Found in the Field
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Can I find out what I don’t know I don’t know? Yes, with ‘discovery learning’
A philosophy of learning by discovering isn’t just something that’s all fun; there’s real merit in it, for hte purpose of findig out what you don’t know you don’t know. Why does this matter for self-design? Sometimes we hold ourselves back because of the lack of awareness of the range of possibility of who we…
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What is reframing? How does it work?
Many times here where I am I encounter the entrenched way of thinking that ‘culture’ and ‘society’ say a thing has to be that thing, and not another way or process or idea or belief, instead. During the first part of the pandemic I listened to podcasts from lectures of J. Krishnamurthi, highly recommend, just google…
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Why’s AI so awkward?
Really.
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Wisdom: Is it correlated with age? Hmm.
Word to the wise.
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How to listen better? Try this ‘trampoline listener’ method with 6.7K youtube views
Little shifts, big changes.
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‘The Way’ and「おくのほそ道」
Update: This tour is currently underway, and we are sharing the postcards by email from where I am, every so often, and also, writing protected-page posts with passwords I am sharing with those who opt in for updates, through the crowdfunding page. Details here. 草の戸も住替る代ぞひなの家 面八句を庵の柱に懸置。 I’m inspired very much by the…
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S P A C E | Autumn 2024, ‘Curiosity’
Let’s talk about being curious. That’s the theme for our 12-issue zine set, ‘Curiosity,’ this season. Members of S P A C E will get the first batch of curated stories from S P A C E | ‘Curiosity’ on Tuesdays, but I’ll post select isues to our online shop, too. Volume I: ‘How am…
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Curiosity | The 5 Dimensions of a very human trait, and how business can leverage it for greater efficacy
What even is ‘curiosity?’ How can we define it? I found an interesting article, in Harvard Business Review, on the ‘five dimensions’ of curiosity. It’s written by authors Todd B. Kashdan, David J. Disabato, Fallon R. Goodman, and Carl Naughton. They write: ‘Synthesizing [past] research, and in conjunction with our George Mason colleague Patrick McKnight,…
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Protected: Curiosity | Disrespect is anti-curiosity
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Protected: Messaging | “People understand ‘weird’ more intuitively than, say, ‘threat to democracy’”
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Strategy 101 | Start with the end in mind
In preparation for what turned out to be a fantastic call yesterday, up in S P A C E, I found the snippet below. It was on Wikipedia, and it is this bit about theory of change. Here it is. ‘Theory of Change begins by first working out program goals or desired impact and working…
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Protected: Really?
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VOX on the value of a Third Place: ‘You’ll become a familiar face, a driver of conversation, a person to say hello to’
‘Immersing yourself in the culture of the space requires intentionality, consciously caring for your, and your community’s, social health. This might require some actionable changes, like dedicating time each week to spend an hour or so in a neighborhood hangout, going into a restaurant or coffee shop instead of picking up, leaving your phone in…
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Options, jeans, and ‘the paradox of choice’
‘Even if we manage to overcome the paralysis and make a choice, we end up less satisfied with the choice than we would be if we had fewer options.’ Barry Schwartz’s “The Paradox of Choice” TED talk came up with me and an acquaintance connecting after a long stretch of time, and across the…
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Make time for honest discussions about ‘purpose’
Update: What is the difference between design and brand identity design? The keyword here is ‘identity.’ Message design starts with this It starts with a blank notebook, every single time, for us here when we start a new design project for a client interested in re-thinking, re-imagining, and re-designing his or her…
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Motivational Video on “How to be successful in life”
This video is one of those motivational ones that has a cheesy soundtrack and a really over-the-top voice-over. Somehow, I like it. Conversational startpoints Learning how to define success is a personal journey, and one that, I think, many of us have to grapple with at some point in our lives if we’re on ‘paths…
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‘What is Branding?’
Great branding is about managing perceptions, building trust ‘A relationship or a connection between a company’s product and emotional perception of the customer for the purpose of generating segregation among competition and building loyalty among customers’ ‘A fulfillment in customer expectations and consistent customer satisfaction.’ Reading the Wikipedia page on branding, I discovered this…
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Protected: Everything I learned about hyperlocal journalism I learned by watching media fail
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‘The reality is that most of us have had hurt experiences in which we learned to care:’ Harvard Professor Marshall Ganz
In an article called, “To Allow Yourself to be Seen So That You Can See Others is Very Powerful”, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Marshall Ganz writes on narrative for social change. I found it on one of the sites I read sometimes, to keep up with news in journalism. Relevant, because my weekly e-mag, S P…
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‘People aren’t willing to move their feet and take action if they’re not sure of where they’re going:’ Jennifer Bridges | Is it time to quit?
‘A lack of vision… being unable to see anything different, can keep people from choosing to take action on the question, “Should I quit my job?”‘ This from Jennifer Bridges, who, in the video below, helps you sort out those mixed feelings to make a decision and plan to make the next step in your career.…
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program’s April Lee’s brilliant reply to the question, ‘Can we truly change systems if we’re still in them?’
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program’s April Lee, pictured above, is a panelist in the video below. I love how she replied to an audience member’s question. The question was about whether the panelists believed, truly, that change was possible when the very systems that created difficulties are things we’re still living in. Watch this, to hear…
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What makes something ‘an innovation?’
Well before I started seeing tons of AI-generated content, I found this, an article called ‘The Adoption of Innovation.’ I’ll share the highlight at the end. Before I do, note that at that time of posting, I wasn’t aware that the ‘writing’ pattern that is so very much a tell that it was written by…
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Protected: ‘Not every relationship can withstand authenticity’ | Could the big currency in the Age of Anxiety be trust?
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2023 trends report from IBM: 44% of consumers are ‘purpose-driven’ and prioritize buying from those with aligned values
Reading a report on ‘5 business trends in 2023’, (you can read at this download link), IBM points out the importance of having a clear sustainability plan. Sustainability has been a word you heard about all the time starting more than ten years ago, and this is not new news. Business executives who might be…
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What team leaders can learn about collaboration from the jigsaw classroom method
How can people in teams better connect, engage, and collaborate? “The jigsaw classroom was first used in 1971 in Austin, Texas,” says psychologist and University of California in Santa Cruz Professor Elliot Aronson. He is the author of Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion After Columbine. Here’s why DK got curious about him, and the jigsaw method. As…