Unprecedented: Living Complexity
‘Unprecedented’ is a term that is changing how we understand complexity and foresight. One thing that often makes complex situations
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Systems Thinking About Time and Motion
In changing times its important to recognize both the words change and time if we want to understand systems. On
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Systems Thinking and Networks
The most visible systems lesson from virus spreads are related to networks if we know how to see them. In
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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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Systems Thinking About Preparedness and Scaredness
Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide us with examples of how to think about systems and why, when, and how
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Better Systems Thinking
Systems thinking is essential for managing complexity – if done well. These guides for systems theory, practice, and evaluation can
Read moreThe Ecology of Innovation: Part 2 – Language
Although Innovation is about producing value through doing something new or different than before, the concept is far from simple
Read moreThe Power, Peril and Promise of Health Journalism
The Toronto Star, Canada’s most widely read newspaper known for its investigative reporting gifted anti-vaccination audiences armament by using poor
Read moreSeeing the lights in research with our heads in the clouds
Some fields stagnate because they fail to take the bold steps into the unknown by taking chances and proposing new
Read moreThe New Zombie
Information is everywhere (and if you live in cities, people might be everywhere, too) and yet the volume of information we see is overwhelmed by what we do not see. Zombies are among us like information and because of that information might be less attuned to what is going on around them. This has enormous consequences and most of it is not good.
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