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Betty Astor (21 April 1905 – 1972) was a German film actress. She was born Berta Baesel in Germany.

Selected filmography
 Upstairs and Downstairs (1925)
 Should We Be Silent? (1926)
 The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
 Two Under the Stars (1927)
 The Green Alley (1928)
 Docks of Hamburg (1928)
 Folly of Love (1928)
 Hurrah! I Live! (1928)
 Love in May (1928)
 Who Invented Divorce? (1928)
 Once at Midnight (1929)
 Roses Bloom on the Moorland (1929)
 Masks (1929)
 The Third Confession (1929)
 Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930)
 Gigolo (1930)
 Shooting Festival in Schilda (1931)

Bibliography
 Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

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1905 births
1972 deaths
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
20th-century German actresses

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Success at the Paralympics
September 2, 2021 September 2, 2021 by Melissa Cassidy
New Zealand swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won yet another gold medal at a Tokyo Paralympics swimming event.
Pascoe fainted and vomited after winning the SM9 200m individual medley.
SM9 is a category in the Paralympics in which swimmers have severe weakness in one leg. An individual medley is a race in which each swimmer must use four different strokes of swimming: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.
This is the fourth time Pascoe has won a gold medal in the SM9 200m individual medley, and she says it will be her last.
Between 2008 and 2020, Sophie had already won eleven gold medals at the Paralympics. She also won seven silver and one bronze medal.
At the time of writing, this year in Tokyo she has won a gold medal in the S9 100 metres freestyle, a gold in the SM9 200m individual medley, a silver in the 100m breaststroke and a bronze in the 100 metres backstroke.
stroke: a style of swimming
yet another: a phrase that shows something happens again and again
faint: to suddenly fall down as if asleep for a moment
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Fragments of Impact - Launching a six-month UNDP/Cognitive Edge initiative into working with complex problems
Cognitive Edge and UNDP are together launching a unique initiative to engage with new ways of working on difficult problems in complex and fast-changing situations. The programme will last six months and a limited number of participants are being invited from across a variety of NGO and government groups.
Sign up now - email Anna Hanchar (Cognitive Edge) or Milica Begovic (UNDP Europe and CIS)
The new Fragments of Impact initiative will explore the boundaries of using Cognitive Edge's SenseMaker® software to work on intractable problems in uncertain, culturally-specific environments. The initiative is focused on:
generating fast feedback loops
capturing data on subtle changes in attitudes, behaviors and perceptions
bringing user-centered design methods to development work,
implementing projects with the realities of politics and power in mind
taking small bets and low-cost prototypes before committing large investments into multi year projects
Partnering with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Istanbul and building on a wide variety of projects with UNDP, GirlHub, IFAD, PRIME and others, participants will have extraordinary access to software, experts and a training programme, all while supporting current project implementation and attitude monitoring.
The initiative will support participants' current projects - improving local understanding and programme effectiveness - as well as developing innovative skills and capacity, including how to redesign project initiatives to reflect perception data coming from the field.
The programme starts with a two-day project definition seminar in Istanbul on 22nd-23rd June 2015.
Why join the programme?
In recent years, Cognitive Edge and its network of associates have worked in a diverse range of environments on issues such as nutrition, climate change, conflict resolution, culture and girl power - helping implementers and decision-makers to understand the environment, as well as the potential pathways of improvement. In some cases, that has expanded to monitoring and evaluating improvements over time.
Working in fast-changing, highly-specific local contexts is at the core of most NGOs and development organisations. In those situations, operating is difficult enough, but two elements become critical:
Understanding the initial situation
Monitoring for shifts in attitudes and perceptions
Fragments of Impact has three distinct phases:
Phase 1: Education and project building
The initiative starts on 22nd-23rd June 2015 with a two-day seminar in Istanbul, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme for Europe and Central Asia, covering:
Principles of complexity, micro-narrative research and SenseMaker®-based approaches
Field examples of SenseMaker® projects to date
Collaborative project design
Alternative routes for data collection
Collaborative framework design
Following the event, Cognitive Edge and UNDP will design and build a small number of frameworks for web and app-based data collection by participants in the ensuing months. These frameworks will cover all core concepts that participants have agreed. Additional customisation of frameworks is available at an extra cost (see below).
Phase 2: Project implementation and data collection
For the data collection phase of the project - running from July 2015 to January 2016, Cognitive Edge and UNDP will be holding fortnightly mentoring conference calls for participants and providing basic monitoring of incoming data. This is a critical aspect of the initiative and can require new approaches from project teams, so our mentoring is to help teams think through and implement a strategy for data collection - both continuous and snapshot.
Participants will be expected to contribute to at least one of the data collection projects, but may contribute to as many as are relevant for their work.
Phase 3: Analysis, sense-making and conclusions
In January 2016, a second two-day seminar will be held. This seminar will teach and mentor participants in using analysis tools on the narrative data collected, coach methods to develop evidence-based interventions and pull together conclusions and examples from the overall programme.
Working together with evaluation experts, we plan to write up results and produce papers based on participants' experiences of SenseMaker® use.
This is an opportunity to become a leading user of SenseMaker® and Cognitive Edge methods as part of a raft of projects - benefiting from shared knowledge and experience, economies of scale and mentoring from Cognitive Edge associates unavailable in normal projects. The initiative will bring together past practice with current theory and be an opportunity to develop practice-based examples of where SenseMaker® and Cognitive Edge methods can enhance current methods. The end result of this programme will be written up and published for public scrutiny.
The cost (per project)
Cost: $3,500 includes
The project cost represents great value - it covers the following:
Framework building and app/website production (usually $5,000)
Monthly software licences for the six months of the project (usually $2,400)
Mentoring (starts at $1,000 per month)
4 days of training on complexity, research and more (usually $4,300)
Academic input to the frameworks
Analysis and monitoring of the project
Participants will be need to fund their own travel and accommodation costs to the June 2015 and January 2016 seminars. Costs are per project, and participant projects are encouraged to send 2-5 team members.
