Oliver Ding·PinnedCALL: Annual Review (2021–2022)CALL stands for Creative Action Learning Lab CALL stands for Creative Action Learning Lab. I started it as a digital garage on Medium in Oct 2019. Each year, I wrote an annual review of CALL in October. CALL: 2019–2020 (The House of Boundary Innovation) CALL: 2021–2022 (The Knowledge Curation Studio) …Annual Report11 min readAnnual Report11 min read
Oliver Ding·Mar 9Creative Action: The Attachance of Moving Mental ElementsIn a previous article Creative Action: The Chance-configuration Theory and Beyond, I mentioned a mental element called “Dance” which is a meta-diagram. I also introduced a theory about creativity: Dean Keith Simonton’s Chance-configuration theory (Scientific Genius,1988). This article aims to share more details about the process of developing the “Dance”…Creative Process14 min readCreative Process14 min read
Oliver Ding·Mar 5Creative Action: The Chance-configuration Theory and BeyondIn 2019, I found CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab) as a personal studio for my independent knowledge discovery. From Oct 2020 to Oct 2021. I run CALL as a knowledge curation studio that produced a set of knowledge frameworks and built an ecology of ideas. The primary theme of CALL…Creativity10 min readCreativity10 min read
Oliver Ding·Jan 31Creative Action: The Affordance — Supportance Cycle (a short note)The Ecological Practice Approach to Innovation This is a short note about the notion of “the Affordance — Supportance Cycle”. This notion is inspired by George Nurijanian’s newest creation: The Lennyverse. [FREE] 🔥The Lennyverse: A Themed Database of Lenny's Newsletter Posts Lenny's Newsletter is a Product Management phenomenon 🔥But there are 100's of posts by now 😅They're spread all over!nurijanian.gumroad.comProduct7 min readProduct7 min read
Oliver Ding·Jan 26Design as Activity (a short note)Some rough ideas for the “Design as Activity” project On Jan 6, 2023, I made the above diagram which represents a possible theme for a new project: “DESIGN as ACTIVITY”. In fact, this theme suggests a new “Process” view of Design. While the popular “Desing Thinking” model and its variants…Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Oliver Ding·Jan 5[CALL] Design as Creative LifeDesigners’ Subjective Experience and Project Engagement Yesterday I saw a diagram about the process of UX design on Linkedin. See the diagram below.Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Oliver Ding·Dec 30, 2022Aspects of Creative Life (2022)Four possible books for knowledge creators On Nov 2, 2022, I wrote a short post and introduced the series of “Aspects of Creative Life”. This post is an updated version. The Path of Creative Life My primary interest is located in the intersection between Knowledge, Creativity, and Adult Development. …Life Development7 min readLife Development7 min read
Oliver Ding·Dec 19, 2022Member-onlyAdvanced Life Strategy (A Possible Book)Anticipatory Activity System and Life Achievements The above picture was designed for a new possible book about the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework and Life Achievements. The book collects my articles about the AAS framework and the Life Strategy project. Originally, I planned to edit a book about the AAS framework on August 12, 2022. …Life Strategy5 min readLife Strategy5 min read
Oliver Ding·Dec 12, 2022Member-onlyLife Strategy: Taking Opportunities and Long-term ResponseUsing the Strategic Curation model to discuss the concept of “Opportunity” This article is part of a possible book Advanced Life Strategy: Anticipatory Activity System and Life Achievements. I consider the Strategic Curation model as a part of the possible book. The Strategic Curation Model is a five-space model. Experience…Life Strategy19 min readLife Strategy19 min read
Oliver Ding·Dec 9, 2022Member-onlyLife Strategy: Ecological Strategic CognitionThe Ecological Practice approach to Strategic Cognition This article is part of a possible book Advanced Life Strategy: Anticipatory Activity System and Life Achievements. I consider the Strategic Curation model as a part of the possible book. The Strategic Curation Model is a five-space model. Experience Space: It refers to…8 min read8 min read