If we embed the three core values (quality of life, growth and equality) that have sustained our species for over 40,000+ years into the structures of organizations, then would that give organizations the same sustainability as our species to remain viable in the term of centuries and millennia? I believe that they would.

Answering that hypothesis should inspire us to devise methods for creating solutions to that question. I believe that to create those solutions we must reframe our traditional thinking from cause-and-effect to create-causes-with-sustainable-outcomes. More questions come to mind:

● Because organizations are the primary engines of society, would sustainable organizations create sustainable societies? That would mean embedding and applying those three values into organizational structures to develop sustainable societies, sustainable democracies and sustainable economies.

● Of course wouldn’t we also need a methodology to assist our existing organizations to redesign themselves to make consistent decisions to invoke actions that support social sustainability?

● What would that methodology look like? How would it work and who would exercise its use?

● Lastly, if it is really possible to design sustainable organizations, societies, democracies and sustainable economies, who would take the necessary actions? Who is ultimately responsible for the sustainability of our societies? If we know who they are, how will they be trained, what will they be trained to do and who will provide the training?

● Is it possible, then, to design social structures that have the potential to eliminate or resolve the problems of “social justice” and poverty? If that is possible, then surely sustainable peace cannot be far away.

● What are the consequences if we do not answer these questions to develop sustainable families, communities, nations and a global civilization?