Being able to act with intention, purposefully, is an important part of what makes us human. But it is only a part, and maybe not the most important part.
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The three new qualities of leaders are:
mastery of convergence and transformation
an ability to orchestrate in complex ecosystems
an ability to cognitively reframe the context of business
John Thackara’s 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge keynote address.
“I’m also a big fan of the skills and energy that design thinking can bring to the green economy table — such as when design portrays what Fuller described as “preferred states” so evocatively that diverse groups are motivated to try and make those outcomes happen.”
Anshula Chowdhury, Founder and CEO, was a guest lecturer in our Understanding Systems class. She presented on the topic of measuring the impacts of social networks/systems.
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My, but it’s been an interesting year for the future of lifestyle biotechnology!
In early 2012, I launched a synbio startup with four friends from...
Saccharin, an artificial sweetener, that has been recrystallized.
Image by Stefan Eberhard, University of Georgia.
Jan Albers - hundredfortyupanddown, 2011 graphite on oak 140 x 1000 cm
