Tag Archives: change

The concept of change in the age of P2P and the Commons

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Michel Bauwens talks at TEDxHornstull, October 2011

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Occupy Wall Street, Swarm Behavior & Self-Organized Criticality

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

If you’ve been watching the Occupy Wall Street protests these last few weeks, you may be surprised by how quickly it spread from a small group of disgruntled youth in New York to a planetary mobilization that is now active … Continue reading →

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Seven steps to better brainstorming: Brainsteering

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Most attempts at brainstorming are doomed. To generate better ideas—and boost the odds that your organization will act on them—start by asking better questions. We call our approach “brainsteering,” and while it requires more preparation than traditional brainstorming, the … Continue reading →

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Using Digital Technologies to promote Inclusive Practices in Education – A Handbook

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read The purpose of the handbook is to provide educators with guidance on using digital technologies to promote inclusive practices in schools and colleges. Case studies have been chosen to illustrate the potential impact digital technologies can make by widening … Continue reading →

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University Education for Community and Social Change

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Despite the growing consensus on the critical importance of grassroots organizations, and despite this major investment and growth, the field of community and social change faces a mounting crisis of leadership.  There is a severe shortage of people who … Continue reading →

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The New Science of Leadership: An Interview with Margaret Wheatley

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Meg Wheatley was thrown into the public spotlight in 1992 with the publication of Leadership and the New Science, a groundbreaking look at how new discoveries in quantum physics, chaos theory, and biology challenge our standard ways of thinking … Continue reading →

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Teaching design for change

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

Teaching design for change Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She’s teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers’ minds and bodies … Continue reading →

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