Space Making Whenever we create a safe space with “others” we learn to see possibilities and collectively choose our response instead of reacting through dysfunctional impulses. Even in erratic and chaotic situations, we learn to break bread together; share what we have without judgement or prejudice. We connect. Why? We are born with the tools …
Sharing In Time In the Aboriginal culture, sacred narratives of creation connecting people to ancestors through land and time are called songlines. It’s an idea which suggests the past and present are one and the same and the future is now. There are strikingly similar belief-systems to be found in cultures on the African, Asian …
Warm Data Welcome to the new normal. We’re all wondering what it means but what if the language for it doesn’t exist yet? It would mean a revolution is quietly taking place in the human psyche as we adjust to the ramifications the shared experience of the pandemic. We’re asking ourself, what just happened? Is …
Navigating Stress We are designed to cope with stress in short bursts. However, with prolonged exposure, our body’s physiological system pivots into survival mode and acts as a kind of tachometer, keeping the score along our chosen path towards either illness or sustained wellbeing. In this state, we are prone to subconsciously triggered reactions that …
Tools in a Nutshell How we use the tools available to us matters a great deal. It always has and always will. Combined with certain behaviours it creates a base for stable navigation (sense-making) and defines a key component of our agency (what we can do for ourself and for others). In the 21st century, …
Moore’s Law and Then Some Typically manufacturers release a new smartphone, tablet or PC every 12 months which is faster and more powerful than the previous model and yet remains around the same price or cheaper. This idea, as articulated, in Moore’s Law has been hitherto a well-established principle in the field of technological development …
Whose Field Are You Ploughing? There is evidence that early humans were using one natural compound to fashion a softer one into a useful implement well over 300,000 years ago. This process known as “bruting” is a skill that is still practised today and is the basis on which gemstones are cut and crafted. It …
When the clocks chime in the New Year, it will be either side of two extraordinary, seconds. One will be the first of a new decade, the 2020’s. The other will be the last second of the previous one. Together they frame a moment that dissects a twenty-year span of time, creating 2 distinct eras. …
2019 is a pivotal year. The end of one decade and the beginning of another. A good time to evaluate the fruit of seeds sown in the recent past. Some, beautiful though they may be, are invisible to the naked eye. Or at least are easy to overlook. Better to fall into silent observation than …
As a student, I did a year-long internship at the French engineering company Alstom, just north of Paris. It was the mid-1980s and an interesting period in the computing industry. For example, I saw one of the first demonstrations of an 802.5 compliant token ring local area network at the Tech Expo in Le Bourget. …
