Riff on Revkin: The Potential of Puberty
The world I live in heals me and frustrates me. This world that is so placidly beautiful and stable, while simultaneously cruel, shortsighted, and unresolved. […]
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Communication: Perception vs. (?) Reality
I had an interesting and incredibly revealing discourse on FB today. In brief, I posted a meme, which was naturally oversimplified and declarative, and spend […]
Continue reading »Four Things We Must Change (to change the world)
We need to change some things if we want to change the world. I see four distinct items in New York State public work delivery […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 3: Purpose
Another interesting facet of Integrative Process is that what you are working ON is not really what you are working FOR. A building is not […]
Continue reading »Design and Yoga FIVE: Growth and Time
There never seems to be a project just beginning, one with a savvy and trusting owner, with a full project team excited to begin a […]
Continue reading »Language on the Move: political review
I was listening to the radio as I drove a ridiculous distance to a brief site meeting the other day. The reporter was talking about […]
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Comfort, Connections, and Challenge: #BE18
There are times in my career when the lack of progress frustrates me, or lack of attention to the work leaves me flat. There are […]
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Design and Yoga FOUR: Headstands
I’ve always been pretty good at headstands, though 20 years have passed since I did them often, so I am relearning much about being upside-down. […]
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Are We Going About This All Wrong?
Are we going about this all wrong? What have we done so far? We have invested in energy efficiency, new systems, more monitoring, more data. […]
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Guilty and Greening
A few years ago, at an inter-agency committee meeting to work on greening state agencies, one of the prominent leaders associated with the work introduced […]
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