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  • Fowl play

    Fowl play

    Good luck, little ducks. This looks like an uneven playing field.

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  • It’s hard to win at poker by playing chess

    Complicated systems are like chess: we know the rules, and with some calculation, we can work out the best possible move. Complex systems are like poker: we know the rules but there is much more to how the game will unfold: the relationships, how people have played, patterns emerging. Chess and poker require different strategies.…

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  • Canvas and Twill — the patterns for two new short courses in regenerative design

    More and more design teams are committing to regenerative principles and goals in their projects. This is very promising. But it also raises the question, how do upskill a team in a way that is both quick and meaningful? The Pattern Book gives us two starting points: I’ve used these two patterns to create two…

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