Tools for way-finding in uncharted territoryI’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, 2021Dec 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, 2021Nov 1, 2021
Mapping for Social Change at Mapcamp 2021I recently had the opportunity to share some thinking and mapping at a gathering of folks interested in Simon Wardley’s (swardley) method…Oct 26, 2021Oct 26, 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, 2021Mar 13, 2021
Cultural Evolution: Episode 2/3 Game Theory & The Illusion of Explanatory DepthIn Episode 1, we introduced the idea of Cultural Evolution and how the dynamics of competition and cooperation come into play. Game theory…Jan 8, 2021Jan 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, 2020Nov 27, 2020
Published inMaking Sense of ShitParadox and PunishmentBefore 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, 20201Feb 3, 20201
Published inMaking Sense of ShitGetting Strategic about Peace and Social Justice WorkWhen convening a group interested in strategy, particularly groups with varying professions and ideas about strategy (or none), there is…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Published inMaking Sense of ShitMaking Sense of Wardley MapsWardley maps started popping up in my twitter feed in relation to one of my favorite thinking tools, the cynefin framework, sometime late…Feb 22, 20191Feb 22, 20191