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Come December 2013, you will have...
Watched this film
Nausicäa of the Valley of the WindDirected by Hayao Miyazaki
Read these books
And maybe some of these
STATE OF TH E WOR LD2 0 1 1
TH E WOR LDWATCH I N STITUTE
Innovations thatNourish the Planet
But not this one
And discussed
Systems ThinkingFrameworks for Change
EnergyFood
WaterStuff/Waste/Toxins
Biodiversity/Biosphere
You will have gone to at least 3 places, like
Clover,
I love how you show us what is possible with and through food.
Delectable experiments, bursting with nourishment, exuberating my palate, calming my mind—a taste of the future?
gazelle.com
Analyzed news storiesand discussed talks
Assessed impact
http://poptech.org/popcasts/kevin_starr_lasting_impact
As well as created it
But why?
And couldn’t you justdo this on your own?
That’s true,and you should do these things on your own,but...
“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.’’—Steve Jobs
We want you to have space
This is a space to
ask questions
examine realities
explore possibilities
discuss ideas
We want you to be as good as you want to/can be
“...for the first couple years that you're making stuff, what you're making isn't so good… it's really not that great. It's trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it's not quite that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, your taste is still killer. And your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you're making is kind of a disappointment to you, you know what I mean?
…A lot of people never get past that phase. A lot of people at that point, they quit. And the thing I would say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting, creative work, they went through a phase of years where they had really good taste, they could tell what they were making wasn't as good as they wanted it to be, they knew it fell short… it didn't have that special thing that we wanted it to have… Everybody goes through that…
you gotta know it's totally normal, and the most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work. Do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week or every month you know you're gonna finish one story… You create the deadline… [I]t's only by actually going through a volume of work that you're going to catch up and close that gap and the work that you're making will be as good as your ambitions.”-- Ira Glass
We want you to be as good as you want to/can bewith your thoughts, too
“...the production of information sharpens the mind and clarifies your thoughts.”-- Clay Johnson
We want you to have good tools,that sometimeswe didn’t have,until recently
SystemsThinking
systems
elements
interrelations
purpose
feedback
simplefind the core
use analogies
Behavorial Change
Impact
know yourmission
measure theright thing
measure it well
verb
target
outcome
impact from a thing
is it needed?
will it get to thosewho need it?
will they use itcorrectly?
leverage points
trapsopportunities
ask stupidquestions make hope visible
jump fencessmart
recombinations
abductivereasoning
driftfail early, fail often
harvest ideas, editapplications compelling
experienceframework
generativemetaphors
combine familiarand surprising
embraceconstraints
forcedprioritization
engineer earlysuccesses
motivate theelephant
make it social
unexpected
credible
authority
antiauthority
testablecredentials
human-scaleprinciple
the Sinatra test
emotion
the Velcro theory ofmemory
shrink the change
concrete
send destinationpostcards
find bright spotsdirect the rider
solution focus
black & whitegoals
script criticalmoves
help people grow use checklists
find the feeling
appeal to idenity
violate schemas
expose knowledgegaps
create mystery
Communications
stories
shape the path
build a culture
tweak theenvironment
create actiontriggers
designthinking
H+E Conceptual Toolkit
We also want to facilitate connections
And encourage you to
see theinvisible
and make the
invisiblevisible
then see what’s
possible
There is nosaving the planet, only managing it.
GOOD MagazineWinter 2011
The importance of making the conscious choice of reframing...
DoomandGloom
Doom Frameand toGloom Gain
perspectivesinsightsconnectionsopportunitiesoptionsleverage pointsallies
Doom Reframeandgloom Reclaim
hopeengagementempowermentresponsibilitycommunityour humanity
“How many generations in all of human history have had the opportunity to rise to a challenge that is worthy of our best efforts?”— Al Gore
TopicsSystems Thinking
Frameworks for ChangeEnergy
FoodWater
Stuff/Waste/ToxinsBiodiversity/Biosphere
Nausicäa of the Valley of the WindDirected by Hayao Miyazaki
SystemsThinking
systems
elements
interrelations
purpose
feedback
simplefind the core
use analogies
Behavorial Change
Impact
know yourmission
measure theright thing
measure it well
verb
target
outcome
impact from a thing
is it needed?
will it get to thosewho need it?
will they use itcorrectly?
leverage points
trapsopportunities
ask stupidquestions make hope visible
jump fencessmart
recombinations
abductivereasoning
driftfail early, fail often
harvest ideas, editapplications compelling
experienceframework
generativemetaphors
combine familiarand surprising
embraceconstraints
forcedprioritization
engineer earlysuccesses
motivate theelephant
make it social
unexpected
credible
authority
antiauthority
testablecredentials
human-scaleprinciple
the Sinatra test
emotion
the Velcro theory ofmemory
shrink the change
concrete
send destinationpostcards
find bright spotsdirect the rider
solution focus
black & whitegoals
script criticalmoves
help people grow use checklists
find the feeling
appeal to idenity
violate schemas
expose knowledgegaps
create mystery
Communications
stories
shape the path
build a culture
tweak theenvironment
create actiontriggers
designthinking
H+E Conceptual Toolkit
This is the alternative
The glass is half empty
The glass is half empty full
The glass is half empty fullshould be full.
The glass is half empty fullshould be full.
How can we fill it up?
This class is about connections.
Findingconnections
Understandingconnections
Makingconnections
making theinvisiblevisible
Seeingrelationships
and
systems
Where does it come from?How is it made?
How do you use it?How much? How often?
How do you think about it?How can you think about it?
Students learn from teachers.
Students learn from withteachers.
Here, we will learnwith each other.
“The goal is to be an expertcoming out, not going in.”—Bruce Mau
Assignment 1
Help us see whatthe future looks like.
What will or shouldthe futurelook like?
Assignment 2
Nausicäa of the Valley of the WindDirected by Hayao Miyazaki
ClassConduct
Attitude Matters
Guiding Principle:
RespectDiligenceFocusOpennessPatienceHonestyResponsibility
Expectyourselfto give it
Expectto receive itfrom others
THIS IS ASAFE SPACE
and, we’ll take it a step further and make this:
a ProfessionalEnvironment
Professionalism
Participation: what you contribute
Professionalism: how you contribute
Treat this class witha professional attitude.
“A professional is someone who can keep working at a high level of effort and ethics, no matter what is going on—for good or ill—around him or inside him.”— Steven Pressfield
Get in on time. Do good work. Be nice.
You need to do at least two.
Advice from Neil Gaiman
Strive to maintain a high level of engagement with the course material and your peers.
You are expected to treat this class seriously.
If during class time you are unduly distractedor being a distraction—or worse, a disruption, your professionalism portion of the grade will immediately be impacted negatively.
So, there will beno technology useallowed in this class*.
*If you absolutely must take notes on a computer, see the instructor and TA.
“There is a kind of fallout that happens when you leave college. The classroom is a wonderful, if artificial, place: Your professor gets paid to pay attention to your ideas, and your classmates are paying to pay attention to your ideas. Never again in your life will you have such a captive audience.”— Austin Kleon
Grading at a Glance
Projects Participation Professionalism Assignments
35%20%15%30%
Work Duringthe Semester
Written Assignments
3 Outside of Classroom Activities
Understanding Impact Project
Creating Impact Project
TopicsSystems Thinking
Frameworks for ChangeEnergy
FoodWater
Stuff/Waste/ToxinsBiodiversity/Biosphere
Wherewe’reheaded
What’s “wrong” with these pictures?
$6
And what should we do?
And now, systems...
ConnectionsBBC, 1978