jerry koh / nicefutures
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mostly harmless and not at all alarming ~ building coalitions for impact in communities and cities ~ social innovation ~ systemic design ~ foresight
~Toronto
Joined February 2009
The winner of the #NMA25 Editor Grand Prix is @taimhuynh! For their work with @thelocal.to! The jury said: "Tai Huynh is a shining example of what it means to be an editor in contemporary Canadian journalism."
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As usual, the Chilean gov't public sector innovation index, now in its 5th year, makes for some interesting reading - incl an attempt at measuring innovation "velocity" https://t.co/6xSwuZfBeL
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Wow. Never thought I would see this happening :-) A fund to support system orchestration work
blog.kumu.io
By Robert Ricigliano and Anna Muoio
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"We propose a new type of portfolio practice that invites orgs to develop the capacity to radically open up the governance & operation of portfolios as a distributed network of actors, actions, & assets, aligned by a common intent" https://t.co/UsyfILlhLn
@DarkMatter_Labs
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"We see 2 mental models for systems change being used in philanthropy: systems dynamics & systems emergence. We need to be aware of which models we are using and why" https://t.co/19Ej0bHY9E
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Thrilled to win this award! Thanks and congratulations to all the Local contributors, too many to name, who worked with us on this issue!
.@TheLocal_TO has WON the Best News Coverage (Community Publication) category for coverage of the Toronto 2023 mayoral election! Congratulations to editors @nickhunebrown, @royinori, @taimhuynh and the team of contributors! #DPA24
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.@TheLocal_TO has WON the Best News Coverage (Community Publication) category for coverage of the Toronto 2023 mayoral election! Congratulations to editors @nickhunebrown, @royinori, @taimhuynh and the team of contributors! #DPA24
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Hey, it's The Local's five year anniversary! What a gratifying, fun experience to help build a publication from scratch with my genius colleagues. Grateful to all the contributors over the years who've made The Local what it is, and excited about what's to come.
It’s our birthday! 🎂 Five years ago today we launched The Local as an independent non-profit publication. Thanks for reading, and look out for some big anniversary projects later this year! 🎉
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There have been untold rounds of media closures and layoffs especially at the local level. For @Phil_journal / @TheLocal_TO I wrote about how saving local journalism means reinventing it rather than just salvaging whatever’s left.
thephilanthropist.ca
Five years after launching The Local, the donor-funded publication’s founding editor reflects on the state of local journalism and what it means for citizens and the philanthropic sector.
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The highly pro-inflammatory and pervasive microplastics and nanoplastics: previously found in arteries and associated with increased in heart attacks and strokes, now in all human testes that were assessed. https://t.co/cGXxrrlwbn
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Several times EVERY SINGLE DAY some troll posts (or emails me) the below article as proof I'm a pharma shill. Huh? This was a peer reviewed grant from the independent @CIHR_IRSC to study misinformation. I didn't receive a dime. Funds held by university & supported students,
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Transforming complex systems requires a portfolio of programs aimed at a common goal, not a strategy dictating.. how to solve the challenge. Rather than trying to conceptualize the complexity away, successful missions will make it central to policymaking
project-syndicate.org
Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel correct common misconceptions about a particular form of state participation in the economy.
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“Measurement is fabulous. Unless you are busy measuring what is easy to measure as opposed to what is important.”
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The centre of government in times of complexity - an interesting @oecd review of global practices, with some interesting examples on ensuring continuity between administrations, whole of gov't approaches https://t.co/KTQqyIoX6E
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"Where Has Olivia Chow Been?" by @nickhunebrown and published in @TheLocal_TO is a finalist for Profiles! Congratulations! #NMA24
https://t.co/JYjTFgzlXL
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"Everywhere this chemical is, there’s a cloud of death. There’s a cloud of sickness." The details of this story are nuts. Just incredible, diligent, public service investigative work here by @KupermanLeah and @urbykahn
https://t.co/n5yHqDvqUp
thenarwhal.ca
High levels of ethylene oxide were detected near a now-closed Scarborough plant owned by Sterigenics, which has agreed to pay over US$400 million to claimants alleging cancer in the U.S. The company...
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"Enough is enough:" Loblaws CEO commands all employees to hunt down, kill anyone participating in boycott https://t.co/imI8vezgpU
#loblawsboycott #BoycottLBC
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Residents in the Greater Toronto Area had no idea a company operating in their community uses a known carcinogen. We dug into it in a massive investigation with @TheLocal_TO, @balkissoon writes in this week’s newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca
Greater Toronto Area residents had no idea a company operating in their community uses a known carcinogen. We dug into it with The Local
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The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught. —Professor Richard Feynman
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