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FCA Podcast 1: Does the difference in design comes from mindset and culture?

October 17, 2018

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Karen Lord

Chabela Maturana and  Leif Edvinsson make some new connections.

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Cycle 2 – week 6… “Forging a new way to do things…isn’t easy…Why?”

October 16, 2018

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Karen Lord

Taking part in prototype is a great way to test new thinking and different concepts. 

The focus we have for the 45days was to test Change Agency behaviours (the ones that help us find the new S curve / Paradigm). This has given me the opportunity to push into new areas...

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Cycle 2 – week 5… “Connecting the Dots …”

October 6, 2018

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Karen Lord

2hrs of focused energy, with tangible Change Agency actions. 

This was our 2nd event and we were joined by a couple of new people who added great value to the conversation, that was both thought-provoking and inspiring. Through enriching the dialogue, we shared new and...

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Cycle 1 – week 4… “Failure is only available to those who are invested in being right”….is a key learning

September 26, 2018

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Karen Lord

The key learning is merging (for me) during this 1stcycle…

  • Accuracy of the data– has enabled some very clear, open and direct dialogue with ease 

  • Choices- I am making new and highly productive connections through my learning. I am making clearer decisions with...

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Cycle 1 – week 3… “what are we prototyping?”…and how can we use this to help us work in the area of Mindset & Culture

September 24, 2018

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Karen Lord

Prototyping is a much-used word in the world of innovation. From cars to gaming, from housing to energy systems, it is a way of testing something ‘original’ and different from the prevailing paradigm. To find the new next thing…

This week I have been thinking about what...

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Cycle 1 – week 2… “if you always do, what you’ve always done”…learning how to disrupt ourselves?

September 20, 2018

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Karen Lord

I must say working with this is challenging…it takes courage to let-go of my ‘old’ thinking and learn a new way to engage differently. This approach really does hold up the unconscious bias mirror! What is now evident to me is both very thrilling and daunting is equal...

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Cycle 1 – week 1… an inside view

September 14, 2018

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Karen Lord

FCA 45-day Prototype (Week 1) has been a real eye opener for me. The data (Cultural Report, Profiles and our virtual event 1) has been amazingly accurate at mapping the disconnect in Mindset and Culture, which has begun to illuminate the unconscious biases with great s...

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A pioneering journey - Learning from future

September 7, 2018

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Karen Lord

We all know that the world is changing faster than ever, but is it changing for the better? This is a question the FCA is asking itself. Through our membership and associations the FCA has site of a wide range of innovations challenges in different sectors and countrie...

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Italy Telecom Future Center: BitWave won a special prize

June 11, 2015

Nicolas Simion , a young Venetian architect , is the winner of the contest "Innovative Interactive Tour on Italy 's Telecom Future Centre " sponsored by Telecom Italy and Art Laguna Prize .

The special award "Innovative Interactive Tour on Telecom Italy 's Future Centre...

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The first Expansive Conversation of FCA

February 24, 2015

Exapansive Covnersations are inspirational, fun and thought provoking conversations between people who are curious about learning to improve the human experience of innovation and solving complex problems. They have a common passion for finding the human Meta patterns...

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