Friday Notes, December 1, 2023
Humanity is at a crossroads, will we be hoarders or healers? There is every reason to argue that history proves either. System Change is needed to find our way to another way of living that is not fed by exploitation of each other and the ecology. The change needed is not in any of the institutions, for surely they are interdependent, the change is... See more
Nora Bateson • Digging into Warm Data, The Warm Data Lab, and Certified Training.
If time is water then small actions reverberate - sometimes to distances I cannot see, maybe to a generation that I won’t meet.
Annika Hansteen-Izora • Time is Water
What if we focused our human and fiscal resources on changing power and policy to actually make society, not just our feelings, better?
Ibram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
It’s clear that the most thorny problems facing humanity today—climate crisis, cybersecurity, income inequality to name a few—will not be solved by one corporation or one individual. These problems need to be addressed with the scale and efficiency of a corporation, without compromising on individual autonomy, creativity, and ownership. They requir... See more
Tina He • A New Genre of Work
The Systems Work of Social Change: How to Harness Connection, Context, and Power to Cultivate Deep and Enduring Change
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The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills For Solving Problems, Managing Chaos, and Creating Lasting Solutions in a Complex World (The Systems Thinker Series Book 1)
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