Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

When we talk about complexity, what does it mean? I’ll peek at an everyday phenomenon to illustrate why things are far more complex and complicated than they used to be. The term complexity i…

Discussion has focused on behavioral outcomes. But Meta’s settlement shines a light on damage to young people’s emerging desires and identities

The Royal, in Ottawa, used to run 17 different mental health programs – now it’s just three

Innovation implementation is affected by fears and drawing on the psychology of social games we can overcome them.

Did I get the photo? Yes. Was it worth it? No.

An intuitive futures framework for zooming in and out on a single imagined future. Model, workshop format & teaching tool from John V Willshire of Smithery.

Dedicated weather observers began recording conditions across the country in earnest back in the mid-1800s

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The climate crisis won’t be solved with lifestyle choices but through political pressure and bold collective action.

Podcast Episode · The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant · August 27 · 1h 3m

Blue-book exams are fine, but we need to address the issue at its root.

Science works through a process of revision. As consumers, we must learn how to evaluate how mature evidence is, and always remain flexible to new findings.

What does systemic change at an exponential level look like? Look around and you’ll see why a new approach to perceiving the world is now critical. The first question above is answered below:…

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Research professor Brené Brown and organizational psychologist Adam Grant are partnering on a new weekly podcast grounded in an unflinching commitment to l...

The city-state has re-engineered its education system to produce the world’s smartest citizens in everything from science to the arts....

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Design thinking needs rethinking about ethics, tools, and models.

Perspective-taking is the intentional act of changing the frame in which you view things. We can design for it and, if we’re fortunate, we can these perspectives to design us. It’s midsummer …

Generative AI allows us to create content, but it doesn't allow us to become something more. A look at how design and human creation transform us and how AI is taking that from us if we let it.

The Toronto Star, Canada’s most widely read newspaper known for its investigative reporting gifted anti-vaccination audiences armament by using poor science to point to a spurious connection …

Among the two greatest constraints for innovation is time and the expectations we have attached to it. If only we could adapt, create and implement an innovation at the drop of a hat. Wouldn’t that…

Travelling offers up some of the clearest examples of how complexity, connection, and coordination intersect. Consider how many relationships, represented in networks, embodied practices, and individual nodes (people, transactions, units) are involved in a flight from one place to another. It's an amazing feat when you think of how often things go relatively smoothly and straightforward, despite the many things that are going on and can happen. What I love about using the travel example is that it represents one of the most difficult aspects of complexity and systems, which is the fact that many complex systems have within them elements of simplicity, complicated arrangements, and chaos alongside those that are complex.

How to live with what we make

Yes, you can be a evidence-driven and creative at the same time

EXCLUSIVE: The director and publisher of MIT Press reflects on risk-taking, leadership, innovation and human judgement

Doubt is the single most reliable trigger for collaboration we have

Of total survey respondents, 48% reduced clinical hours, 20% took time off from working in emergency medicine

When the online mechanisms for fostering professional networking fail, what do we do? Could the lowly email newsletter be the key to building the trust needed to network well and maintain what was once lost from the platforms who no longer serve our needs.

We need systemic action informed by systems thinking to address the global challenges facing humanity. Alas, too many are focused on the thinking (and talk), not action. My aim for writing this is …