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"Liberating Structures" adaptable methods to change how a group interact and work together- Plexus Institute webinarLiberating Structures [LS] are twenty-five (and growing) easy-to-learn, adaptable methods that make it quick and simple for groups of people of any size to radically change how they interact and work together, and thus how they address issues, solve problems and develop opportunities. These ...
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Lift conference - what can the future do for you?Lift is a series of events built around a community of pioneers who get together in Europe and Asia to explore the social implications of new technologies. Each conference is a chance to turn innovation into opportunities by anticipating the major shifts ahead, and meet the people who drive them. ...
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The Three Ecologies - Félix GuattariJust as rare species are disappearing at an alarming rate, so whole areas of human thought, feeling and sensibility are becoming extinct through the power of an infantalizing mass media and the social exclusion of the old, the young and the unemployed. Extending the definition of ecology to ...
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A Ghanaian Farmer and the Value of Information - World Wide Web FoundationMost people speak a very good English in Ghana, in addition to their local langage (e.g. Akan), but few people can read administrative or technical english for instance, with long sentences, acronyms, or lots of numbers mixed with text in long paragraphs. It is therefore very important that we ...
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Sustainable industrial system: education and research contributionsOur industrial system has been responsible for raising the quality of life of peoples around the world. It is becoming increasingly clear however, that the current system is creating unintended and serious consequences for the environment at a global level. Change on a significant scale is ...
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The Pro-Am Revolution - How enthusiasts are changing our economy and societyFrom astronomy to activism, from surfing to saving lives, Pro-Ams - people pursuing amateur activities to professional standards - are an increasingly important part of our society and economy. For Pro-Ams, leisure is not passive consumerism but active and participatory, it involves the ...
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Social Innovation Camp - social innovations for the digital ageSocial Innovation Camp is an experiment in creating social innovations for the digital age. We think the web and related technologies hold huge potential to change some pretty fundamental stuff: how people hold those in positions of power accountable; who they rely on to provide the services ...
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Changing the Social Ethos is the KeyI envision a sequential and incremental process, whereby increased social insurance generates a change in citizen preferences in a solidaristic direction, which then induces still more social insurance through the democratic process. This is the process, I conjecture, that brought Europe, and ...
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New Skills for New Jobs - Staff Working PaperThis staff working paper accompanies the Communication on ‘ New Skills for New Jobs’. It presents the empirical and theoretical evidence upon which the policy messages of the Communication are based. Section 2 provides a first assessment of the skills and labour market needs of the EU up to ...
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Strengthening Local Self-Governance through Community UnionsGovernments are beginning to decentralise some political, fiscal and/or administrative responsibilities to lower level governments and to the private sector. The process is particularly widespread in developing countries, often for different reasons: * In Africa due to the advent of ...
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