Additional customisation/modification of signifier frameworks (e.g. additional languages):$2,000
To participate, or get further details, email Anna Hanchar (anna@narrate.co.uk) or Milica Begovic (milica.begovic@undp.org)
14 May 2015 13:48:14 | Applications, Cognitive Edge, Complexity, Events, SenseMaker
Catching up - Learning From Incidents slides
It's been an "interesting" few weeks at breakneck pace, so I'm a bit behind in putting things up. So, catching up bit by bit - here are the slides from the ESRC Learning From Incidents seminar at Southampton University on 15th October, along with some reflections from the morning.
Download 002 Learning from Incidents - Using SenseMaker®
I had to rush away after lunch - missing some sessions that looked particularly interesting that afternoon. But I was particularly struck by a couple of comments in the morning.
Firstly, that the toughest element of preventing incidents (by which we're talking power station problems and signficant events, not minor health and safety incidents) boils down to human beings and their biases and distractions. Again, the piece that strikes me is what I've talked about in other environments like financial services and national security - expecting people to report things that are out of the ordinary is a dangerous approach, doomed to failure.
People don't notice things - and in organisations, a gradual shift (in attitudes or dispositions in particular) is more difficult to spot. And the investment required by a whistleblower is too high to rely on (a separate post on alternatives to whistleblowing is long overdue).
Measuring compliance to some procedure or set of rules - the usual solution - is also a "lag indicator", i.e. it identifies problems after they've happened and become significant enough to notice. Measuring underlying dispositions instead is a "lead indicator", i.e. before they manifest in the dangerous actions we're looking to avoid.
The second comment, made by Professor Vaughan Pomeroy in passing, was easy to miss in so much interesting material, but strikes to the heart of an issue that's often missed.
Mention was made of "exercises" in which people were put through scenarios that were to resemble potential problems (meltdowns, crashes, etc). Much of the emphasis was being put on how to make them more lifelike, more likely to generate the adrenaline and cognitive problems of a real situation. But Prof Pomeroy commented that after such enactments the response was likely to be complacency or over-confidence in the team's ability to manage such situations. (I paraphrase poorly - I've waited too long to write this blog.)
Exercises - whether simulated crises as many organisations run (including the hostile media interviews I remember setting up in the past for senior colleagues) or military war-room exercises (and the in-field versions as well) - tend to make sure that they only exercise participants to the point of success, never failure.
Far healthier to push people past that to realise that full solutions are not always possible and partial failure may be inevitable. Failure - as Cognitive Edge have worked on with Singapore senior civil servants - is a better route to increase the likelihood of detecting problems early and adapting to recover.
(This whole subject also needs to include a resilience vs robustness debate, but there's only so much I'm prepared to throw into a single blog post...)
And for those who understand the "red-shirt" reference I made in the presentation slides, we are, of course, talking about the Kobayashi Maru or the Bridge Officer's Test.
For those at the event in Southampton - the following might also be of interest: a more academic paper on the narrative research approach I was describing.
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5 Nov 2014 10:52:18 | Applications, Cognitive science, Complexity, Conference references, Narrative , Organisational culture, SenseMaker
Washington DC - courses coming up in September 2014
Early bird discount's finished, but there's still time to book on the upcoming Washington DC Cognitive Edge courses - which would be highly recommended even if I weren't teaching with Michael Cheveldave. (I won't be there for the Narrative day on 2nd October, though - I'll have gone to Ottawa by then to work with Thomas Townsend on the Cynefin and Policy course)
29 Sept: Understanding Complexity - an excellent introduction to understanding the differences between simple, complicated and complex issues, including the different approaches needed for each.
30 Sept: The Cynefin Framework - getting deeper into tools to help people understand and act on big difficult problems. Building on the Harvard Business Review article, this day teaches tools that have been used in organisations as diverse as the European Commission, multinational telecoms companies and R&D departments of FMCG companies to bring diverse teams together in pursuit of corporate objectives.
1 Oct: The Organisation and Knowledge - from the science of how we make decisions to the social nature of knowledge-sharing, this day covers the practicalities of understanding what key elements of knowledge exist in the organisation and how to gain better advantage from them. Practical exercises extend to breaking silo mentalities and using complex facilitation techniques in all sorts of organisations.
2 Oct: The Use of Narrative - Understanding current narratives, shaping future ones and using narrative tools is an effective way of engaging with audiences, dealing with culture, customer experience and public engagement. This day is key for anyone whose job is communicating with audiences and changing behaviours.
So - if you're into strategy and resilience and how-do-we-prepare-for-an-uncertain-future, the first two days are essential for you. Ditto, if you're working in hotspots and complex environments as NGOs and development agencies do.
If you're after changing culture, Day 4 is a must, but I'd also recommend at least Day 2.
Audience engagement - whether the citizenry, customers, employees or aid beneficiaries - Days 2, 3 and 4 would be my suggestion.
Although I'd really recommend all four - get the full package.
12 Sep 2014 09:38:06 | Change, Cognitive Edge, Communications, Complexity, Events, Knowledge, Leadership, Narrative , Organisational culture, Recommendations, SenseMaker, Tools and techniques
Little pieces give flavour to a bigger narrative
I've added a new podcast to my already-lengthy list. It's another BBC one - this time a short 2-3 minute piece each day, summing up news stories of 100 years ago in the lead up to World War I. A few weeks in, and I've already learned plenty, but it highlights a number of key elements that resonate strongly, including some that came up last week in a conversation with a government group about how to build a bigger national narrative:
A grander strategic narrative is best built from smaller pieces that we know have resonance
Each day, a number of news stories play out - international diplomacy and alliances between Austro-Hungary and Germany, Russia and Serbia; domestic politics including the Suffragette movement and Home Rule for Ireland; little details that may add up to something later such as the red-trousered French army. The BBC have obviously chosen some stories for their progressive relevance to the bigger story they intend to tell, but also some that have resonance with the modern-day audience - such as the distrust of European immigrants (a lovely little cameo of courses being run to help immigrants to learn how to be more British - including "who should bow first on meeting").
