Note 4 of 5 in a mini-series of findings from a shared enquiry: Learning and doing ripples — But firstly some context … During the Spring and Summer of 2022 the CoLab Dudley team and a constellation of Time Rebels have engaged in a shared enquiry through a range of joyful and searching collective reflection and sensemaking moments. …

Note 2 of 5 in a mini series of findings from a shared enquiry: Revealing Potential — But firstly some context … During the Spring and Summer of 2022 the CoLab Dudley team and a constellation of Time Rebels have engaged in a shared enquiry through a range of joyful and searching collective reflection and sensemaking moments. …

Note 1 of 5 in a mini series of findings from a shared enquiry: Revisiting our Why & from What if to What next? — But firstly some context … During the Spring and Summer of 2022 the CoLab Dudley team and a constellation of Time Rebels have engaged in a shared enquiry through a range of joyful and searching collective reflection and sensemaking moments. …

“There is a big need for new forms of imaginative practice.” Hilary Cottam: Radical Way, 2021 As Hilary Cottam makes clear in her recent research into shifting away from the existing failing social paradigm, there is an urgent need for imaginative practice. …

“What questions does this raise about different forms of knowledge? … [Imagination] Infrastructure that seeks liberatory ends must bring together the heart, the mind, and the body by valuing embodied knowledges and experiences alongside their rational and intellectual counterparts.” [Olivia Oldham, on Imagination Infrastructure] “Place and mind may interpenetrate till…

Notes from a shared enquiry by CoLab Dudley Time Rebels into what they are sensing and testing out in terms of what it means to be a practising Time Rebel — The relationship between learning and doing experiments on the High Street is even more magical when that learning-doing is a shared experience enriched by many different perspectives all coming together to reflect, ask good questions, really listen to each other, and be curious about shared insights. …

These time rebel notes are part travel log — capturing the early thinking and research in their creative journey as time rebels* — and part deeper dive into the WHAT of their What If questions. what if? ‘What If’ questions (inspired by the work and thinking of Rob Hopkins) invite us to…

A dive into the conditions for pacts of collaboration that catalyse imagination into action. Shared insights by Jo, Holly, Mat and Lorna from the CoLab Dudley — Birmingham City University co.Lab High Street 2031 collaboration. In this note we re-visit the navigation tool the Imagination Sundial; reflect upon the pact conditions in our recent collaboration; and finally turn these insights into design questions to…

This is a little lab note from an online connection skill sharing session last week on the Virtual High Street. …