Systems Thinking About Action: Complexity
The global pandemic situation has provided us with a lesson in complexity by giving us much to see, learn, and
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The Complexity Cop-out
Complexity introduces significant challenges for humans. One of the unexpected ones is that it’s been used to hide from difficult
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Here to There: Navigating Through the Unknown
VIsionary evaluation is about putting data to our principles and actions and seeing where we’ve come from and where we’re going at the same time. This article explores what it is and what we need to do.
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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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A Changing Future for Education and Learning
As long as there have been people, there’s been education. The goal of learning remains, while the methods are changing.
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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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Evolutionary Innovation: How We Transform
Innovation is often portrayed as dramatic, disruptive processes and outcomes. That perception might be keeping us from making real transformations.
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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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Learning: Bites, Snacks, and Meals
Media communications is trending toward generating content in small forms. What does small ‘snackable’ content mean for learning big things?
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Conflicted Interests
Shifting outcomes requires shifts in our thinking about what works The science journal Nature recently published a thought piece looking
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