“We are in a time when change is happening so fast that many people are uncomfortable about what the future holds and how to deal with it.” One thing we know, is that the way we did things in the past will not work in today’s world. We are more interconnected,...
Surfing like other complex tasks requires going with the flow and adapting to new situations as they emerge. Letting go and allowing some chaos into your life is essential for growth. In my book co-written with Rick Smyre Preparing For A World That Doesn’t...
Elegance in complexity is a concept that emphasizes the need to look for “access points” in order to help seed and evolve new capacities for a changing and dynamic society. If we are to become prepared for an increasingly complex and interdependent society; we need to...
by Neil Richardson & Rick Smyre Note: After several months walking around with ideas germinating from the Kauffman Foundation’s ESHIP Summit, we are more convinced than ever that cities and leaders seeking to make catalytic change need to embrace...
There was a fire burning. Five of us were in the woods hundreds of miles from our home. I was with a high school friend and the rest were strangers hunkered down in a camping hut on the Appalachian Trail expecting intense rain. Staring into the fire, in a state of...