This also allows for a diverse set of smaller, micro-narratives - including stories of failure and from non-authority perspectives - to percolate into the overall perception, without them coming in for undue focus. It gives a much richer, more realistic picture of events than a standard, streamlined, only-the-directly-relevant facts.
Actions are often interpreted through the lens of national deliberate action rather than from the actions of smaller, chaotic actors
The assasination of Franz Ferdinand was interpreted by hostile governments as being a deliberate attack by the Serbian government rather than the actions of a small group of non-state actors. As a result, denials were automatically dismissed (and only raised the international temperature higher) and reparations expected. The possibility that it might not have been deliberate was not entertained by anyone - and further accidents (such as an ambassador dying after a government visit) is interpreted through the same lens as another assasination.
Local, domestic stories trump far-away ones
In the UK (from whose perspective much of this podcast comes), news is dominated far more by domestic upheavals - trials and torture of Suffragettes, negotiations and threats around Irish Home Rule and potential mass labour strikes. The weak signals of upheaval overseas are missed entirely in this foreground focus. And when little elements are picked up they are easily dismissed - "in this contentious labour environment, we won't allow the Prime Minister to send our sons off to war."
Not knowing local history is a dangerous thing
June 28th had double significance in Serbia: according to the Serbian 19th century national identity founding myth, the Ottoman Empire defeated Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo with Prince Lazar slain in battle on that day in 1389, with Ottoman Sultan Murad I killed by Serbian knight Miloš Obilić. Then on June 28, 1881, a secret treaty between Austria-Hungary and Serbia is signed with Serbia earning the right to be recognized as a monarchy in exchange of surrendering its independence to the Habsburg Empire.
Knowing those two elements, it was probably not the best day for the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to be observing military manouevres and waving at crowds. (Although I wasn't previously aware that he was assassinated on the second trip of the day - going to the hospital to visit an aide who was injured in the first attack before leaving)
A steady rhythm of examples builds the overarching narrative
With this podcast, it's a short piece heard (almost) daily. And it's the accumulation of examples - some noticed, some inevitably missed - that allows the greater understanding of a bigger picture.
I'd strongly recommend the podcast, but if you get it, download all the past episodes and listen to them from the start to get the best experience of understanding built through the accumulation of micro-narratives.
21 Jul 2014 13:24:22 | Change, Complexity, Narrative
Longitudinal antibiotics
The other week I pointed out the initial voting to decide what the topic of the upcoming Longitude Problem was going to be.
The six possibilities were:
How can we fly without damaging the environment?
How can we ensure everyone can have access to safe and clean water?
How can we restore movement to those with paralysis?
How can we ensure everyone has nutritious, sustainable food?
How can we help people with dementia live independently for longer?
The public vote decided that Antibiotics is the one on which to focus:
In order to tackle growing levels of antimicrobial resistance, the challenge set for the Longitude Prize is to create a cost-effective, accurate, rapid and easy-to-use test for bacterial infections that will allow health professionals worldwide to administer the right antibiotics at the right time.
The results came out last week and the panel are now defining the exact scope of the problem.
And this morning's newspapers brought this not-unconnected story to underline the nature of the challenge:
Antibiotic resistance: Cameron warns of medical "dark ages"
2 Jul 2014 13:51:45 | Change, Complexity
Consulting on The Emperor's new clothes
I've noticed I have a tendency to dismiss certain approaches, particularly newer ones that may not have a decent body of theory based on good science behind them, as "the Emperor's new clothes."
For those who don't know the story, here's Danny Kaye to explain:
(Yes, that's a cheap shot to include a childhood favourite...)
Working in organisations, it's often the case that we see a new programme or project brought in that, to our professional eye, is doomed to failure or is based on little more than snake-oil. The temptation - reinforced by Hans Christian Anderson's tale - is to call our "organisational emperors" on it.
After all, the little boy in the story is the hero, isn't he? Pointing out what everyone else can see but refuses to admit? Seeing through the artifice to the nub of truth at the centre of it all? And, of course, he's right.
The little boy was naive to social pressures and niceties. That's what enabled him to say it. But what happened to him next? I suspect when he got home, words were exchanged and, depending on the specific culture, a clip round the ear.
If we see such things, we still have a choice to make. Ethically, it's not "should we point out the Emperor's dress decision" - we must, particularly if the consequences are serious. (I'm thinking particularly about consequences in healthcare, government policy, aid and development examples, but anywhere it applies to wide populations of customers, citizens, etc is true too.) The choice instead is "how should we tell them?"
As consultants, we have to be live to the consequences of such an announcement. The Emperor will not likely be thankful for the insight, the reaction to the news could be highly drastic.
One of the emphases that comes out of the complexity approaches is techniques that raise issues to the Emperor and his team that facilitates their own understanding. Telling them the problem, while it has value in certain circumstances from particular experts, is not universally effective. Instead, facilitating a team sense-making of their own situation allows them to own the problem, not feel threatened by being told something untenable and helps find a way through.
Many years ago, I recall working with a team of departmental leaders using metaphors from within the organisation. One metaphor talked about a family of dogs with a "new Mummy". At which point a loud voice from the director in question was heard: "Are you saying I'm a bitch?" Said initially as a joke, with various degrees of nervous laughter around the room. Then a sudden realisation "Do you know, I am a bitch. I have been." And the room collectively let out a sigh of relief...
There are, of course, some more oblique, safe-to-fail ways of helping bring people to awareness. Perhaps next time the Emperor goes out in his "new clothes", a strategically-place fan as he passes by might be enough to alert him to the possibility...
16 Jun 2014 11:24:48 | Communications, Complexity, Tools and techniques
London courses - Facilitation, Complexity, Narrative, Theory, Cynefin, SenseMaker
One week to go until the courses start in London. Details here
Dave Snowden and I are teaching Days 1-3, while Dave is doing Day 4.
The brochure is here - now get yourself together and I'll see you there!
