Failure and Learning
Failure deals in absolutes while learning is about discovering possibility. Focusing on the former often leads us to miss the
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complexity
Tooling Up for Systemic Design & Learning
Innovation work requires a mindset, a skillset, and a toolset. The key is finding the right tools for the job.
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Design for Movement
Innovation requires learning to design for the changes around us. This involves not treating moving things as if they’re still.
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Riding the waves of resilience
Big shakeups happen in work, life, and the economy regularly. Navigating these waves of change well requires forethought and foresight.
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Putting our organizations on the couch
Creating change through rational planning only gets us halfway there. Looking inward will take us the rest of the journey.
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Tranformation in Three Numbers
Three numbers tell a story of transformation worth listening to. Our world is changing quickly and this week three numbers
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Innovation, Change and The Leopard
Innovation is a misunderstood and often misrepresented concept that can provoke fear, indifference, resentment, confusion, or irrational exuberance. To understand
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Strategy: Myths, fantasies, and reality
A defining feature of sustained excellence in any enterprise is a good strategy — a vision and plan linked to
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Developmental evaluation holds promise for product and service designers looking to understand the process, outcomes, and strategies of innovation and
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Developmental evaluation requires different ways of thinking about programs, people, contexts and the data that comes from all three. Without
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