Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
There is also a lack of appreciation for the role that
engagement in design and placemaking can play in catalysing
connections and collaborations within a place. If we begin
to see engagement less as a space to gain community buy-
in and instead as a space to activate those we engage as
potential contributors and partners, then we can move from a
positio
... See more2. How much pain are you solving?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how painful is the status quo? Is it a 9-10, or is it 4-5? It’ll be hard to get people to pay a lot of money, or to switch from a good-enough product, if there isn’t a lot of pain.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how painful is the status quo? Is it a 9-10, or is it 4-5? It’ll be hard to get people to pay a lot of money, or to switch from a good-enough product, if there isn’t a lot of pain.
Lenny Rachitsky • Your startup idea probably isn’t venture-scale
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a talented leader identifies the one or two critical issues in the situation—the pivot points that can multiply the effectiveness of effort—and then focuses and concentrates action and resources on them.”
Lenny Rachitsky • Getting better at product strategy
A citizens’ assembly is a group of people who are brought together to learn about and discuss an issue or issues, and reach conclusions about what they think should happen.
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Integrate mutual aid into existing public service ecosystems.
Four Key Takeaways from Mutual Aid Organizing During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Beeck Center
there has been a far larger decline of neighborhoods that has little to do with material conditions. We are less likely to have personal connections with neighbors on our street, teachers in our kids’ schools, our local pastor or rabbi, or leaders in our community. Classmates don’t visit each other’s homes as much as they used to. In many... See more
Neighborhoods that Nurture: Why The Play-Based Childhood Requires More Than Just Putting Down the Phone
The roots of many wicked problems are connected to relations of conflict and power imbalances among stakeholder groups. These complex stakeholder relations are also barriers to societal/organizational transitions
Social Relations – Transition Design Seminar CMU
It’s difficult to customize, control, and run the software needed for a local social network. Existing commercial solutions are expensive and limit a community’s ability to control and customize the software and data. Open-source software often requires technical expertise to set up, manage, and customize.