Tag: capabilities
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2+2: Cascades of Capabilities
We are increasing risks, and decreasing our collective capabilities to do something about it. We are doubling down on singular vision of capabilities at the expense of many. In a global world, growing increasingly fragile, this can lead to catastrophic failures. to survive, to grow resilient, we need a new perspective about capabilities. Here’s some […]
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Evolving for times of Crises
Covid-19 has knocked the wind out of the global machine that humanity lives in. It has shattered our illusions of stability, our belief in global capitalism (about time), our hopes of certain growth forever. It is not just a pandemic. It is a huge question mark that stands tall in front of humanity. What’s the […]
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Sponges and Rocks
Sponges absorb. Rocks don’t. Increasingly I feel that the advertising agencies are populated with rocks while all the smart sponges who absorb knowledge, references, culture are going to start-ups, consultancies and so on – the new capital makers. I see fairly young creative teams who churn out the same old ‘manifestos’ characterised by 2000’s era […]
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Unite – A platform to empower Civic Engagement
The possibilities of strengthening civic engagement with digital tools is endless. This was an exercise in imagining a tool for participative democracy with a bottom-up approach. It doesn’t take into account much of the complexity surrounding aligning incentives, digital literacy, access, funding and so on. The objective here is to instigate imaginations, envision tools and […]