking<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established<br />
reorganization<br />
release
Ecological thinking<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established<br />
reorganization<br />
release
Conventional thinking<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established<br />
reorganization<br />
release
Learn from nature:<br />
leverage the processes<br />
rapid<br />
growth<br />
well<br />
established<br />
reorganization<br />
release
<strong>Nature</strong>’s<br />
Principles<br />
Business<br />
Practices
Business shaped <strong>by</strong> nature
Characteristics of<br />
business shaped <strong>by</strong> nature<br />
•Adaptive<br />
•Responsive<br />
• Interconnected<br />
•Synergistic<br />
•Emergent<br />
• Restorative<br />
• Resilient
Businesses are beginning to get it<br />
Deutsche Bank
Swedish Biomimetics 3000<br />
•multi‐functional design<br />
• decentralized, distributed, and diverse<br />
V 2 IO
Deutsche Bank<br />
• leverages interdependence<br />
•uses rapid feedback loops<br />
Deutsche Bank
Interface Carpets<br />
•recycle everything<br />
•adapt and evolve
Adnams Brewery<br />
•uses free energy<br />
•using life friendly materials<br />
•self organizing
Cardboard to Caviar<br />
•self‐organizing<br />
• leveraging free energy
Eco Rainforest<br />
• resourceful and opportunistic<br />
• leverages interdependence
Business transformation<br />
BCI
Next up…<br />
•Short break<br />
•Tour of <strong>Kew</strong><br />
•Lunch<br />
•Afternoon session
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