Monthly Archives: February 2011

Designing better policy + systems dynamics

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

“The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological-social-psychological-economic system. We treat it as if it were not, as if it were divisible, separable, simple, and infinite. Our persistent, intractable, global problems arise directly from this mismatch.” (Donella Meadows, 1982) Donella … Continue reading →

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m-Collaboration

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

A few months ago, I participated in the Nokia Africa Innovation mobile app competition with aspirations of going to the Innovation Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. That didn’t happen, unfortunately, but I was contacted by Christelle Scharpf, a professor and developing … Continue reading →

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A Snapshot in Time and a Shifting Social Consciousness

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

The modern evolution of social science has been greatly influenced by the role of the individual and collective consciousness in society. A subject of continuing debate is the role of the metaphysical, mystical “non-material” components that make up human existence. In … Continue reading →

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