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Lecture at IESE Sold Out!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Admin

Humantific CoFounder, Elizabeth Pastor presented SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at IESE’s Graduate Business School in New York City last night. Elizabeth explained how Humantific has, for more than ten years, been working closely with business leaders in many industries who are engaged … Continue reading →

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Methods Mapping Coming Soon!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Admin

In concert with OPEN Innovation Consortium the Humantific InsightLab team has been working on a fascinating Methods Mapping Project in which 50 innovation process models have been analyzed using a new analysis framework developed by Humantific. OPEN Innovation Consortium plans … Continue reading →

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Humantific in Finland

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Admin

Humantific CoFounders Elizabeth Pastor and GK VanPatter will be back in sunny Helsinki Monday, Tuesday, February 6-7 giving a series of talks and workshop sessions for our friends at Aalto University School of Economics / Creative Industries Finland. Space is limited. For … Continue reading →

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VisBit 10: Democracy – Who is #1?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Admin

As the 2012 election season comes into full swing, it’s a good time to reflect on the state of democracy in America. How well do you think this country scored on the Democracy Index? Answer: Not great. The Democracy Index … Continue reading →

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A Portrait of Marin Launches!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Admin
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The Measure of America and Humantific team are delighted to announce the publication of the next chapter in the Measure of America Series: A Portrait of Marin. This Social SenseMaking project was initiated and funded by the forward thinking Marin … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Pastor Speaks at IESE

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Admin

Humantific CoFounder, Elizabeth Pastor will give a talk on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at the IESE Graduate Business School in New York City on February 2 as part of their Alumni Continuous Education Program. Elizabeth will talk about her work with … Continue reading →

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Occupy Reimagining Design

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Admin
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Humantific CoFounder, GK VanPatter was recently interviewed by Wycliffe Radum of Aalto University Design Factory in Finland. Wycliffe Radum: In the first CEB [Future of Innovation] conference in Helsinki, in September 2009, you challenged Aalto University’s designers to reach into the … Continue reading →

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Happy Everything Everyone!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Admin
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Happy Everything Everyone! See you in 2012!

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Visual SenseMaking Glimpse Rocks!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Admin
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Humantific CoFounder, Elizabeth Pastor taught a Visual SenseMaking Workshop at Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid on November 22. Open to the public and co-sponsored with IED’s Masters of Design and Innovation Program, this Glimpse session was designed to be … Continue reading →

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Acknowledging The Great Divide

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Admin

We were delighted to see President Obama touch on a theme that is near and dear to Humantific in his address to the nation last night from Osawatomie, Kansas. That theme, the continuing existence of what is being framed today as … Continue reading →

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Humantific at Telefonica Madrid

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Admin
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Last week, Humantific’s Elizabeth Pastor was rocking away in Madrid teaching two back-to-back workshops at Telefonica. As part of an introduction to Humantific’s Complexity Navigation Program, Elizabeth taught A Glimpse into Visual SenseMaking and A Glimpse into Upstream Challenge Framing. Both sessions … Continue reading →

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Visual SenseMaking Glimpse in Madrid!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Admin
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Elizabeth Pastor will be teaching a Glimpse into Visual SenseMaking in Madrid, Spain on November 22! Open to the public and free! This workshop is for you if: You are curious about Visual SenseMaking but not sure what it actually … Continue reading →

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VisBit 9: Mobile Phones – Who is #1?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Admin

If you had to take a guess at what country has the most cell phone subscriptions per person, what would that guess be? USA? No. Finland? No. China? No. Most cell phones per person…Answer: United Arab Emirates. USA is 83rd … Continue reading →

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VisBit 8: Life Expectancy – Who is #1?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Admin

Take a wild guess which country is #1 in Life Expectancy? Is it the United States? No way! When it comes to life expectancy, the United States is 36th out of 191 countries. With a life expectancy of 82.6 years, the people … Continue reading →

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Measure of America wins IIID Award

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Admin
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Humantific is honored to receive the International Institute of Information Design Award 2011! The Measure of America Series was selected as the overall category winner in the area of Social Affairs. This project has helped policymakers shape crucial policy and … Continue reading →

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