9 Jun 2014 12:07:36 | Cognitive Edge, Cognitive science, Communications, Complexity, Events, Knowledge, Leadership, Narrative , Organisational culture, SenseMaker
Last chance for Toronto courses
This time next week I'll be heading for Toronto, where Michael Cheveldave will be starting the first Toronto course. Details are here - Toronto - 4 courses in May 2014
Last chance to book - there are still a handful of places available for each day. (Although fewer for the narrative day, so be quick)
6 May 2014 12:27:41 | Communications, Complexity, Knowledge, Narrative , SenseMaker
Getting more good results - while avoiding the "Best Practice" trap
The greatest obstacle to better practice, to better results and to better impacts is the temptation to replicated what has worked elsewhere. It's a huge temptation - reinforced by academic programmes, self-help books and conference presentations that focus on "Here's what worked somewhere else, here are the key characteristics and the process - repeat for similar success."
The problem crops up everywhere - in business, in personal life and, most pertinently in my recent work, in development work around the globe. Success in one area for one person/organisation does not mean that that success can be replicated elsewhere for others. (A few years ago, I recall talking with the World Health Organisation who felt that one of their greatest problems was Country Managers on their second deployment whose first deployment had been a great success.)
Next week in New York, I'm working with United Nations Development Programme who are determined to shift their thinking to something more effective. They've recognised that Complexity and Ecology sciences hold potential keys to what to do next.
With that in mind, we've got fierce minds in the room from a variety of disciplines:
Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard
Alicia Juarrero, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Prince George's Community College and author of the superb Dynamics in Action
Duncan Green, Oxfam GB's Senior Strategic Adviser (previously their Head of Research) and author of From Poverty to Power. Duncan blogs here - there's an excellent debate in recent days about the pros and cons of aid
Tim Allen, Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies at University of Wisconsin
Owen Barder, Senior Fellow and Director for Europe at the Center for Global Development. Owen blogs here and has written a diverse range of materials - I've just grabbed his running book on Kindle
Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Cognitive Edge. Dave blogs here - as most of you will already know!
John Parkinson, Current Head of Psychology School at Bangor University, who's focused on the interface between cognition and motivation
Giulio Quaggiotto, has just taken up a new post as Pulse Lab Manager for UN Global Pulse in Jakarta, but until earlier this year was Practice Leader, Knowledge and Innovation at UNDP Europe and the CIS. It's Giulio and his colleague Milica Begovic who have been the driving force for this whole event. Giulio blogs here and has blogged here as well.
The focus and thinking for the day is simple - the output and end-result may be tougher, but I suspect will be more cost-effective to implement, once the necessary mindshift has been made:
Results are not replicable in different contexts, but by looking at how natural ecologies evolve and what feedback loops, essential criteria and boundaries support locally-appropriate ecologies, new approaches to scaling development activity will mean culturally-effective variations can be developed.
Milica and Giulio have already blogged on this:
Innovation for development: Scaling up or evolving?
To make an analogy, Galapagos finches didn't get a memo one day instructing them to come up (or scale up) to 17 different beaks that will allow for a more efficient food gathering, but the different beaks in 17 different types of finches evolved through time and depending on where different finches lived and what type of food they eat.
In our practice, we are increasingly learning that to be effective, we need to spend far more time 'listening' and sensing where the system is and where it is moving to (some would call it monitoring), with constant probing (or prototyping) as a way to understand the issue better and inform our next move.
The evolving finch fund: Two early insights on scaling…and lots of work still ahead!
Our aim is to ultimately come up with a set of criteria that can spur the growth of development innovation activities without falling into the "replication of best practice" or the 'bigger, faster, cheaper' trap.
In the spirit of working out loud, and as we gear up for our get-together later this month in New York City, we'd like to present a quick update on where we stand in our thinking.
We have to acknowledge that there is still a major language barrier between the various disciplines and that translating multi-disciplinary insights into tangible criteria applicable to the "finch fund" will require a significant amount of honing. At the same time, we like to think that this is just the beginning of a process of finding a common vocabulary and set of metaphors that can help us move forward.
I'll be honest - I'm extremely excited about the day, and a little daunted by the intellects at play in the room. I'll let you know in due course whether I kept up - and with the help of some colleagues, we'll report back on some of the ideas and applications in due course...
17 Apr 2014 17:54:14 | Applications, Change, Cognitive Edge, Complexity, Events
Overstating the end-state, Obscuring the objective
I came across a glorious Churchill quote recently while reading Billy Bragg's The Progressive Patriot. It wasn't one I had heard before, but it sums up beautifully something that challenges many of the people I talk to - how to set direction and objectives for large numbers of people, many of whom have different perspectives on the world.
"Precise aims would be compromising, whereas vague principles would disappoint."
The context is important - this was in January 1941, where the immediate task of fighting the war was supplemented with setting a longer term direction for the world after the war. The War Cabinet were agitating for a vision of a new and better world than the pre-war status quo, in part to counter Hitler's promise of a new world order and in part to maintain commitment among the British population (to draw the parallel more explicitly with current organisations - to build their engagement)
It mirrors what I've seen in other places - the temptation to spell out the detail of a future utopia. (Ten years ago, I recall colleagues wanting workshop participants to imagine themselves in the future and spell out everything they sense.) But that is doomed to fail, because the reality always differs from the dream (assuming people don't simply dismiss the exercise and trot out what they think the facilitator/sponsor wants to hear) - and worse, if people have actually believed that their visions have a chance of coming true, the reality will discourage them. (In addition, if you are in an environment with an opponent or adversary, you will give them valuable intelligence in their fight against you.)
At the other end of the spectrum, vague principles are too abstract, too idealist and too misperceived. They're often inarguable - honesty, leadership and innovation are examples that come to mind - but mean different things to people in different environments and with different backgrounds. I'm also against abstract principles universally applied per se - while I'm all for innovation, I'd rather that the team in the salary department remain steady and uninnovative, while I think we are all leaders at one time or another, an organisation of all leaders all the time sounds like a nightmare scenario - chaotic in the extreme.
The alternative I'm exploring with people in different environments is setting direction (and boundaries) by using multiple diverse micro-narratives. We want "more stories like these and fewer like these" - it avoids absolute ideals and utopias while also explicitly indicating where the future does not lie. As a way of communicating to a diverse (and diversely-intelligent) audience it is more easily understood while, crucially, allowing people some leeway to exercise their judgment.
