We bring the power of inner development
to global challenges faced by humanity.
In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) gave us a comprehensive plan for a sustainable world by 2030.
Although we have accumulated much knowledge about the climate crisis, poverty, public health, and other social ills communicated in the SDGs, we seem to lack the inner capacity to deal with our increasingly complex environment and challenges.
We have a vision of what needs to happen, yet progress towards this vision has been disappointing as technical solutions and public policy, which comprise the majority of approaches today, are insufficient on their own.
What has been largely missing from current strategies is a keen insight into which abilities, qualities or skills we need to develop among individuals, groups and organisations that play crucial roles in working to fulfil the SDGs.
Fortunately, modern research shows that the inner abilities we require to complement and accelerate our external approaches can be developed. This was the starting point for the Inner Development Goals (IDG) initiative.
Over a number of years, many different organisations interested in the connection between inner development and outer sustainability have been on a learning journey together. This has included a few public events like the MindShift Digital Conference in April 2020 at the Stockholm School of Economics, where the IDG initiative was first introduced. On 12th of May 2021 the IDG framework, co-created by 1000+ scientists, experts and HR & Sustainability professionals was made available open source for the world.
After a few organisational iterations, in November 2023, the IDG Foundation was initiated by the 29k Foundation, Ekskaret Foundation, IMD Business School for Management, LUCSUS Center for Sustainability Studies | Lund University, Stockholm Resilience Center | Stockholm University, The New Division, Flourishing Network at Harvard University, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
The Inner Development Goals is a not-for-profit and open-source initiative. The initiative’s IP and economy is placed within and managed by Inner Development Goals AB (svb), a Swedish company with dividend limitation that has been 100% owned by Ekskäret Foundation. In October 2024, the IDG Foundation will be taking over oversight and administration of the initiative to ensure our long-term purpose of bringing the Power of Inner Development to Global Challenges. And this is just the beginning…
María del Pilar Garrido Gonzalo
Jakob Trollbäck
Caroline Stiernstedt Sahlborn
Tomas Björkman
Erik Fernholm
Daniel Hires
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Katharina Moser
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Fredrik Lindencrona
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Anna Sebastià
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David Crook
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Alana Libow
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Pontus Holmgren
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Fredrik Livheim
Abir Mars
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Magnus Åkerlind
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Peter Senge
Renée Lertzman
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