Practice and Thermostats
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.” Jean Luc
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complexity
Amplification and Impact
Transformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is
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Big Changes Through Small Actions
Our consumption habits will kill our planet if we let it. Small actions, done often, can change our future course.
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Complexity in Practice
The global retail phenomenon called ‘Black Friday’ demonstrates true complexity. How what and where we buy shapes how we live.
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Scaling Impact
‘Achieving scale’ might be the golden goose of social innovation. It’s a simple phrase, but its meaning and misunderstanding is
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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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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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