22 Jan 2014 17:58:31 | Change, Communications, Complexity, Narrative , Organisational culture
The Three ... Musketeers? Little Pigs? Stooges? Together in London
Further to yesterday's post about the upcoming courses with Cognitive Edge, diaries have worked out such that Washington DC (Details here) will be a two-handed affair with myself and Dave Snowden teaching, while London (Details here)will be a unique one - three different presenters: Dave, Michael Cheveldave and myself passing the baton at different points throughout the course.
Given the inevitable slight differences and approaches we all take to our various projects, it'll be a chance to get three perspectives on complexity, narrative and interventions. I doubt there'll be fireworks, but it could provide for some very interesting conversations...
The blogtitle comes from the simple act of Googling "The Three..." and watching what comes up. I'll let you decide which is most appropriate...
29 Oct 2013 14:54:23 | Cognitive Edge, Complexity, Events, Knowledge, Leadership, Narrative , Organisational culture, Recommendations, SenseMaker
Cynefin course
Two upcoming courses that I'd highly recommend - and not just because I'm helping teach them these days. I've recommended the Cognitive Edge courses for years, but this year has seen a major refresh of the content and approach to the material. It's a real combination of solid theory, exercises and practical examples - all spread over four days.
What's it about? Why should you come?
Never has there been a greater need to manage more things with fewer resources. To create organisations that are resilient under conditions of uncertainty requires new ways of thinking and acting. Those who stay within the safety of the old paradigm sooner or later fail.
For more detail, have a look at the brochure here.
But for those who can't take four solid days off, it's also possible to do them in 1, 2 and 3 day chunks as well, picking and choosing the most relevant elements for your specific area.
Washington DC course is next week - 4-7th November Details here
London course is 26-29th November Details here
28 Oct 2013 18:06:49 | Branding, Change, Cognitive Edge, Cognitive science, Communications, Complexity, Events, Knowledge, Leadership, Narrative , Organisational culture, Recommendations, SenseMaker
Understanding narratives - the reality of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency
Yesterday, the House of Commons saw some to-and-fro rhetoric between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition around counter-terrorism in the wake of the Algerian attack and its aftermath. It's important to recognise within the wide context of the news stories and the political analysis that at the personal level there are families across the globe now who have been robbed of sons/brothers/fathers/husbands - and they need support in what comes next for them in their lives.
In the Commons yesterday, there was an expected increase in rhetoric about the need to fight terrorism. The Prime Minister, towards the end of his initial comments, said:
"In sum, we must frustrate the terrorists with our security, we must beat them militarily, we must address the poisonous narrative they feed on, we must close down the ungoverned space in which they thrive, and we must deal with the grievances that they use to garner support. This is the work that our generation faces, and we must demonstrate the same resolve and sense of purpose as previous generations did with the challenges that they faced in this House and in this country."
In response, the Leader of the Opposition:
"In particular, the task is to understand the nature of the new threat, which is more decentralised and fragmented and takes advantage of the ungoverned spaces and security vacuum in parts of north Africa. At the same time, in its response the international community needs to apply the lessons of the past about the combination of diplomacy, politics and security required to help to bring about stability in the region."
"More broadly across the region, countering the emerging threat of terrorism begins with understanding it and talking about it in the right way. The work to deal with that threat will be painstaking: diplomatic and political as much as military; and collaborative and multilateral, not unilateral. Does the Prime Minister agree that we are talking about a number of distinct regional organisations, some using the banner of al-Qaeda and others not, rather than a single, centrally co-ordinated or controlled group? Each of these threats needs to be monitored and countered appropriately."
Taking the two areas of that on which I feel qualified to speak - the understanding element and the poisonous narrative. I believe one is essential and the other is a deeply misleading concept that blinds us to opportunities and threats.
Understanding the region, the people and groups within it, is crucial to undermining support. Having done some work with narrative research in Egypt the year before the Arab Spring, I can say with some confidence that underlying dispositions arise from small grievances and historical events - usually things that sit well below the radar of analysts sitting far away. It's the coalescence of common grievances and perspectives that tends to drive social movements, and these are only visible at the personal, the local level. It's why we gather experiences and narratives about day-to-day life, not grand events (although those can crop up in the material we collect).
For monitoring, it's more useful to watch for emergent clusters of narrative around common themes - letting the people on the ground tell you what is bothering them. Pre-defined categories and questions can be too directive - gaining us at best answers that fit within our previous suspicions, at worst allowing the people we're hearing the opportunity to give us the stories they think we want to hear. (cf The Hoaxing of Margaret Mead)
The poisonous narrative is a tempting but dangerous notion. It's also a simplistic one that is easier to fit into newspapers and popular discussion than a more difficult, more nuanced one. The truth - as I pointed out some time ago at a conference - is that there is no single terrorist narrative. There are many narratives - each one different in its inception - that, as people become part of the movement, is co-opted and shaped to fit a bigger motivation. It's an end-result after radicalisation, to my mind, less of an instigating motivation. In essence, one person's dissatisfaction with their life warps over time to become "the West is keeping me down".
To mistake the end-point as the motivation is deeply misleading.
There are other problems with this approach too. If we as observers approach the subject with the concept of a single narrative, we emphasis and activate our own cognitive biases - we go into the problem counting basketballs and risk not seeing guerillas. If we're looking for the early signals of rising dissatisfaction and potential radicalisation, a single narrative will blind us. We will miss the early warnings - but more crucially we may miss early opportunities, moments when small incidents addressed quickly will dampen down ill-feeling and dispositions towards violence.
If we see a single poisonous narrative, the temptation is to find a cure or a counter-narrative. And as Dave and I have both commented on in the past, this is a Bad Idea. There won't be a counter-narrative - but there may be multiple local narratives and thousands of micro-narratives. Countering and curing are both approaches that define something as negative and look for that which will eradicate it. Instead, by looking at all those different narratives, the better approach is to amplify some - through action, through diplomacy, through aid and, yes, through military options where necessary - and dampen others.
