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Who are you?
A colleague once called me "doer of many things". I am a student of change, of people, and of the material, physical characteristics of our worlds, including the ones we build for ourselves. I am immersed in science. I firmly believe that if curiosity killed the cat, at least she died knowing.
I started from an academic background in archaeology and the study of social complexity, and through a serendipitous chain of events moved to the study of human complexity right here and now.
I will never say no to a book, a walk, or some cheese.
What do you do for a living?
As a programme manager and consultant, I use the Cynefin Co frameworks, tools, and methods to help people make sense of the world so they can act in it through an interweaving of complex systems, natural science, narrative methods, and more.
In the course of doing that I provide teaching, training, support, analysis, communication, and much much more. I am also very active in the continuing development of our tools and methods, partly through being annoyingly contrarian.
What are you going to talk about at FlowCon?
The Estuarine framework!
The Estuarine Framework is many things all at once: a helper in making sense of a complex situation, a response to the question “but where do I start”, and a practical guide to putting key principles in action in pretty much any situation.
Of course, to place all that in context, I am also going to talk a bit about what complexity is, how it manifests, and why we need to do (some) things differently.
What are you the proudest of?
Growing out of my fear of public speaking, and getting to the point where I am excited to communicate new ideas to others, and see those ideas grow and blossom in their practices.
What speaker and/or topic would you like to see at FlowCon?
I was about to say Wardley Mapping, and then I saw that the schedule was already there ahead of me ;-) I think Alicia Juarrero would also make a very exciting speaker.
If you were an art piece, which one would it be?
A very interactive one! I’d be the kind of sculpture you need to play with, or set in motion, or even something you can climb and play around it, or perhaps something that you can use. I can’t imagine simply hanging in a gallery…
What's your favorite band, artist or song?
This changes so much, that I am going to share my most recent musical discovery instead (which is not new at all) - the song Ogundê by Os Tincoãs.
Sum up your session or workshop in only 1 sentence
We have to plan, but not so much that we stop exploration: my session talks about how and why to do that.
What are the 3 top takeaways from your session or workshop?
That is a bit of a spoiler – I definitely hope people will find their own takeaways! But in my own early engagements with the framework I am presenting, these were my own top takeaways:
- Focus on understanding how things are, not how we would like them to be
- You can always do something, even if it’s small. The most important effects and changes will happen indirectly, so we always need to
- monitor and adapt
A colleague once called me "doer of many things". I am a student of change, of people, and of the material, physical characteristics of our worlds, including the ones we build for ourselves. I am immersed in science. I firmly believe that if curiosity killed the cat, at least she died knowing.
I started from an academic background in archaeology and the study of social complexity, and through a serendipitous chain of events moved to the study of human complexity right here and now.
I will never say no to a book, a walk, or some cheese.
What do you do for a living?
As a programme manager and consultant, I use the Cynefin Co frameworks, tools, and methods to help people make sense of the world so they can act in it through an interweaving of complex systems, natural science, narrative methods, and more.
In the course of doing that I provide teaching, training, support, analysis, communication, and much much more. I am also very active in the continuing development of our tools and methods, partly through being annoyingly contrarian.
What are you going to talk about at FlowCon?
The Estuarine framework!
The Estuarine Framework is many things all at once: a helper in making sense of a complex situation, a response to the question “but where do I start”, and a practical guide to putting key principles in action in pretty much any situation.
Of course, to place all that in context, I am also going to talk a bit about what complexity is, how it manifests, and why we need to do (some) things differently.
What are you the proudest of?
Growing out of my fear of public speaking, and getting to the point where I am excited to communicate new ideas to others, and see those ideas grow and blossom in their practices.
What speaker and/or topic would you like to see at FlowCon?
I was about to say Wardley Mapping, and then I saw that the schedule was already there ahead of me ;-) I think Alicia Juarrero would also make a very exciting speaker.
If you were an art piece, which one would it be?
A very interactive one! I’d be the kind of sculpture you need to play with, or set in motion, or even something you can climb and play around it, or perhaps something that you can use. I can’t imagine simply hanging in a gallery…
What's your favorite band, artist or song?
This changes so much, that I am going to share my most recent musical discovery instead (which is not new at all) - the song Ogundê by Os Tincoãs.
Sum up your session or workshop in only 1 sentence
We have to plan, but not so much that we stop exploration: my session talks about how and why to do that.
What are the 3 top takeaways from your session or workshop?
That is a bit of a spoiler – I definitely hope people will find their own takeaways! But in my own early engagements with the framework I am presenting, these were my own top takeaways:
- Focus on understanding how things are, not how we would like them to be
- You can always do something, even if it’s small. The most important effects and changes will happen indirectly, so we always need to
- monitor and adapt
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