In complex systems there is a lot to pay attention to. Mindfulness and contemplative inquiry built into the organization can be a way to deal with complexity and help detect the weak signals that will make it thrive and be resilient in the face of challenges. Most human-centred social ventures spend much of their time […]
The Mindful Socially Innovative Organization
by Cameron D. Norman • October 16th, 2012
Amplification & the changing role of media
by Cameron D. Norman • October 13th, 2012
Reblogged from GigaOM: For the past few days, I have been thinking about the evolution of what media is and its expanded role in the information ecosystem. What got me thinking was Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s decision to blog his side of the story about his reduced role at Twitter. A few months ago, when […]
Trail Maintenance: “Everybody’s Cool”
by Steph • October 12th, 2012
Coming someday . . . perhaps!
Read MoreCrystal Nano Flower
by Rita J. King • October 12th, 2012
From New Scientist, news of a tiny crystal nano flower that blooms in a furnace.
Read MoreGreat Preparedness Guide…Disability or Not
by kim26stephens • October 12th, 2012
Post by: Kim Stephens The Oregon Health and Science University, in collaboration with the Oregon Office of Disability and Health, the Oregon Institute of Disability and Development, and the Center on Community Accessibility, have crafted a wonderful emergency preparedness toolkit for … Continue reading →
Taking time, when it’s time
by Steph • October 12th, 2012
The main point of the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards, as far as I could tell, was to give tribute to Chris Lightly. Hip Hop inspires me as a courageous form of protest by facing the ugly realities of the modernized social world head-on. This shows up in the differences between white-styled award shows and black-styled award shows. It was fun, too, to hear Kendrick Lamar, who won Lyricist of the Year. He had a line in the West Coast cypher acknowledging the passing of the intergenerational torch from Snoop Dogg, who at least I’ve heard of before.
Read MoreWhen you’re interpreting at your best . . .
by Steph • October 11th, 2012
. . . that’s like what? The idea of this “clean language” question is to get at a range of metaphors for the intercultural communication process of simultaneous interpretation. Most sign language interpreters know that popular metaphors are flawed because … Continue reading →
Read MoreSparking Creativity
by Rita J. King • October 11th, 2012
I love this NPR piece on sparking creativity. The shower is a surefire hit for me, and there’s a reason why blue is the main color at Science House, which is designed for creativity and imagination.
Read MoreYou know it’s bad when you can’t find your own website.
by Steph • October 10th, 2012
I have a lot to write today: a brief description of the MEDIEM/UMass Dashboard tool for online social deliberation, some notes on accommodation concerns, and a public report on the findings of the action learning research that I did in a workshop at RID Region II. The conversation threads with each associated interlocutor-group are simultaneous-they […]
Read MoreThe New Aesthetic
by Rita J. King • October 10th, 2012
“There has been much ado about this term called The New Aesthetic: what it means, where it’s from, what it aims to do, how it might wander aimlessly through the rhetoric of revolutionary art movements with nary a ripple in that ocean. Bruce Ster…
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