The approach instead is an ecological one - how do you encourage the plants you want in your garden, weeding out those you don't want early and while they are small. Wait until they've coalesced into something large and its roots are too deep to remove easily.
[At some point, I need to write that article on Gardening and Narratives - I've only been contemplating it for 20 months now. Elephants have shorter gestation periods...]
22 Jan 2013 18:44:42 | Applications, Communications, Complexity, Narrative , Organisational culture, SenseMaker
The motion of Heavenly Bodies
Busy writing proposals today - a series of workshops on leadership, collaboration and culture; an exploration of national attitudes in Africa; and a debate on the role of narrative in defence and military operations. Nothing if not diverse, but not much room to write a proper blogpost.
In the research this morning, however, I came across this Isaac Newton. A perfect piece for distinguishing between the Complicated world, where prediction and analysis apply, and the Complex world, which relies instead on understanding where the emergent patterns of a system might lead next. (And not just relying on a society being the summation of individuals...)
"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people"
11 Jan 2013 18:30:40 | Complexity
The weight of cattle - an extruded parable...
Whenever I'm lucky enough to teach (DC next week for anyone who's interested and Amsterdam in early February), one of the key points we cover on the Cognitive Edge Practitioner Foundations at the moment derives from James Suriowecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds". It's how when using large groups of experts the average answer is better than any single answer, iff: a) every respondent is knowledgeable about the subject; and b) answers are given independently, without seeing others' answers. The example is that of the "Guess the weight of the cow" at country/county fairs.
The essence is this - farmers pass the stall, assess the weight of the cow standing there, write their answer on a piece of paper, fold it up and put it in the box. At the end of the day, the mean of all the weight estimates is usually better than any individual guess.
It's one of the basic principles we use when running projects - getting lots of independent stories/feedback examples gives us a better picture than restricting ourselves to a small group. (Case in point is the current Bangladesh project, where we're gathering hundreds of stories from rural locations about sanitation.)
This week, however, saw the weight-of-the-cow story extended by the author of one of the books I recommend and then that extension broadcast on the podcast of another of my recommended authors.
The extension was by FT columnist John Kay, author of Obliquity, an approach I've mentioned before. The podcast was the BBC's excellent More or Less - hosted by Tim Harford (also an FT columnist and author of Adapt). The episode is entitled "The Parable of the Ox" and it's a must-listen, along with the conversation that follows.
The story continues - market opportunities are seen in guessing the cow(ox)'s weight. Then things start to spiral onwards - into profits and away from the ox itself:
A new problem emerged, however. Once weight-guessing competitions became the rage, some participants tried to cheat. They even sought privileged information from the farmer who had bred the ox ... Strict regulatory rules were introduced. The farmer was asked to prepare three monthly bulletins on the development of his ox ... Professional analysts scrutinised the contents of these regulatory announcements and advised their clients on their implications.
And onwards. And downwards.
The point is well-made and well-presented - in part because it deals with the real problem itself obliquely by using a parable rather than explicit messages/values/rules. A point that I will return to in due course.
For now, listen to the podcast. (And while you're at it, I'd recommend subscribing - the program is excellent at debunking statistics as used in the media and by politicians. A rational, scientific approach in a tabloid, headline-driven world...)
8 Jan 2013 15:43:10 | Complexity, Recommendations, Turning the tanker
Last chance to save on Cognitive Edge Amsterdam courses
Just a reminder - closing date for early bird registrations (up to €1200 off the combined Foundations and Advanced courses) runs out on 31 December 2012...
Amsterdam in February 2013 - Foundations course (with free full day on SenseMaker) 4-6th February and Advanced course 7th-8th February.
27 Dec 2012 10:47:00 | Cognitive Edge, Cognitive science, Communications, Complexity, Knowledge, Leadership, Narrative , Organisational culture, SenseMaker, Tools and techniques
Early bird prices on Cognitive Edge course - save €600 on both Advanced and Foundations courses
I'm teaching on behalf of Cognitive Edge this week in Boston - the Practitioners Foundation course that I was recommending to all and sundry years before CE asked me to start teaching it myself. It's still a great course:
"exceeded my expectations, re-kindled a lot of ideas and opened me up to possibilities ... stimulating on so many levels"
One of the difficulties is defining who will benefit from the course - truth is everyone will, as its underpinning is around techniques to address complex situations, "wicked" problems and uncertainty in organisations. It's a mixture of theory, with practical approaches that embed the theory and give participants tools to use as soon as they return to the office.
Last time in London, we had communicators from the financial sector, consultants to large corporates, evaluators from development and health sectors, developers from telecoms and more. Diverse people, diverse issues...
It's being run again in Amsterdam in February 2013 - Foundations course (with free full day on SenseMaker) 4-6th February and Advanced course 7th-8th February.
Early bird registrations are available until 31st December, so don't loiter. (It's possible to take over €1200 off the combined price of the two courses, if you get the right combination of people together in time...)
10 Dec 2012 10:39:00 | Cognitive Edge, Communications, Complexity, Narrative , Organisational culture, Recommendations, SenseMaker, Tools and techniques
Boston Foundation course coming up
I had a blast last week in the Docklands, teaching first the Cognitive Edge Foundations course then teaching with Dave Snowden the Cognitive Edge Advanced course. There's one final chance to catch both courses in 2012. (And before any possible revamps of course materials.)
11th-12th December in Boston, MA - I'll be teaching the Foundations course
13th-14th December - Dave'll be teaching the Advanced course
There are a few spots available on both courses, but better be quick - last week in London, the room was at capacity...
29 Nov 2012 08:11:49 | Cognitive Edge, Complexity, Narrate news, Narrative , Organisational culture, SenseMaker
First, do no harm...
In recent months, I've been lucky enough to work with a variety of people dealing with problems and situations that are highly complex. In these environments, it's not possible to boil issues down to a root cause and plan an ideal solution. (Something that jumped to mind this morning as I got annoyed listening to the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 - an interviewer responding to an interviewee talking about the difficulties of a situation: "that's hardly the ideal solution". The very concept of "ideal solutions" is hopelessly misguided in complex situations - overly simplistic and damaging in its drive to make people come up with ideal solutions to real-world problems.)
