I wish I could remember what triggered this post, but I can’t, and it was probably many threads coming together anyway. Partly it was something someone said during one of the Complexity Yarns, partly it has been fermenting in my head as a result of reading through The Dawn of Everything. But the main point […]
I’m going to assume that everyone who frequents this blog and is a regular reader of Dave’s work is very familiar with general concepts of evolution, both as a biological fact and as a metaphor. In the Cynefin framework, evolution appears most prominently in exaptive practice, associated with the complex domain. Exaptation in that context […]
On September 16, 2019, Cognitive Edge was invited to a Research Meeting convened by the Stanford Center for Design Research and the David Ramsey Map Center. In this session, I joined our longtime friend and partner, Ade Mabogunje from the Standard D-school and his colleague, Salim Mohd, the Head of the Rumsey Center together with 15 […]
Most large companies are prepared to invest in “incremental innovation” but very few are willing to grant decision authority to management teams at a level necessary for disruptive innovation. I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing or a criticism of large companies often lack of ability to stimulate disruptive innovation. However I do […]
We’re running CrowdSensor right now in Singapore – Join in here. We’re looking for everyone’s thoughts on what might happen next. There’s an interesting experiment on micro-scenarios taking place right now at the International Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Symposium in Singapore that’s looking for input. It’s gathering international reactions and opinions on what happens […]
Another Gaping Void cartoon for this second post on culture, which makes the point that change initiatives come and go but relationships that we build can last for ever. My post of yesterday targeted the single causal model that underpins so many simplistic consultancy initiatives than claim simplicity. If you can find one thing […]
My last two posts discussed by personal journey, and one which is not yet complete. I'll update that from time to time, especially when I close in on my target weight of 82 kg which I should make when I start the 60@60 Round Wales Walk this February. I now want to move on to […]
In this second of three posts on exaptation I am going to continue to build on reporting discussions and ideas that came out of the Durham conference. In the final post I’ll pick up on what I presented (and what I wish I had thought of presenting at the time) on managed serendipity. Probably the […]
The feather original evolved for regulation of temperature, but then evolved for flight. In 1942 a scientist at Raytheon was testing a magnetron, a key component of radar, and noticed that a candy bar melted in his pocket. The next day he experimented with a egg which burst and spattered hot yolk over his face; […]
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