From a Tweet to a the Writing of this Post What prompted me to write this post? I had one of those emotional kicks-in-the-butt that pushed me to write this blog post. The kick came from two sources. Each source of inspiration was about writing. But they were different enough to create adaptive tension in […]
I recall a curriculum re-development meeting several years ago in which the head of Aboriginal Education held up a piece of paper and attached a post-it note to the corner. He said something like: “You’re trying to take an existing system and tack on a bit of something new to make it all relevant to […]
As some of you know, we have just moved after over 20 years in the same suburban home. There are many things I could compare and contrast, but an unlikely one stands out: dealing with the real estate transaction process. This is a post about home moving, but it’s also about bigger things. I could […]
Photographer Brian Skerry tells us that 90% of the big fish in the ocean have disappeared in the last 50-60 years. And most of us didn’t even have that context as we turned our eyes to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s early June and there has already been a MEDEVAC […]
Today, Nancy White joined one of our calls for leaders in park and protected area systems. Our focus was on how their public engagement efforts might be enhanced through use of social technologies and related tools. A common challenge for these professionals is maintaining the relevance of systems developed with a European-shaped North American perspective […]
I help people in organizations and communities gain new insights, adapt to changing environments, lead and learn.
