December 2009
39 posts
Dec 31st
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“I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are...”
– Franz Kafka (via bmdesign)
Dec 30th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time...”
– Miss Piggy (via misswallflower)
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“…cause that’s how we roll.”
– Tom Gannon on Resilience
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Sustainability vs Resilience
Why would you invest in sustaining something that isn’t resilient?
Dec 17th
“Don’t follow your mentors, follow your mentors’ mentors.”
– David Leach
Dec 17th
Dec 16th
The Next Big Thing: Resilience →
I hear ya! timotheee: Ultimately, resilience emphasizes increasing our ability to withstand crises. Sustainability is a brittle state: Unforeseen changes (natural or otherwise) can easily cause its collapse. Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive. Foreign Policy having is now running articles on...
Dec 16th
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“It is not the strongest species who survive, nor the most intelligent, but the...”
– (via todddavies)
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
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Comercialising Complexity
At Humantific we apply hybrid methods from the emerging/converging fields of design thinking, innovation acceleration and transformation science. Working with this hybrid toolbox we help our clients construct new value by creating pathways through fuzzy strategic complexity of all kinds, by communicating complex ideas, and by building more human-centered organizations that maximize collective...
Dec 15th
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Kookie Governance or Serious Innovation?
Inspired by complexity theory and open source thinking, the Constellation Model provides a framework to help organizations collaborate. The organizing model emphasizes the role of small, self-selecting action teams that operate interdependently, supported by a Stewardship Group. Leadership rotates fluidly among partners, where each partner has the freedom to lead a constellation that matches its...
Dec 10th
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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More Signs of Social Procurement
Two of the country’s most significant  organisations today signed up to the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council (AIMSC) pilot project to link Indigenous businesses with some of Australia’s biggest corporations. Media release - 10 December, 2009 Senator the Hon Mark Arbib Minister for Employment Participation
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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The Queen is Coming!
The Queen will be expected to visit Perth to attend the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting - along with a ute full of other world leaders. Should we invite them for a beer at Little Creatures to talk Resilience - one of em might know Obama or Kevin Bacon?
Dec 9th
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Whole Value Organisation
What's the business implications of 'Social Procurement'? How might our structures and governance have to shift?
Dec 9th
“Social Procurement involves organisations and individuals choosing to purchase a...”
– Social Traders
Dec 9th
“Tumblr is to Twitter what Apple is to Windows XP”
– Todd Davies
Dec 9th
“Canada is to climate what Japan is to whales.”
–  The Guardian
Dec 8th