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Oliver’s daily(ish) blog on creativity, regenerative design and practical philosophy drawn from across my teaching, writing and collaborations. Sign up for Oliver’s weekly digest by clicking here and choosing the appropriate button.
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- Field Notes — The Agora
This week I facilitated the final sessions in our Critical Thinking series for the Useful Simple Trust. The programme takes participants through four rooms in the mind of … - EvergreysThis week I have been running a training course in an old venue wedged between two nesting grounds for tower cranes in central London. These leggy mechanical birds …
- Horizon One HighwayIn the Three Horizons model, Horizon One is the world that surrounds us — the one that grabs our attention, dominates our habits, and shapes our worldview. Because …
- Le paradoxe du designI was in Paris last week to deliver a creative thinking workshop for engineers. I did the presentation in English and the Q&A in French — a happy balance …
- Beating a new pathYou’re out walking one morning and you reach a field of tall grass. Your destination is on the other side but you can’t see a way through. So …
- Field notes: operating the Decision Engine
I’ve written lots of posts this week on decision-making, and that’s because I have run three rounds of The Decision Engine workshop — part three in our Critical …Continue reading “Field notes: operating the Decision Engine”
- What if we got all the designers together who ever designed a place?Imagine gathering every designer who has ever shaped a single street for a retrospective design crit? Every building — from the latest new-build to the medieval cottage still …
Continue reading “What if we got all the designers together who ever designed a place?”
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- Field Notes — The AgoraThis week I facilitated the final sessions in our Critical Thinking series for the Useful Simple Trust. The programme takes …
- Field notes: operating the Decision EngineI’ve written lots of posts this week on decision-making, and that’s because I have run three rounds of The Decision …
Continue reading “Field notes: operating the Decision Engine”
- Sleep, subconscious and napping at work.
This week we ran an online session in our Critical Thinking series exploring a topic not usually found in professional training … - From Ideas to Evidence — testing early concepts in structural design
This week marked the final session in our Introduction to Conceptual Design for Structural Engineers series, where we moved from generating ideas …Continue reading “From Ideas to Evidence — testing early concepts in structural design”
- The Map Room – mapping systems, horizons, and change
This week we ran The Map Room, the second workshop in our Critical Thinking for Engineers (and Other Humans) programme. If the …Continue reading “The Map Room – mapping systems, horizons, and change”
- What to Do When You’re Stuck – Turning the Kalideascope in Conceptual Design
This week, we delivered Session 3 of our Introduction to Conceptual Design for Structural Engineers, part of the ongoing programme …Continue reading “What to Do When You’re Stuck – Turning the Kalideascope in Conceptual Design”