Old thinking will break your brain.
“We seem to have been living for a long time on the assumption that we can safely deal with parts, leaving the whole to take care of itself.... See more
But now the news from everywhere is that we have to begin gathering up the scattered pieces, figuring out where they belong, and putting them back together. For the parts can be reconciled to one another only
Linda Booth Sweeney • Food Systems, Climate Systems, Laundry Systems: The Time for Systems Literacy Is Now! - The Systems Thinker
Most of the institutions shaping the world today are incapable of imagining anything other than their everlasting existence. And so things carry on, no matter how toxic, how ridiculous, or how contrary to values that most people share.
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Who thinks about the future today?
Brands after their own self-interests. Agencies after their own self-interests (or, if we’re lucky, after their clients’ interests). Employees in trendy offices surrounded by like-minded co-workers and like-minded networks, courting cookie-cutter clients with cookie-cutter visions of tomorrow.
At least, that’s who... See more
Brands after their own self-interests. Agencies after their own self-interests (or, if we’re lucky, after their clients’ interests). Employees in trendy offices surrounded by like-minded co-workers and like-minded networks, courting cookie-cutter clients with cookie-cutter visions of tomorrow.
At least, that’s who... See more