The past can’t see you, but the future is listening. ~ Terri Guillemets
In today already walks tomorrow. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It’s human nature to think and talk a great deal about the future. What will it be like? Will it be safe? Prosperous? Do we have what it takes to be resilient in the face of inevitable crises? The answers to these questions are being brainstormed and prototyped in media, schools, enterprises and communities today. These places and spaces are making the future now.
This blog is a curated a collection of the ideas that have leaped out at me from the swarming seas of information – mostly because they speak to the things I’m fascinated by: learning, innovation and sustainability.
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Are You Having Fun Yet?
To do great work, we need to have fun. And what exactly does "fun" mean? Just click play. . . Continue reading →
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The Great Weekend Exodus
What’s keeping us from resurrecting the railway lines of Ontario circa 1899? They once criss-crossed the province out of necessity. They went out of vogue with the car, transport truck and cheap fossil fuels – but our need for lifestyle balance and greater transportation sustainability makes them a necessity again. Continue reading
Minds at Play in the Laboratory
Minds at play may initially come up with some pretty wacky ideas that look impractical to us – at least until they lead to a game changing innovation. Continue reading
The Trouble with Being Less Bad
Bringing sustainability into the very DNA of how you do business can create incredible value. There are four different areas your enterprise can focus on, and this post gives a quick tour of each. Why settle for being less bad with a green-thing tacked on to business as usual, when you can tune in to sustainability for lasting value? Continue reading
Making More Life Possible
Are you sticking bricks together, or are you building a cathedral? Changing our focus changes what’s possible, so what’s the shift of focus for our times? Sustainability. Making more life possible. Continue reading
Taking Risks
This is me last summer on the sand dune island of Texel, on Holland’s western edge in the North Sea. I love this picture because it emphasizes the element of risk that’s involved in play. “I don’t know if I … Continue reading
