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Lisa Norton “Jazz is not a what, it is a how.” Bill Evans “One Halloween, our group is excited to do a scary Halloween show. To start our play we…
Robin Lincoln Wood Overview of the Purpose of this Series of Articles – with excerpts from “A Leader’s Guide to ThriveAbility” This series of articles is intended to illuminate how…
Lisa Norton “ How can one design or manufacture in a way that loves all of the children, of all species, for all time?” William McDonough and Michael Braungart To…
4/7 – The Perils of Pernicious Polarities: Contemplating Creativity, Collaboration, and Complexity.
Alfonso Montuori Back in the late 80s and 90s I ranted and raved in print and off about the fact that our understanding of creativity in the US was focused…
Lisa Norton Peter Jones is Associate Professor at Toronto’s OCAD University (Ontario College of Art and Design), an author and consultant in the emerging field of systemic design,…
“Shut up,” he explained. Reflections on generative and not-so-generative communication in academia. Alfonso Montuori When I first came to the US to go to graduate school, I spent hours and…
Lisa Norton “Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.” Herbert A. Simon Every human being is always-already a designer but the affordability of…
4/1 – Reflections on the Complexity of Integral Theorizing: Towards an Agenda for Self-reflection
Alfonso Montuori In August of 2013 I had the pleasure of attending the Integral Theory conference in the Bay Area. I was delighted to see the spirit of openness, inquiry,…
Lisa Norton “The opposite of play is not work. The opposite of play is depression” – Steve Keil Lisa Norton I recently had the chance to learn more about the…
History is not an outdated Operating System. Or, why those who ignore history are doomed to reinvent the wheel (and make me cranky). Alfonso Montuori A colleague and I were…