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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”  E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful If we find ourselves lost, retracing our steps to where feels familiar is not retreating;

Working with the uncertain and sensing the emergent has always meant starting before we’re ready. It means experimenting, being prepared to be wrong, and change direction. It means, sometimes, being willing to look foolish. There is an essential difference between being foolish and being stupid. Stupidity is a kind

This post brings together some of the strands I’ve been working on at Outside the Walls (on the disintegration of old systems), New Artisans (on the role of craft in a digital economy and the power of small-scale), and ongoing reflections on learning and power. It’s an accumulation

In my last post, I considered that we need to make haste slowly. To stand back a little and go back to first principles. What is really going on here? What can we learn from what has happened before? Are we really where we think we are, or are we

The times are urgent. We must slow down. Bayo Akomolafe If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb We seem to be suffering from an epidemic of urgency. Everything around us is geared, even unconsciously, to speed. Exploration plays second

Boundaries are not limits. They are guides, not masters. Crossing them is a choice. Staying inside the boundaries offers an illusion of safety. Painting our careers and lives inside lines drawn by others, guided by the hand of self-interest. Inside the boundaries, we are known, and it's very