The real solution is to come up with multiple actions and activities within the complex environment that allow us to learn about what is going on - and to see elements that we can take advantages of. Essentially, it's an "exploration" of what happens when we interact with the situation.
I always recommend that people use whatever language allows them greatest leeway in their organisation - for some it's "pilot", for others "probe" or "experiment". The emphasis is away from "fail-safe plans" to "safe-to-fail probes" - to use Dave Snowden's language.
I have noticed, however, that there's often a strong reaction to that language: "safe-to-fail." The responses are usually "we can't fail" or "failure is never safe".
I get that - I understand people's reaction to that language, but it goes get in the way of the concept. If you can't be seen to fail, then you cannot, by definition, do anything new and untested, let alone be truly innovative.
The truth is you can be safe-to-fail, in fact you have to be. The key is usually to design actions/probes/pilots that are small enough and tangential (cf my post on Obliquity) so that if/when they fail, they do no harm.
It's actually remarkably easy, if you've got diverse perspectives working together on the problem and you're working at a granular enough level.
For example, I sat watching a group looking at intervening in a natural disaster situation - extremely effective, intelligent people coming up with interventions that would be "safe": funding local villages to find their own water (on the basis that they may know about natural resources, but didn't have the wherewithal to transport it). All their action plans were at a fairly high level.
I resisted getting involved as long as I could, letting them work through the problem on their own, but it became apparent that a lack of diversity was trapping them in their standard models. Instead, I suggested, how about putting in three simple wooden noticeboards in the centre of each village, along with a camera and printer - one noticeboard for pictures of the missing, one for pictures and contact details of people who were still alive and one for those confirmed dead.
Immediately, they shifted perspective - this was safe-to-fail but at a far more local level than they'd envisaged. But they recognised a) it was safe - what harm could it do? b) if it succeeded it had a number of benefits - a "honeypot" to draw local villagers to a place they could be engaged and c) the resources required were tiny. And it would also give them a useful monitoring tool for the situation - no great numbers, but a sense of what was happening.
The upshot is that, for all the fear of the "f-word", safe-to-fail probes are relatively simple to produce:
Make them low-resource
Make them situation-relevant (much easier if you have narrative material coming in)
Monitor them
Increase the diversity of people looking at the problem
19 Nov 2012 17:01:47 | Ah-Ha! moments, Cognitive Edge, Complexity, Recommendations


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Home Board index Topical Discussion Visions & Suggestions
Opening up the western end of Adelaide Railway Station
Ideas and concepts of what Adelaide can be.
potsandpans
#1 Post by potsandpans » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:11 am
With the development of the Biomedical Precint on North Tce, I think it would be great to open up the western end of Adelaide Railway Station as an Entrance/Exit for the station. I'm thinking stairs and escalators leading to a newly constructed pedestrian bridge that runs parallel to the Montefiore Rd bridge over the railway tracks. Does anyone know of any plans for something like this?
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Re: Opening up the western end of Adelaide Railway Station
#2 Post by Norman » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:00 am
There are no public plans for anything like this at the moment. The biggest chance we have of getting better access to the station will be when the underground loop is completed.
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#3 Post by rev » Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:05 pm
The 'plaza' area/drop off area in front of the Intercontinental is run down. The Riverside Center could be demolished and a public plaza built that has eateries/cafes with access to the station underneath...?
PeFe
#4 Post by PeFe » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:20 am
Martin Haese proposal
From the 'Tiser
Lord Mayor Martin Haese endorses Adelaide railyards site for proposed new multipurpose arena
An artist's impression of the proposed multipurpose Adelaide Arena at its intended location.
ORD Mayor Martin Haese is endorsing the city railyards as a site for a proposed multi-use arena, which would house concerts, entertainment and major sports.
A site south of the River Torrens, west of the Morphett St bridge and north of the railyards is being examined as part of a business case being prepared for the ambitious arena.
It is understood this would involve building over an existing carpark and extending over the railyards — similar to an arena planned for Brisbane's centre — with tunnels underneath for trains.
The Advertiser last month revealed another site in the Riverbank precinct, north of the Torrens and west of Montefiorie Rd, was being examined for the proposed concert, event, soccer, tennis and basketball arena.
Mr Haese, the outgoing Lord Mayor, told The Advertiser: "My personal opinion is that building over the railyards has merit and could prove to be an efficient use of space. It also substantially reduces the impact on the Parklands."
The business case has been commissioned by the Adelaide Venue Management Corporation, which operates the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Hindmarsh Stadium and Adelaide Convention Centre.
The latter is on the opposite side of the Morphett St bridge to the proposed railyards site. Arena costs and concept designs are being prepared.
One option involves selling off the Entertainment Centre for commercial use, potentially a new shopping centre, and using Hindmarsh Stadium for housing.
Full article : https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou ... da8337f008
#5 Post by bits » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:41 am
Isn't the new uni buildings blocking that?
Perhaps it is behind them and that picture just omits showing them.
bits wrote: ↑
Yes you're right. That render uses the space before the Uni of South Australia building was constructed, so they should really re-do the render....the proposed Adelaide Arena would not fully visible from North Terrace, it would actually be a building that "fronts" Morhett St bridge.
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#7 Post by RetroGamer87 » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:13 am
PeFe wrote: ↑
With buildings fronted on both sides you wouldn't know you're on a bridge. It would be like a small scale version of what Atlanta did, raising the street level to match the level of bridges over a railyard.
#8 Post by [Shuz] » Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:17 am
Or closer to home, what they've done with Southern Cross Station and The Age buildings on the Batman's Hill / Collins Street bridge over the railyards in Docklands Melbourne.
#9 Post by potsandpans » Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:38 pm
Yes exactly like this Shuz! Southern Cross Station has both ends opened up, I think the same could be done in Adelaide.
