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Anna Birney
ANNA BIRNEY is Head of Forum for the Future’s System Innovation Lab. Forum works globally with business, government and others to solve complex challenges so as to transform essential systems like ...view moreANNA BIRNEY is Head of Forum for the Future’s System Innovation Lab. Forum works globally with business, government and others to solve complex challenges so as to transform essential systems like food and energy to secure a sustainable future. The Lab is where we experiment and learn how we and others create system change. Anna is passionate about developing and facilitating programmes for individuals, organisations and systems to discover innovative approaches to change. Anna began seeking system change when working on multi-stakeholder processes around the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development and across the education system at WWF-UK. Since joining Forum in 2008 she has worked on business and sector strategies, motivating leaders, and experimenting with approaches to scaling up change. This includes working with the Shell Foundation to maximise the reach and impact of ‘ethical agents’ in retail markets, working to shape the health system with the NHS and Bupa, and being a design and learning partner on other sector based projects including the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, Futurescapes, Community Energy Coalition and The Smart CSOs Lab. Anna provides advice and direction on Golden’s global Ecosystems Labs. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in action research from the University of Bath’s Management school and is completing a doctorate on ‘How might people and organizations, who seek a sustainable future, cultivate systemic change?’ from Lancaster University Management School.view less