Apr 24
I hear about it all the time… Collaborate with people who share your values. Really? You know why they say this? Because it is pleasant and easy. When you are around people who share your values you can agree all the time, because you are using the same basis for your judgements. There isn’t much …
Permanent link to this article: http://thrivable.net/2013/04/friction-is-your-friend/
Dec 22
Each Wednesday, we post an interview with someone who is living, exploring, or championing aspects of thrivability – people at the forefront of cultural, organizational, or individual change.
Robin Chase is founder and CEO of GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. She also founded and leads Meadow Networks, a consulting firm that advises city, state, and …
Permanent link to this article: http://thrivable.net/2010/12/people-powered-innovation-interview-with-robin-chase/
Nov 05
I am picturing some very driven inspired individuals under a warming light. But we know it takes a lot more than that.
Co-creating the world we want and doing so in new ways takes a network of people and some great mentorship, resource sharing, and support. This weekend we will be incubating some social innovation …
Permanent link to this article: http://thrivable.net/2010/11/incubating-entrepreneurs/
Oct 26
Today I dropped a whole series of tweets that are part of an understanding I am working on. Each nuggets lives alone, but the whole, I hope, is greater than the parts, and thus I post it in whole here.
Hybridity. Transcend and include. Hard to see, wearing attributes of past paradigms when useful, past …
Permanent link to this article: http://thrivable.net/2010/10/find-good-questions/
Sep 02
Note, I am a cosi10 event host in Chicago. I offer my perspective on the cosi10 global event developments.
I am fascinated by fractals. The consistency from layer to layer. The persistence of an inner integrity. There is something about the perfection of it that creates tranquility and trust even in complex environments.
COSI10 …
Permanent link to this article: http://thrivable.net/2010/09/social-innovation-in-practice-at-cosi10/
Apr 20
photo credit: steve p2008
Thrivability, at its core, is all about creating environments that are generative of adaptive diverse abundance, both in the sense of nature, and in the sense of the potential for innovation present in an organization. If people come together with a sense of purposive play, then innovation emerges from the dynamic …
Permanent link to this article: http://thrivable.net/2009/04/designing-thrivable-creation-spaces/
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