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Tools for way-finding in uncharted territory

I’ve continued to play around with a new workflow for animations, using mental canvas and working on visuals before even thinking about the…

Dec 12, 2021

Tools for way-finding in uncharted territory

Dec 12, 2021

cynefin in 2 1/2 dimensions…

Cynefin is often described as a sense-making framework (sometimes as a decision-making framework), created by David Snowden, that has come…

Nov 1, 2021

cynefin in 2 1/2 dimensions…

Nov 1, 2021

Mapping for Social Change at Mapcamp 2021

I recently had the opportunity to share some thinking and mapping at a gathering of folks interested in Simon Wardley’s (swardley) method…

Oct 26, 2021

Mapping for Social Change at Mapcamp 2021

Oct 26, 2021

a whirlwind tour of cultural adaptation

Mar 19, 2021

Mar 19, 2021

Cultural Evolution —part 3 of 3: Entangled layers of organizing and the implications for a…

In the first two parts of this series, we explored dual inheritance, a theory I learned of from researcher Michael Muthukrishna. The basic…

Mar 13, 2021

Cultural Evolution —part 3 of 3: Entangled layers of organizing and the implications for a…

Mar 13, 2021

Cultural Evolution: Episode 2/3 Game Theory & The Illusion of Explanatory Depth

In Episode 1, we introduced the idea of Cultural Evolution and how the dynamics of competition and cooperation come into play. Game theory…

Jan 8, 2021

Cultural Evolution: Episode 2/3 Game Theory & The Illusion of Explanatory Depth

Jan 8, 2021

Cultural Evolution — part 1/3: competition, cooperation, and the human tendency to copy others…

I spend a lot of time thinking about ways of tackling really hard kinds of change: challenges such as shifting collective behavior to…

Nov 27, 2020

Cultural Evolution — part 1/3: competition, cooperation, and the human tendency to copy others…

Nov 27, 2020

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Paradox and Punishment

Before I dive in, let me start by describing what I mean by paradox. Paradox refers to a statement or reality containing a contradiction…

Feb 3, 2020

Paradox and Punishment

Feb 3, 2020

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Making Sense of Shit

Getting Strategic about Peace and Social Justice Work

When convening a group interested in strategy, particularly groups with varying professions and ideas about strategy (or none), there is…

Oct 10, 2019

Getting Strategic about Peace and Social Justice Work

Oct 10, 2019

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Making Sense of Shit

Making Sense of Wardley Maps

Wardley maps started popping up in my twitter feed in relation to one of my favorite thinking tools, the cynefin framework, sometime late…

Feb 22, 2019

Making Sense of Wardley Maps

Feb 22, 2019

sue borchardt

sue borchardt

My mission is to help groups to make sense of shit, especially complex shit and especially BEFORE it hits the fan. Current working job title: research artist

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