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Demystifying collaboration… Collaboration is such a Rich and nuanced topic. I love posts like this one “Demystifying collaboration (pt 1): Decisions” that explore “emerging and evolving reflections on better ways of working together.” Lots of good conversation starters in this short post: Collective vs collaborative. Decision making vs problem-solving. I&
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“5 myths about strategy” I love the structure of this HBR article “5 Myths About Strategy”— short and to the point! State the myth. Explain “Why it’s plausible” then unpack “Why it’s wrong.” It's almost as if this is begging to be turned into a '
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Data visualization using… light?! This week, the Data Visualization Society released their long list of entries for the Information is Beautiful Awards. Among the many entries, was that rather unique—and brilliant—gem: A visualization of "books bought and read over the last five years." Here's
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Living above the line A co-worker shared this short video, with a cautionary note: “Warning, this may change how you look art the world.” Enjoy “Locating Yourself — A Key to Conscious Leadership.” Cameras and Lenses I love a good web page with interactive elements. Here’s an interactive blog post
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A game to end climate change? Last week I shared a text-based RPG about refugees. This week, it’s a “cooperative board-game about stopping climate change, from the creator of Pandemic.” Daybreak was an instant back for me. 0:00 /0:18 1× A framework for better surveys? This one
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A text-based RPG about refugees Last week, I shared an article about the patterns in interactive fiction. Part of my fascination with CYOA books, branching narratives, interactive fiction, choice based games, and so on, is how they represent (to me at least) an incredible opportunity to help people explore new
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Contrasts and meaningful distinctions 🤩 A co-worker shared this brilliant list of critical distinctions, gathered by Frank Chimero over the past few years. [No direct source, as I believe this was from a private newsletter?] Here's the snippet: The pandemic has given me a cynical distance to professional language—
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Seven frameworks for telling stories Not one, but SEVEN storytelling threads to jumpstart your storytelling skills. I like these kinds of high signal to noise tweet threads. And I like seeing multiple frameworks held up alongside each other. Enjoy! “Pre-Bunking” A proven way to stop online misinformation? So basically, if
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Is this how designers work? I posted this on twitter, and a just few people 😲 found it interesting. Speaking of architecture, one of my co-workers shared this next piece with me: Multisensory perception and architecture. Here's your weekly (!? 🤨) dose of academic literature: "Senses of place: architectural design
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Let's get this kicked off… five things I encountered over the past week: “Conversation theory in two pages.” AKA, I can't escape cybernetics! In response to a post about project constraints, twitter user @evansonearth shared this short essay on Cybernetics and Conversation. Sample 1: “Consensual coordination