№ 11 | Twitter + Elon, Slides + Docs, Strategy Mad-Libs, The Community Power Compass, and 20 Systems (over) Thinker Tips

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№ 11 | Twitter + Elon, Slides + Docs, Strategy Mad-Libs, The Community Power Compass, and 20 Systems (over) Thinker Tips

“Welcome to Hell, Elon”

With Elon's arrival at Twitter, it appears, this is THE take. Wow. No punches held back here: “Welcome to hell, Elon.”

Slides + Docs

This week, I came across not one, not two, but THREE different apps that are playing at the intersection of slides and text editors:

Strategy Mad-Libs

Via John Cutler. “Some strategy prompts to guide you through the perverse holiday ritual we call annual planning.” 😂

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The Community Power Compass

I love this deeper dive into notions of freedom and control, from our own John V. Willshire. The concepts come from the book The Dawn of Everything, but John has taken these ideas a step further, wrapping them in a handy visual that can be used to “consider the sort of community you’re looking at, joining, leaving or forming.” It might be fun to test this out with our little community here!

More details:
“Introducing the Community Power Compass” (part 1)
“How to use the Community Power Compass” (part 2)

20 Systems (over) Thinker Tips

This “20 Systems (over) Thinker Tips” is pure gold! Like, seriously good wisdom, packed into a light and breezy children's storybook format. Here's the one that caught my eye: “5/20: Do your deepest thinking with co-conspirators (not the people you’re trying to influence).”

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№ 123 | Deep Code Cards, Cultural Differences and Storytelling, “So You Want to Be an American?” (the Game), Work-Life Balance, the Smiley Model, Playful Visualizations—Using Trees!, and Deep Reading

№ 123 | Deep Code Cards, Cultural Differences and Storytelling, “So You Want to Be an American?” (the Game), Work-Life Balance, the Smiley Model, Playful Visualizations—Using Trees!, and Deep Reading

Howdy! Welcome to another roundup of ‘playful things to think with’ and things to think about. Let’s kick it off with… Deep Code Cards Ooh… Another project from Dark Matter Labs. The Deep Code Cards offer a “playful exploration of the invisible forces that shape our lives.” Nice. Maybe

By Stephen P. Anderson
№ 122 | A “Horseshoe” Diagram, Slow AI, the Data Communication Triangle, The Invisibles, A Simple Clustering Algorithm for Lists, Ordinary Abundance, and “Certainty, Variety, and Delight”

№ 122 | A “Horseshoe” Diagram, Slow AI, the Data Communication Triangle, The Invisibles, A Simple Clustering Algorithm for Lists, Ordinary Abundance, and “Certainty, Variety, and Delight”

A ‘horseshoe’ diagram Ooh… A horseshoe diagram?! That’s a new-to-me pattern; I’m adding this to my collection of visual primitives. Pretty much a cycle, with emphasis on the starting and ending points (before the cycle begins again). That’s all. Oh, and as for the content

By Stephen P. Anderson
№ 121 | EVOLUTION: A Card System to Break Automatic Patterns, Visualizing a Billion, Systems Thinking Lessons from Monsters, Inc., The Committee Game, A 3x3 for Assessing Stakeholders, and 6 Ways Leaders Harness Stress

№ 121 | EVOLUTION: A Card System to Break Automatic Patterns, Visualizing a Billion, Systems Thinking Lessons from Monsters, Inc., The Committee Game, A 3x3 for Assessing Stakeholders, and 6 Ways Leaders Harness Stress

Welcome to another edition of Thinking Things, your (mostly) regular roundup of ‘playful things to think with’ and things to think about! EVOLUTION: A Card System to Break Automatic Patterns You might know I’m just a wee bit (ahem) analytical. I like to take “squishy” concepts—conflict resolution, collaboration,

By Stephen P. Anderson
№ 120 | We Wunt Be Druv, If You Were a Ghost, What Would You Haunt?, Brick Starter, Can Trivia Save Us?, The Housing Game, 4 Forms of Hope, and Reality Strikes Back: A Cartoon Guide to Complexity

№ 120 | We Wunt Be Druv, If You Were a Ghost, What Would You Haunt?, Brick Starter, Can Trivia Save Us?, The Housing Game, 4 Forms of Hope, and Reality Strikes Back: A Cartoon Guide to Complexity

Welcome to another edition of Thinking Things, your regular roundup of ‘playful things to think with’ and things to think about! This weekend, I’m back with not 1, not 2, but 3—count ‘em THREE—card decks. We Wunt Be Druv At the most recent Cardstock meetup, John V

By Stephen P. Anderson