by Amanda Reeves | May 13, 2022 | Field notes
Evidence-based practice is the gold standard, but it cannot help in uncharted territory. Working in simple or complicated problems, using evidence-based practice is a no-brainer. But when we try to apply it at the systems level, the wheels start falling off. We fall...
by Amanda Reeves | May 11, 2022 | Field notes
All facilitators have a favourite basic diagram they instinctively draw in times of need. For me, it’s the 2×2 – simple, elegant, endlessly applicable. When I woke this morning to the realisation I needed to radically redesign my content strategy to...
by Amanda Reeves | May 9, 2022 | Field notes
As a futurist who helps uncover blind spots, I appreciate the irony of having acquired one. 6 days ago I woke up with migraine. This fairly common occurrence came with a new (for me) feature: a visual disturbance in one eye. I realised there might be an issue when I...
by Amanda Reeves | May 7, 2022 | Futures 101
Every decision we make is informed by our beliefs about the future. Most of us don’t have many tools for considering and describing what we think the future probably looks like. For teams leading change to create a new future state, this can be a real problem....
by Amanda Reeves | May 6, 2022 | Field notes
Just because you can’t single-handedly flip a system doesn’t mean you have no impact. Most calls to action on climate focus on one of 2 things: Make individual changes to your lifestyle that you have complete control over (the BYO KeepCup school of action)...
