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  • Creativity as a path

    Cultivating awareness of self and others is central to the path of Buddhism but if applied to the path of creativity and design specifically it opens up the possibility of becoming more…

    January 30, 2020
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  • Changing the World is the Only Fit Work for a Grown Man (or Woman)

    A fantastic bio of Howard Luke Gossage, an ad man from the 60s who did many, if not all, of the most memorable campaigns in the US. Of particular interest is the…

    December 10, 2019
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  • Making as Sense Making

    I’ve read Matthew Crawford‘s book, “Shop Class as Soulcraft” a few times now. It has earned a permanent place on my bedside table. I plan on reading it again several more times.…

    August 19, 2018
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  • The Designer’s Dilemma; Designing in the age of Moral Silos, Dark Patterns, Cognitive Biases, Fake News and Artificial Intelligence

    I’m curious to see, in a world where we’ve begun to understand much about human behavior, if there is a methodology and practice that can be offered to designers to enable them…

    June 14, 2017
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  • The Monkey Mind

    Thoughts being those random things that jet around our heads. Attachment being the tension/reaction when becoming aware of the thought. Awareness being the “self” or emotional state that is defined by the…

    July 4, 2015
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  • Learning Loops

    Learning Loops

    What data wants – creating learning loops to bring the customer closer. Top diagram represents a typical state – bottom diagram represents an optimal state. The more you learn – the closer…

    May 7, 2015
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  • building a culture of learning

    Cultures of Learning

    Where the opportunity presents itself and the stakeholders/community/company respond with a whole bunch of ideas in response.  Develop a governance system that begins to build and expand learning while narrowing down to…

    May 7, 2015
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  • Inflection Points

    May 25, 2014
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  • I Wore Glass

    Last week I discovered that we had a pair at work so I went and tried them out today. It was my first time so lots of fumbling as usual first times…

    June 25, 2013
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  • Presence

    Mobile applications sort themselves out into various categories – but nearly all have one desire in common – they’d like to engage you. Please. Preferably in a manner that will have you…

    April 3, 2013
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