Ines Garcia, an organizational coach and the Founder and CEO at Get Agile, dedicated to helping businesses to deliver better value and reduce waste, focusing on impact joins the Green Business Podcast. Her new book is Nature’s Blueprint For Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edge.
This episode of the Green Business Podcast is in association with the Author Channel.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ines Garcia discuss the following:
- What inspired you to look to nature for business solutions, and how did your 6-month biomimicry program change your perspective on organizational design?
- You argue that “magic happens at the edges” – can you explain what you mean by edges in both natural ecosystems and business contexts, and why they’re so powerful?
- Most business books offer ready-made solutions, but you deliberately chose not to. Why did you decide to teach “a way of looking” instead, and how does this approach benefit leaders?
- You’ve worked with organizations ranging from 3-person startups to major UK utility companies. What’s one pattern you’ve observed across all these different scales that nature does brilliantly but businesses often miss?
- Your book challenges the idea that our planet is dying, instead focusing on what’s thriving. How does this shift in mindset apply to how leaders should view their struggling teams or departments?
- As both an Agile coach and Climate coach, how do you see the intersection between sustainable business practices and organizational agility? Are they complementary or competing priorities?
- You mention that businesses have artificial boundaries that are “cognitive creations.” What’s one specific example of how a company could redesign their boundaries by mimicking natural systems?
Ines Garcia is an organizational coach and the Founder and CEO at Get Agile, dedicated to helping businesses to deliver better value and reduce waste, focusing on impact. Her new book is Nature’s Blueprint For Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edges (Routledge; September 8, 2025).
Ines offers hands-on programs for Agile, Project, and Product professionals at https://www.inesgarcia.me.
Website: https://www.inesgarcia.me
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inesgarciaagile
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