OH NO – NOT AGAIN! …WE RE-INVENT WHEELS… OR WE USE OLD WHEELS AND SLIP BACK INTO OLD RUTS DESPITE OUR AMBITION TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY IN THE DIRECTION OF SUSTAINABILITY
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS THE OUTER BOUNDARY OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY BELIEVE IS FEASIBLE IS STILL FAR SHORT OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY MUST DO AL GORE, NOBEL ACCEPTANCE, DECEMBER 10, 2007
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
WE NEED TO LEAP-FROG IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO LEARN TO DO THE SAME THINGS BETTER. WE NEED TO LEARN IN WAYS THAT HELP US LEAP – TO NEW INSIGHTS, NEW SOLUTIONS AND NEW EFFECTIVENESS. EVERY TIME.
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
WE NEED ‘TRIPLE-LOOP LEARNING’ WE NEED TO EXAMINE AND APPRAISE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT… – DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING … AND THEN DESCRIBE IT IN WAYS THAT MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO OTHERS – TRIPLE-LOOP LEARNING
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
PATTERNS ARE THE CLUE RECURRING PATTERNS OF THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOUR HELP US WITH THE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE LOOPS WHEN WE SEE OUR PATTERNS, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE THEM WHEN WE DON’T SEE THEM, THEY STEER US INTO OLD RUTS
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
MANY PATTERNS MAKE A PATTERN LANGUAGE WITH THE HELP OF A PATTERN LANGUAGE WE CAN… …GENERATE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS TO A GIVEN PROBLEMATIQUE CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER, A PATTERN LANGUAGE
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
HOW TO SPOT THE PATTERNS? A FORM OF EVALUATION CALLED A PATTERN LABORATORY ENABLES US TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS OF THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOUR… …THAT PREVENT US FROM ACHIEVING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IT’S NON-JUDGMENTAL AND THEREFORE NON-THREATENING
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
HOW TO MAKE PATTERNS ACCESSIBLE? DIFFICULT BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS WE NEED SOME ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IF WE ARE TO MAKE PATTERN LANGUAGES AVAILABLE TO ’EVERYONE’
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
WHAT IS NEEDED • A HIGHLY-QUALIFIED CONTEXT • MORE PATTERN LABORATORIES • PATTERN HUNTERS • PARTNERS/FUNDERS
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
CONTEXT
A HIGHLY-QUALIFIED CONTEXT FOR THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS, OF WHICH THE USER INTERFACE IS THE MOST COMPLEX.
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
MORE PATTERN LABORATORIES
OPPORTUNITIES TO RUN MORE PATTERN LABORATORY WORKSHOPS, TO ’MINE’ PROJECTS FOR PATTERNS
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
PATTERN HUNTERS
A TALENT FOR SYNTHESIS, AND WRITING SKILLS, ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BACKGROUND OR QUALIFICATIONS.
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS/FUNDERS
WE WORK OUT A PROGRAM AND BUDGET WITH MUTUAL BENEFITS.
LET’S LEAPFROG TOGETHER!
MARILYN MEHLMANN, GLOBAL ACTION PLAN INTERNATIONAL