It means an individual within an organization who embodies a mindset and approach prioritizes long-term resilience, adaptability, and shared progress.

They understand the importance of considering the overall health and growth of the organization in the face of an ever-changing business environment.

A Sustainable Player moves forward with new approaches by integrating human behavior, strategy, the science of accelerated change, and organizational psychology insights in their decisions. They prioritize mutual benefit (Customer, Company, Workforce wellbeing), shared progress, positive contributions to workforce wellbeing, customer satisfaction, the company, the community, and the environment.

In addition, a Sustainable Player possesses extraordinary skills to balance short-term with Spot Indicators and Long-term with Futures. Finally, they focus on building an inclusive environment for opinions, regardless of the area or rank in the company.

They exercise high Intellectual Humility, valuing diverse perspectives and fostering a culture of collaboration and collective intelligence. A Sustainable Player is part of the Enterprise Agility Way of Thinking (EAWT).

For more detailed information about them, check Enterprise Agility Fundamentals, Chapter 1, page 71.