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Against Wishful Thinking

One of the hardest things to do in the area of futures thinking is to keep away from wishful thinking.
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Futures x systems x design — Melioration/Regeneration — business

In our new thinking of multiple capitals, the role of business would not be just about creating profits in the economic sense, but also…
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Futures, Change Management, and Grief: Socio-Political Contexts

There is a lot of grief to go around. Many groups of people are claiming a kind of loss. Some people have converted that grief into anger…
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Melioration, Anthropocene, Actor-Network Theory, Hybrids/Cyborgs, Regeneration

This is a discussion thinking about what some concepts from the discipline of Science, Technology, and Society can do for us in our…
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Regeneration/Melioration — Flows and Activities — Part 2 — Environment

The approach that we want to take in enhancing/improving the environment can be similar to how we might do it with social deficits.
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Regeneration/Melioration — Flows and Activities — Part 1 — Social

Although it would be difficult to account for the non-economic kinds of capitals, it is still possible to track the activities and flows…
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Melioration/Regeneration and Multiple Capitals: Thinking of the Capitals — Starting with Deficits

In the multiple capitals framework, it is possible to start with things we experience today. For instance, say there are clearly defined…
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Well Being and Multiple Capitals — an Index

I had previously thought about the convertibility of the different kinds of capitals, and had thought that they ought not to inter-convert…
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Futures, Change Management, and Grief: Personal Contexts

Previously, I mentioned how futures, change management, and grief can actually be deeply connected with each other. The main thing is this…
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Futures, Change Management, and Grief: Corporate Contexts

At first glance, it might seem strange to see the three concepts placed together in a sentence. Hear me out. I would argue that all three…
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Futures, Systems, Design X Society

Meliorating Society
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Sustainable, Circularity, Regeneration, Melioration

I thought I should take stock a bit and think about the terms that I’ve been using or referring to. I want to introduce the term, as what…
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The Convertibility between different kinds of capitals

We ought to think through whether the capitals should be convertible to each other. For now, I would think the answer is “maybe not.” I…
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