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Remembering
The thing about rules is they are meant to be boundaries and the minimum. Remembering we can be creative within is critical for change.
Rules Rules Rules
The industrial mindset sets the rules and tells us ‘this is how the world works’. Perhaps we need to be reminded things can work differently.
Factories, Compliance, and Aid
Compliance and resource mobilisation are assembly lines. Factories into which certain inputs are put in with outputs generated.
Terror, Confusion, and Wonder
Imagine for a moment, it’s the summer of 1916-7. Horses are your prized possessions – critical for transport, movement, and work.
Data Inventory – Logic plays a Minor Role
For data inventory, logic plays a minor role in change, stories, emotion, and trust are the leading roles. Too often we focus on the minors.
Ewaste and my ‘one day’ box
E-waste has at least two sides to it – the physical product and then the information that is on the products. Both can be hazardous.
Football, Penalty Kicks, and Change
I want to get better better at playing football (soccer) is very different than I want to get better at penalty kicks
Literacy vs Competency
Literacy is about knowing, while competency is about application. Too often we stop at literacy because it is easier than competency.
Looking Back
There are great people doing amazing things out there. Here are few things I’ve been reading, learning about, and found inspiration this week.
The Power of Yes/No
Yes/No can help us with inclusion, exclusion and duplication without actually sharing the information. We do this already and we can improve.
Language, Etiquette and Culture
Language, Etiquette and Culture are all about rules. Communication is all about learning the rules of the other.
Double Edged Sword
Double edged swords were meant to cut going in and coming out. Innovation can often be like a double edged sword.