The Folly of Foresight
Seeing the road ahead isn’t the same as doing something to get there: it’s a lesson that foresight and strategy
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Sensemaking, Design and Innovation
We can’t change what we don’t understand and can’t understand what we can’t make sense of. Design is the discipline
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Mistaken Expertise
When we confuse expertise in one thing with another we risk distrusting experts altogether and losing what they bring. An
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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
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