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Tag Archives: Social Change
Measure of America wins IIID Award
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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Tagged Clarity not Simplicity, Humantific Wins!, Measure of America Rocks, Social Change, Social SenseMaking, Social Transformation
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Thoughts on THINK
Last week, the Humantific team took a field trip to Lincoln Center to see the THINK Exhibit. Sponsored by IBM in honor of their centennial, it showcases the tech giant’s many achievements in science, business, and everyday life, as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Innovation, Rise of SenseMaking, SenseMaking, Social Change, Social Innovation, Social SenseMaking, Social Transformation, THINK, Visualization
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How are People Really Doing?
In the effort to measure well-being, many organizations are looking past the Gross National Product and studying indicators such as education, health, and income. Since 2008, our friends at the American Human Development Project have been releasing national, state, and thematic … Continue reading
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Tagged Design 4.0, Measure of America Rocks, Social Change, Social SenseMaking, Social Transformation
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GK VanPatter at Aalto University
Humantific CoFounder GK VanPatter will give a talk on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at Aalto University Design Factory in Helsinki Finland, next week, Wednesday November 24. For more information contact: Wycliffe Raduma wycliffe.raduma (at) tkk.fi
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Tagged Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, Clarity not Simplicity, CoCreation, Conscious CoCreation, Design Research, GK VanPatter, History of Creative Intelligence, Innovation, Masters of Innovation, SenseMaking, Social Change, Social Innovation, Social Transformation, Transformation
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Mapping Markets for Good
Humantific and Liquidnet partnered to create Making Sense of Markets for Good which was presented and was on display at the SOCAP10 Conference in San Francisco, October 4–6. Markets for Good was designed to help explain the primary challenges and opportunities … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Storming & Gaming, Markets for Good, Social Change, Social Innovation, Transformation
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Measure of America 2010-2011
The second volume in the series, The Measure of America 2010-2011, Mapping Risks and Resilience is being published November 10, 2010 by New York University Press. Authored by Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps of the American Human Development Project, with … Continue reading
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Tagged ChangeMaking, Human Development Report, Measure of America Rocks, Social Change
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Markets for Giving Workshop
Humantific has been working with Liquidnet for Good and Global Giving to codesign a three day Markets for Giving strategic cocreation workshop that was codelivered June 23-25 at Liquidnet corporate headquarters in New York. Multinational workshop participants included thought leaders from numerous … Continue reading
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Tagged Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, Markets for Giving, Philanthropy, SenseMaking, Social Change, Social Innovation, Strategy CoCreation, Transformation
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Economix Dialogue
The Measure of America / American Human Development Report 2008-2009 continues to inspire dialogue regarding the many social innovation challenges facing the United States. An article written by Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps, co-directors of the American Human Development Project, … Continue reading
Portrait of Louisiana
Continuing to build on the success of The Measure of America, Humantific is again collaborating with American Human Development Project authors Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, Eduardo Borges Martins and Oxfam America to create a new specialized Human Development Report, this time focused on Louisiana. Based … Continue reading
Understanding Social SenseMaking
Garry VanPatter posts to the Social SenseMaking Group on Facebook explaining how 21st century SenseMaking and Social SenseMaking in particular differ from Karl Weick’s SenseMaking. “We consider Weick to be among the pioneers of the contemporary sensemaking movement. As you … Continue reading
