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Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab) co-creates research in possible #futures #foresight #design #innovation @OCAD University. Codirected by @gregvan & @redesign
Toronto
Joined August 2009
If your work is about shifting systems, #RSD14 is your annual touchpoint. It's the only international transdisciplinary symposium on systemic approaches to change and complexity. All online sessions are open access—no paywall—pay what you can. Toronto tickets follow a
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Announcing #RSD14 leadership retreat for people who are engaged in systemic leadership capability-building. OCT 19. Facilitator Seanna Davidson's article—Systems Leadership: Seeing the forest for the trees https://t.co/wYMGqOBuYr.
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[ Logic²: the logic of logic AND the logic of the logician ]
@RyanHaecker As you seems to be interested in logic, here's my view of (second order, cf. second order cybernetics, von Foerster and the BCL) logic² as the logic of logic AND the logic of the logician: 👉 https://t.co/iWf9enrmb1
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[ How do we Create Meaning: from Cybernetics to Enaction ] Embark on a fascinating paradigmatic journey through the evolution of cognitive sciences & technologies in this captivating podcast episode (21 mn): cognitivism -> connectionism -> enaction 📢 https://t.co/80Ki73guyL
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Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, 2023 economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin showed that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same occupation,
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This International Women's Day #IWD2024, let's spotlight systemic inequities — like Canada's inexcusable 17% gender pay gap — and work not just with data but activism, empathy, knowledge, & wisdom in positive change processes — AKA #systemicdesign
On average across OECD countries, women earn 11.6% less than men. The gender pay gap has decreased over the last two decades but is still present. On #IWD, learn more on the #OECDGender's work: https://t.co/Tl7kVu5STm | #InvestInWomen
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Hosting multiple Dialogic Drinks on "From Unfreezing-Refreezing, to Systems Changes Learning" online, March 12 (Europe), March 14 (Americas), March 15 (Australia). #Leadership meets #SystemsThinking . Short presentations, longer discussions @eqlabco
https://t.co/3ku7Qem8cC
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From a historical-futures perspective the events of 2023 dramatically fulfill the dire models of structural demographics and other methods unpopular in speculative #foresight. But man they were spot on. Give Turchin, Howe, even Spengler some credit.
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Piece by Bauwens, Kranjc, & Ramos is fascinating, as is the whole open access volume. Commons Economies in Action: Mutualizing Urban Provisioning Systems, in Sacred Civics, 2022
taylorfrancis.com
This chapter serves as an accessible introduction to some key concepts that are used to describe contemporary urban commons and commoning and as an overview of
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Three of the most terrifying graphs on the internet right now.
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I didn't sign "the letter". Current AI poses lots of risks, but describing these systems as "ever more powerful digital minds" that no one can control is likely to make the problem even worse. What's needed: more transparency and better public discourse.
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Piece by Bauwens, Kranjc, & Ramos is fascinating, as is the whole open access volume. Commons Economies in Action: Mutualizing Urban Provisioning Systems, in Sacred Civics, 2022
taylorfrancis.com
This chapter serves as an accessible introduction to some key concepts that are used to describe contemporary urban commons and commoning and as an overview of
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Big news! For any city, district, neighbourhood or nation wanting to put Doughnut Economics into practice where you are - DEAL has just launched a *fantastic* set of tools to help you get started. Join the community @DoughnutEcon and dive in. 1/n. https://t.co/BFFDkfBFTD
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"After poring over the injunction cases, we found that 76% of injunctions filed against First Nations by corporations are granted, while 81% of injunctions filed against corporations by First Nations are denied."
For those trying to make sense of the RCMP raids in Wet'suwet'un territory this week, Yellowhead's Land Back report offers some context. From Part II - Denial: "How do the Crown and industry dispossess Indigenous peoples of land and waters today?" https://t.co/4OnEX0tsqP
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One of the most pernicious and dangerous metaphors is to see the organisation as a human body. Senge popularised it, but it doesn’t handle the complex & open ecosystem which we dealing with and it encourages people to position themselves as the brain and others as limbs
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The Ethical Cyborg is a Major Research Project (MRP) by Master's Candidate, Trevor Bell, for the attainment of a MDes from OCADu's Strategic Foresight & Innovation program.
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The paperback edition of my latest book is now out in the US and UK! This book is meant to be an accessible, entertaining, and even-handed account of modern AI, how it works, and how far it has to go to capture the complexity of human intelligence. https://t.co/2PurH8BLMx
melaniemitchell.me
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