November 2011
1 post
October 2011
8 posts
Occupy Design →
This keeps getting better and better, hack on folks!
Service Design Network →
Here’s another great conference coming to SF this week! Service Design, what a concept! I would like to take some of these workshops too. You know I’m a workshopaholic.
FailCon →
What can tech teach sustainability? How to learn! Failure provides valuable information to a system but our cultural proclivity is to sweep shameful failure under the rug; what a waste. I prefer the approach of FailCon, an upcoming conference for tech-preneurs. Their invitation: “Its time to stop being afraid of failure and start embracing it.” Right on.
Natural Change: Catalysing leadership for... →
So needed! This just published paper from WWF came out today.
Its a highly interesting new publication on the didactics & psychology behind the WWF’s ‘Natural Change’ approach to leadership development, which is rooted is many indigenous traditions (e.g. the vision quests from the Navaho) and eastern wisdom traditions. Some powerful and valuable conclusions on how to...
BetterMeans.com →
Tool for Self-organized Project Managment →
YES! The philosophy behind BetterMeans is right on. Its like on-line Open Space Technology. I have yet to have the opportunity to use BetterMeans for a project of my own but I’m looking forward to trying it out one day soon.
September 2011
2 posts
Leadership Lessons From Burning Man →
Fast Company article on a subject that often captures my imagination: What does horizontal leadership look and feel like? What does it feel when you lead out of common interest not common adversity. Each year, I’m more tempted to brave the wind and sand to experience these leadership lessons in the desert myself.
Consortium Views Arts as Engines of Recovery →
I am excited by this example of applied system thinking to modernize philanthropy, shift public perception of art’s role in society and meet real need. I will be keeping an eye on this and hope it starts a trend!
ArtPlace has brought foundations, corporations and federal agencies together to sponsor arts projects around the country.