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just asking questions
"why are people on the street running away from my clipboard?"
josh martinez
i have always loved trying to understand systems, and the systems that built those systems. i spend a lot of time thinking about how to get there from here. I own/consult at futureemergent.com.
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the dehumanization machine
what to connect when you're disconnecting
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bouncing back
social programs just want a rubber ball
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cruelty always leaves a mark
why do those in power do so much to hurt the people at the bottom?
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talking to statues
what do you do when you get to the party and everyone's staring at you and also they want to take away people's rights?
start the future
tuning my message, pt. 2
dropping the new brand
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transitional leaders and me
on choosing new skills carefully
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the future of food banks
and the people who serve themselves first
start the future
let’s build a cooperative, step 5: conduct a feasibility study
Welcome back to my series on how to start a cooperative! This is a 10-step experiment moving from idea to launch. Step 1 covered the idea and brought together a team of cooperators. Step 2 clarified those needs into a potential business. Step 3 defined the vision and got our
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gathering at a conference
Only a few major decisions separate a boring conference from a spectacular one. When done well, a conference can feel like a real gathering of minds or a once-in-a-lifetime event. Gone a different way, conferences can be boring, unpleasant, a waste of time and money, even sad. The conferences I’
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flinch or fight
I drove to the gym this morning. I turned left onto the main road, taking the turn with cars behind me. A woman nearby was finishing her walk up a steep hill. She was looking down as she walked but raised her gaze to mine as I approached. I steered
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grafted ways of being
How do I perceive the world? My frame of reference is by default a colonial one. I often think and speak in English, which is a language not native to the land I live on. My parents and most of my family members are not white. We belong to many
