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  • Futures x Systems x Design Thinkings — Yourself — new stories, new habits

    The story of us having multiple forms of capitals is a good way to start new stories about ourselves that might replace the over-emphasis…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Mar 17
    Futures, Systems, Design — new goals

    Futures, Systems, Design — new goals

    Although in this series I have focused on the multiple capitals as a key example of a different myth/goal/design intention, there actually…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Mar 9
    Futures, Systems, Design Thinkings X Communities

    Futures, Systems, Design Thinkings X Communities

    Although I had written about how futures, systems, and design could apply for the individual, I realised that I could not help but also…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Mar 4
    Identity — at the core of change — Futures X Systems X Design

    Identity — at the core of change — Futures X Systems X Design

    I am coming to the conclusion that at the heart of large structural change is the change in identity. Any major structural social…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 27
    Futures, Systems, Design, & You! — Part 3 — a Design view

    Futures, Systems, Design, & You! — Part 3 — a Design view

    I take a break from the BIG things and complex systems to talk about the small big thing at the heart of many systems/environments/contexts…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 24
    Futures, Systems, Design, & You! — Part 2 — a Systems view

    Futures, Systems, Design, & You! — Part 2 — a Systems view

    I take a break from the BIG things and complex systems to talk about the small big thing at the heart of many systems/environments/contexts…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 17
    Futures, Systems, Design, & You! — Part 1 — a futures view (from causal layered analysis)

    Futures, Systems, Design, & You! — Part 1 — a futures view (from causal layered analysis)

    I take a break from the BIG things and complex systems to talk about the small big thing at the heart of many systems/environments/contexts…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 11
    Swinging away from Neoliberal Capitalism

    Swinging away from Neoliberal Capitalism

    Today we live in a world of multiple capitalisms, actually — of which the dominant sort is the neoliberal variety. The society of the…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 9

    Worldbuilding for a 2050+++ (1)

    I’m writing a science fiction story, which means I’m going to have to world build.
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 7
    Futures X Systems X Design — A Deep Dive

    Futures X Systems X Design — A Deep Dive

    There have been tentative explorations into the intersections of Futures Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Design Thinking. You can find…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Feb 1
    Health — Causal Layered Analysis X Design

    Health — Causal Layered Analysis X Design

    Another area to apply the whole concept would be in the area of health. It is a wide ranging subject but current there is a sense of…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Jan 27
    Education — Causal Layered Analysis X Design

    Education — Causal Layered Analysis X Design

    It seems to me that the end result of education is often about participating in the economy first, and then participating in society…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Jan 20
    A Causal Layered Perspective on Social Change

    A Causal Layered Perspective on Social Change

    I have discussed causal layered analysis and their use as a diagnostic framework to think through the various layers of discourse in…
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    Scalable Analysis
    Jan 14
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