Work
Update: Ecology of work, Europe & active experiments
The lichen-ous current state of my work and community life, and what's coming for the rest of the year.
Experimentation
Fieldnote: Visualising Experiment Portfolios
Let's talk about Experimentation Portfolios. Visualising an array of experiments to see active and latent potential to shift systems through living labs, mission-oriented innovation and challenge precincts.
Living Labs
Inspiration from the Horizon
Inspiration from the EU Horizon Fund showing us what's possible when you mainstream applied, trans-disciplinary, ambitious research projects.
Experimentation
Furthering Experimentation Practice - Part II: Process & Pathways
A rigorous experimentation approach (experiment-to-learn) will most likely outperform planning-based approaches (analyse-to-predict) where the challenge is dynamic and ever changing (i.e. any complex social and environmental challenge). This post explores how to do experimentation for change.
Experimentation
Furthering Experimentation Practice - Part I
Lately I've been thinking about the capabilities, process and frameworks needed for effective change work, as a continuation of a theme which has run through my work for 10+ years now - experimentation.
Systems Change
Challenge-led or Mission-oriented? Exploring collective action approaches to transition, transformation and systems change
What is this 'Mission-oriented Innovation' everyone is talking about? Fieldnotes from a 2 day deep dive workshop into challenge-led approaches.
Complexity
5 Learnings From 15 Years
I remember the feeling as the humid air hit me as I stepped off the plane in Kota Kinabalu, and the rush of excitment as I knew this was the start of a new adventure that I had no idea where it would take me. This new chapter started 15
Complexity
The 'so what' of complexity - Part II
In this fieldnote, I'm going to dive into the guiding principles for my complexity practice - including a focus on Portfolio Approaches, Learning and Funding.
Complexity
The 'so what' of complexity - Part I
It's been the best part of 10 years I've been exploring and writing about complexity now - it's about time to capture some of the main learnings about the implications, rather than the substance.
Systems Practice
#AfterShock - (re)thinking in systems
Is 'systems thinking' a passing fad for Government, or a zeitgeist which captures an important shift where complexity is embraced instead of fought against?
Experimentation
Free Resource: Experimentation Field Guide
I'm delighted to announce the release of the Field Guide to Experimentation which I developed for Monash University's School of Art Design & Architecture ( MADA [https://www.monash.edu/mada]). Read the Experimentation Field Guide at mada.gitbook.io [https://mada.gitbook.io/experimentation-field-guide/] The field
Field Notes
End of 2018 Reflections: Perspectives on Systems Change, Strategic Design, and Seasonality
This post focuses on some professional and personal reflections from 2018, spanning my Masters, Consulting, and more. In it, I touch on systems change, experimentation, strategy, seasonality and nature.