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Reflections on creative social entrepreneurship, regenerative practice, the business of arts and culture, new economics and whatever else is emerging through my work and play adventures.
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What would have to be true? (opens the original)
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Every strategy rests on assumptions. Some are explicit, but many are not. This post looks at the importance of challenging assumptions and asking what needs to be true for this strategy to work. It’s part of a wider series on emergent and adaptive approaches to strategy making. Other posts in the series that you might like include:Stop Planning. Start Practising. Emergence: the untapped advantage of arts and culturePossi
Reader survey (opens the original)
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Hi thereI’ve had a flurry of new subscribers lately and I’d love to know more about you all :)I’d be really grateful if you could complete this three question Reader Survey. It will about 2 mins!Thank you so muchEllen<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1743187365355-e5d87369b1c1?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyNHx8dGhhbmslMjB5b3V8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzg3ODUxNjIxfDA&ixlib=rb
Stop Planning. Start Practising. (opens the original)
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Arts & culture should be leading the world in emergent strategy. Making art is an inherently emergent practice so it’s baked into our DNA. This post part of a series that explores what emergent strategy looks and feels like. Why deliberate planning still the default. And how might we claim and practise other ways of being that meet the challenges of our time.Five-year plans built around linear roadmaps feel like relics of the past. Yet I bet I’m not the only consultant being asked to support org
Where are you in the ideas landscape? (opens the original)
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I’ve just finished exporting some of the Mural board outputs from a recent idea development programme, and I was reminded of this exercise. You may find it useful for yourself, or when helping others navigate the messiness of idea development.Locating our ideasWe often talk about developing ideas as though it’s a linear journey, which of course it never isA spark becomes an idea.The idea becomes a concept.The concept becomes a prototype.The prototype is tested, refined and eventually implemented
Possible Futures. Practical Actions. (opens the original)
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We’re all being asked to make long-term decisions in a world that feels increasingly unpredictable.If you’re trying to make plans, support people, serve communities, secure funding, protect what matters, and imagine what comes next, all while the ground keeps shifting, this post and workshop offer is for you.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HqRS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2F
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