Addressing complex problems: a potted history
Today, many problems are non-linear in nature: we need to think in systems rather than in a straight line, and to access more profound intelligence. This is a short, potted history of efforts to …
FOLLOWING THE COLD WAR, in 1992 Francis Fukuyama published The End of History and the Last Man, suggesting mankind’s political ideology had completely evolved. From now on, all around the world, it would be western liberal democracy, all the …
PEOPLE WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. Low wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success. Apply Ernest Shackleton, 4 Burlington Street, London.
Why don’t people turn up for events? Because …
ARE AIRLINE COMPANIES FLYING into a storm of greenwash?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000b8tx/panorama-can-flying-go-green …
Meet Mac Macartney, our inspiring colleague in Embercombe, England — working with the beautiful Island of Guernsey to help it find its purpose.
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Summary of David King tonight:
Admittedly, questions to would-be MPs, but perhaps relevant to local councils in terms of how they support with planning?
David King on PM (BBC Radio 4 tonight):
Q1) Where are we going …
RADICAL THINKING FROM OUR networks — where some fear to venture.
Ending badly. Collapse, catastrophe or extinction?
Professor Jem Bendell argues that taking the bleakest view of climate change, including collapse of the system and even human extinction, can help …
A REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION OF transport planners is bringing new thinking to climate response. Interview with James Gleave, of Transport Futures. …
Here’s a William Stafford poem about the “thread” that runs through our lives — a thread that can guide us if we hold onto it:
The Way It Is
by William Stafford
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among…
AS NATURE POWERS DOWN to save energy for the winter, the trees and shrubs offer their final displays of colour. Yet, after the beauty of a summer abundance, we humans seem to increase our workloads as businesses prepare for the …
DRAWING ON PSYCHOTHERAPY, SYSTEMS constellations are a powerful approach for helping resolve complex problems. The approach can be practised on a table top, during a traditional consultancy or coaching session, or as a workshop in a large room with a …