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What is a Strategist?

Fri, 31 May 2013 23:46:06 -0400

So that is what I am doing… really!? Maybe a little bit of all of that plus a great lot of helping others to think differently!

Can business solve the world's biggest problems by disruptive change? | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional

Fri, 31 May 2013 23:38:37 -0400

Can business solve the world's biggest problems by disruptive change? | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional

Top Ten Urban Trends From BMW Guggenheim Lab

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:13:16 -0400

jerrylieveld:

BMW Guggenheim Lab has released a new resource, ’100 Urban Trends’, a glossary of the most talked about urban ideas collected from two years of programs, workshops and projects in NYC, Berlin and Mumbai.

http://bit.ly/10pEcPT

The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment – Confessions of a Science Librarian

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:40 -0400

The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment – Confessions of a Science Librarian

The New Yorker's Epic Fail On Innovation - Forbes

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:45:45 -0400

The New Yorker's Epic Fail On Innovation - Forbes

"Your Creative Power, How to Use Imagination, 1948, by Alex Osborn Synectics, The Development of..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:47:48 -0400

“Your Creative Power, How to Use Imagination, 1948, by Alex Osborn
Synectics, The Development of Creative Capacity, 1961, by William Gordon
A Sourcebook for Creative Thinking 1962, edited by Sidney Parnes & Harold Harding”

- Three reco’s from Humantific. At the very end of the comments, part of a great post that includes a nice evisceration of Roger Martin :)

SenseMaking for ChangeMaking by Humantific

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:54:31 -0400

SenseMaking for ChangeMaking by Humantific

Eco4Biz - Ecosystem services and biodiversity tools to support business decision-making

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:25:53 -0400

Eco4Biz - Ecosystem services and biodiversity tools to support business decision-making:

Interesting example of a toolkit for business.

The Future of Sustainability Is Design, Not Communication

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:19:33 -0400

The Future of Sustainability Is Design, Not Communication:

Consumers are becoming immune to persuasive messages and are patronised by suggestions that a hunk of plastic/metal/electrics will make them more beautiful/confident/virile. They are seeking authentic and useful interaction with their brands and shifting the question from ‘how can you help me impress others?’ to ‘how can you help make my life better, easier or more meaningful?’