Nature Knows: Essence
Diversity is not about more. It’s about filling in the gap in knowledge with essential, locationally specific information and insights.
Continue reading »Category Archives: Sustainability in Depth
Seeking Perspective
We are facing an imperative that can be met if we change our perspective to build on every success along the way. Join me in changing our perspective, and our shared future.
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No Need to be Scared
Create value in every level of your organization and work by embracing curiosity and knowledge growth.
The world is continually evolving; Are you?
The Fault in Utopia
The biggest issue with any vision of a future city is that this view of (typically) Utopia makes it look like our only chance for a better future is to destroy all that we know and love.
Continue reading »It’s Just Data, Dead Data
Most importantly, we must recognize that the reason for data collection is not data collection. Lately we have been taking about metrics and data, including […]
Continue reading »Where to Begin?
A family was driving through Maine, and was a bit lost. Realizing they had bad cell reception so Siri couldn’t help them, and knowing they […]
Continue reading »Excellence Begins with Engagement
I have mentioned, in past posts, the importance of language in our work to engage people, to connect systems to our goals, and to connect […]
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Game Night, the Serenity Prayer, and Advocacy in the Anthropocene.
My friends and family got together to go apple picking and play games yesterday. It was a bit drizzly, but warm as we over-loaded our bags […]
Continue reading »What do We Want to be When We Grow Up?
We don’t have a technology problem, we have a people problem (John Boecker, 2018). By that I mean the people working within the existing systems […]
Continue reading »Our Need for Nature
I realized as my son and I were hiking in the Adirondacks this last Friday that we spent a week planning, drove 2.5 hours each […]
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