chief founder of the Royal Society Of London (more)

Chet Richards reviews Frans Osinga's Science, Strategy, and War ISBN:0415371031 book about John Boyd. Where Carl von Clausewitz and practically every strategist since considered war as a clash of wills, Boyd sees it as “the non-linear clash of two Complex Adaptive Systems” (124). In Boyd’s scheme, this is equivalent to a non-linear clash between two learning, or equivalently, novelty-generating systems, although it should be noted that Boyd rarely uses the term "system." (more)

The Logic Alphabet developed by Shea Zellweger reminds me of the work of John Wilkins and Gottfried Leibniz. From a basement in Ohio, guided literally by his dreams and his innate love of pattern, Zellweger developed an extraordinary visual system—called the “Logic Alphabet”—in which a group of specially designed letter-shapes can be manipulated like puzzles to reveal the geometric patterns underpinning logic. Indeed, Zellweger has built a series of physical models of his alphabet that recall the educational teaching toys, or “gifts,” of Friedrich Fröbel (Froebel gifts), the great nineteenth-century founder of the Kindergarten movement. (more)

The Froebel gifts (German: Fröbelgaben) are educational play materials for young children, originally designed by Friedrich Fröbel for the first kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg. Playing with Froebel's gifts, singing, dancing, and growing plants were each important aspects of this child-centered approach to education. The series was later extended from the original six to at least ten sets of gifts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froebel_gifts (more)

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Being consistent. Being "internally tuned", like a laser. (more)

Summary: create multiple short consistent documents of your current business strategy/product strategy, to help people throughout the organization make decisions, generate ideas, etc. (more)

a written-document story-telling structure different from, say, the Amazon Meeting Memo or PR/FAQ (or a Pattern). “A good story structure contains a Situation, a Complication, a Question and an Answer: SCQA.” (more)

my version of SCQA

Start Noodling on TeamGarden..... (more)

Vibe Prototyping for TeamGarden didn't feel right because I didn't have enough sticky data to really play with the key UI issues.... (more)

Organization development (OD) is the study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect organizational change. The goal of which is to modify a group's/organization's performance and/or culture. The organizational changes are typically initiated by the group's stakeholders. OD emerged from human relations studies in the 1930s, during which psychologists realized that organizational structures and processes influence worker behavior and motivation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_development (more)

Nudger/jiggler of organizational change. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_development#Change_agent (more)

John Cutler: The Patient Change Agent. How can you advocate while avoiding the burnout, lost months/years, and damaged work relationships? How can you give it an “solid try”, stay if things improve, and go gracefully if things don’t? (more)

Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy (family systems theory), marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members. The different schools of family therapy have in common a belief that, regardless of the origin of the problem, and regardless of whether the clients consider it an "individual" or "family" issue, involving families in solutions often benefits clients. This involvement of families is commonly accomplished by their direct participation in the therapy session. The skills of the family therapist thus include the ability to influence conversations in a way that catalyses the strengths, wisdom, and support of the wider system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_therapy (more)

mental health dysfunction

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder[17][7] characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, hearing voices), delusions, disorganized thinking or behavior,[10] and flat or inappropriate affect.[7] Symptoms develop gradually and typically begin during young adulthood and rarely resolve.[3][10][18] There is no objective diagnostic test; diagnosis is based on observed behavior, a psychiatric history that includes the person's reported experiences, and reports of others familiar with the person.[10] For a formal diagnosis, the described symptoms need to have been present for at least six months (according to the DSM-5) or one month (according to the ICD-11).[10][19] Many people with schizophrenia have other mental disorders, especially mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, as well as obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia (more)

damned if you do, damned if you don't (more)

Identified patient (IP) (or designated patient) is a clinical term often used in family therapy discussion. It describes one family member in a dysfunctional family who is used as an expression of the family's authentic inner conflicts. As a family system is dynamic, the overt symptoms of an identified patient draw attention away from the "elephants in the living room" no one can talk about which need to be discussed. If covert abuse occurs between family members, the overt symptoms can draw attention away from the perpetrators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identified_patient (more)

Microsolidarity is a community-building practice. We're weaving the social fabric that underpins shared infrastructure. The first objective of microsolidarity is to create structures for belonging. We are stitching new kinship networks to shift us out of isolated individualism into a more connected way of being. Why? Because belonging is a superpower: we’re more courageous & creative when we "find our people". The second objective is to support people into meaningful work. This is very broadly defined: you decide what is meaningful to you. It could be about your job, your family, or community volunteering. Generally, life is more meaningful when we are being of benefit to others, when we know how to contribute, when we can match our talents to the needs in the world. https://www.microsolidarity.cc/