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How do we move out of this uncomfortable tech-for-tech phase into the Purpose Built Era? The Purpose Built Era is born out of discomfort, restlessness and our innate drive to always ask for more.

That act of industrial design is a natural skill that is innate in Indigenous creatives and designers and passing this knowledge on to future generations is grounded in who we are. 

WHAT IF YOU COULD EASILY MOVE YOUR HOUSE TO A NEW COUNTRY? WHAT IF ENTIRE COMMUNITIES COULD POP-UP OR BE EASILY RELOCATED WHEN NEED BE? WHAT IF MORE BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED TO BE FULLY MOBILE?

A new acronym recently emerged to describe the new world we are living in, BANI– Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear and Incomprehensible. The digital acceleration that occurred in the last two years with the pandemic made this concept even more relevant since it clearly expressed the reality many organisations are facing.

Climate change, Covid and conflict; an increasingly dispersed multi-generational workforce that is crying out for meaning and belonging: The unrelenting pace of these leadership challenges is demanding an evolution in organizational thinking in response.

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics will span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment.