loginizer domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/worksmit/portfolio.worksmith.com.au/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Estuarine complexity “start by understanding where you are, You build some boundaries, create some novel linkages, put somethings into the shade or eradicate them while giving energy to others.”^ ^Dave Snowden Cynefin Company Exploring… Estuarine mapping first edition Cynefin St David’s 2023 2 of 2 Updated Estuarine typologies https://tomkerwin.substack.com/p/a-trip-into-the-estuary Constraints Alicia Juarrero, Professor […]
What is meant by the word – scale? Scale is a provocative word. If you are a citrus grower, you don’t want scale. To some, scale (as in ‘increasing the scale of a project, idea or activity’) means commodifying it for capitalism, selling out. Scale has been co-opted as word in entrepreneur and innovation circles […]
Why AI will never use information in the same way as humans. I say never although I fully understand that might not be true for all time.
(Started on a Summer’s Saturday afternoon on the couch) Jan 2023 and a continuing exploration with my thoughts and understanding of paradigms…. The beginning… In response to a SM conversation on ‘Donella Meadows list of interventions in systems’. (Maxed out on the word count for the response!) This is the thought trail on designing interventions […]
purpose – an awakening of a way to be in the world, to live by our gifts From ‘find your why’ (Senek) to ‘you don’t have a purpose’ (Sanford), no wonder many of us (or maybe just me?) get confused at times, and would rather numb our brains and hearts just to manage our day […]
A quick survey by Permaculture. Link to the survey Why I want to know…. I recently trialled this survey at a workshop with some happy Australian volunteers to understand where their money went on food purchases and maybe start to challenge themselves how they could do it differently. It was an interesting activity and I […]
I could be watching netflix until 1 am instead I am imagining possible futures with some really cool people in Europe and South America. I just finished an intro to speculative design with this mob – J. Paul Neeley and the school of critical design. Wondering how to apply into regenerative systems and permaculture projects […]
Starting with why? why would I need a mission statement to grow some veggies for my family? There is a concept called ‘bounded applicability’ which means something similar to ‘horses for courses’. The right method for the right situation or context or the importance of understanding the limits that any tool, technology or method has. […]
Yesterday my daughter applied to renew her passport. In a fit of hope and optimism after years of repeated set backs, she put on a mask for the photo that will capture her life experience so far. She suffered through the detail of the process to enable an aspiration that has been two decades in […]