Genetic engineering for your brand
DNA doesn’t predetermine our future as biological beings, but it does powerfully influence it. Some have applied the concept of ‘DNA’
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Elevating Design & Design Thinking
Design thinking has brought the language of design into popular discourse across different fields, but it’s failings threaten to
Read moreA mindset for developmental evaluation
Developmental evaluation requires different ways of thinking about programs, people, contexts and the data that comes from all three. Without
Read moreReframing change
Change is one of the few universal constants as things — people, planet, galaxy — are always in some state
Read moreExploding goals and their myths
Goal-directed language guides much of our social policy, investment and quests for innovation without much thought of what that means
Read moreJaded: Whether You Are a Plant or a Stone Makes All the Difference
An attempt to innovate – do something new to produce value — is always fraught with risk and a high
Read moreHealing, by design
The concept of healing plays an integral part of healthy human development in many cultures, yet is largely unknown or misunderstood in
Read moreWhat’s in your baggage?
Social and emotional baggage is what we bring with us and, like the real thing, it’s all in what we
Read moreForeseeing the Unpossible
Change may be the only constant and, beyond wet babies, few of us welcome it. Foresight is about looking ahead
Read moreThe Disconnected Human
In this mini-series we look at the phenomenon of paradox and some of the prominent ones in our social world.
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