The Singing Tree® Project conducted a breakthrough program with the Japanese-based automation company Azbil. Azbil brings technological solutions to large-scale building automation challenges such as ventilation and fire detection for skyscrapers. Their work impacts the areas of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) articulated by the United Nations. Azbil desires to bring their technological innovations into harmony with the SDGs, and they turned to Unity Through Creativity to amplify their commitment.

Twenty-six managers, engineers, marketers, and trainers from Japan, Singapore, and the U.S. came together for a three-day team building program entitled “The Science of Creativity and Collaboration.” Azbil’s driving question was “How can AI, iCloud, and wireless technology be used to support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?” By asking this question, Azbil is a leader in corporate responsibility.

Despite the barriers of language, culture, gender, age and different and disciplines within the company, the group created an 8’ x 4 painting in three days called The Azbil Singing Tree® of Innovative Technology Based in Love.  They expressed their deepest values and made a shared vision of success by painting the mural. The multi-national corporation made a bold choice to hold a training where the results would be unknown.  The practice of “Emergent Wisdom” prepared participants to have increased faith in their own creativity and in the creativity of their colleagues.  It strengthened the tools of imagination and solid relationships that are the key to flourishing in a changing world.

The Azbil Singing Tree of Innovative Technology Based in Love is part cherry on the left to symbolize Japan and part jacaranda on the right to symbolize the United States. The face in the tree has Saturn for one eye and the crescent moon in the other, giving a greater context. Human beings live on a planet in a galaxy, in a Milky Way in a universe filled with over three trillion stars for each human on earth.

Wifi signals dot the space, permeating it with connection. The ants have "ant" tenna's. The satellite network is a backdrop to stars that honor ancestors. The marriage of male and female, the proud parents, have an owl as their offspring - a symbol of wisdom and our connection to nature. These two elements are indispensable to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: Wisdom and Nature.

The trunk contains a miniature earth resting in water. The Azbil Singing Tree of Innovative Technology Based in Love reminds us that, when we allow ourselves to be held in the palm of the earth and treasure her heart, we can create a life of abundance for everyone. We can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which are ultimately a manifestation of Love for each other and our planet.  We are proud to partner with a corporation who is committed to this vision.