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Holding the coconut seed nut is Priscilla Gathiga CEO MESPT, while next to her is the chairman MESPT's board, Mr. Muriithi Kagai and looking on are officials from KEPHIS, KARLO, Coast Development Authority as well as the Agriculture Food Authority and the Association of Women in Agriculture - Kenya.
The first consignment of imported hybrid coconut seeds docked at the port of Mombasa from India recently. This initiative has been funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) through the Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT); a leading development organization in Kenya in partnership with Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS), Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO) and other government bodies.
This is a notable milestone after years of growing only two varieties of coconuts: the East African Tall which has been in production since the introduction of coconut growing in the country with no improvement at all in terms of research and the Dwarf variety mainly planted for ornamental purpose and tender coconut water. The East African Tall variety has over the years been grown for commercial purpose and its optimal production and productivity have not been realized due to inadequate research.
The trend in other coconut growing countries however has been the introduction of improved hybrid varieties of coconut mainly imported from India. The hybrid coconuts have been tried and proven to perform very well in other countries and hence the reason why efforts have been made to have them in Kenya. The Kenyan government successfully established a bi-lateral protocol with India, for importing the hybrid coconut seeds into the country with the involvement of KEPHIS and other government bodies.
This initiative was started five years ago by MESPT after the organization interacted with Asia Pacific coconut community at a conference in Kochi India. Over time, the idea has attracted various partners that include: KALRO, KEPHIS, Nuts and Oils Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and the county governments within the Coastal region. MESPT has supported the coconut value chain among other commodities for more than thirteen years hence appreciates the opportunities and challenges associated with the value chain. The organization was instrumental in the formation of the Kenya Coconut Development Authority which has since rebranded to Agriculture Food Authority (AFA).
A total of 6,000 nut seeds that are now in the country will be planted in 120 acres of land. All seeds will however be under the care of KALRO Matuga for planting and subsequent trial for performance observation. After six months of successful observation, the seedlings will be distributed to small holder farmers who are expected to reap the benefits within two years. This is a big relief for the farmers and they no longer have to wait for 5-7 years before reaping the benefits of growing coconuts.
The imported hybrid coconuts are more superior to the existing Indigenous East African Tall variety in terms of quality and quantity. The hybrid coconut for instance has higher annual yield, its maturity period is shorter (half the maturity period of the East African Tall) and its copra production per nut is equally high – an indication that it's set to revolutionize the coconut sector in Kenya. This is truly a great milestone towards the journey of developing the coconut industry in Kenya.
Coconut is one of the crops along the coastline with a great potential of contributing towards improving the livelihood of the people in the growing belt. This is due to the long coconut value chain enabling the production of over 100 different coconut products. The products from coconut are both edible and non-edible. It also offers raw material for several agro-industrial activities.


Ji Ho Choi, "Our Deepest Condolences to Haiti"
Letter from the President of the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) to Haiti.
I hope that you and your family are well enough to read this e-mail.
On behalf of all PATU family and friends, I would like to extend our sincere and deepest condolences to you and your family, our friends in Taekwondo, and the people of Haiti during these difficult times of sorrow and hardship caused by devastating earthquake that was upon you on yesterday.
As I reflect, I was genuinely excited and motivated when you called me in last November to discuss the 1st organization of the Haiti Open in Port of Prince in coming April of 2010. I was also extremely happy to hear your report of the successful completion of Taekwondo developmental program under Olympic Solidarity Program in the beginning of past December. With this ongoing momentum of your profound leadership, PATU was planning to assist Haiti with all necessary supports to further develop our sport in your island.
It is without a doubt a huge shock and disappointment to all of us for what nature has done to the beautiful people of Haiti. Our heartfelt prayers are with you during these times of grief and distress. We wish you a fast yet safe recovery from this painful experience and all damages caused by this earthquake.
We are here ready for you to help with any and all your needs for a quick recovery.
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With Confidence - An Interview with Josh Brozzesi
We caught up with Josh Brozzesi of With Confidence at Slam Dunk Festival to talk about festivals, bands he loves, the manchester attack and who is real life Voldemort...
Kate: Hey guys, welcome back to Slam Dunk Festival! One year later, and a bigger stage… how are you feeling about these performances this weekend?
Josh: Hey! I'm feeling really good. I think last year we had no idea what to expect and we were little babies just chilling outside of Australia for the first time. We did Japan on the way over and some shows with As It Is, but they were some of the first international shows we've ever done. Just having people care and show up, jump along, and sing along was really nice to see. We've done some side shows and they've been going down really well. I watched our friends play the same stage last year like Roam and As It Is, The Story So Far and the crowds were insane. I remember this room in particular having great sound so I have pretty high expectations. I'm hoping these shows will be some of my favourites.
K: Any bands you're excited to see over the weekend?
J: Yes, yes! I have a list of about 30, Against Me! is one of them, Don Broco who we just toured the US with, amazing! Seaway, Deaf Havana, Like Pacific, Trophy Eyes, The Maine, Boston Manor, Citizen and Turnover.
K: A full scale variety then?
J: I love all kinds of music, that's why I love this festival!
K: I mean it started out as a pop punk festival back in 2006 but it has branched out.
J: Yeah, you've got guys like Stray From The Path and Frank Iero, I mean you'd never expect Frank Iero.
K: Hailing from Australia, how would you say UK shows compare with those back in Australia?
J: They're very similar, I've found between the UK, US and AUS people kind of know what songs are the energetic ones. What songs to jump in and run around to. I love that over here people are so vocal, constantly shouting things out. Glasgow they love their chants. We lost a bet a few nights ago and had to play 500 Miles there and it was just a good time. I think over here you all just love to have a good time.
K: If you had to say, who is the better crowd?
J: It's so tough, I feel like Australia is always great because we're at home and we're surrounded by our friends. I mean the US shows were some of the biggest shows we've ever played with State Champs though, that was one of my favourite tours we've ever done. US tours are always so long like you're doing about 35 dates often, two months pass. I think US is just my favourite market at the moment, but I think it's the variety that makes it so great. I just love playing to all three really.
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K: You're currently on a co-headliner with Set It Off, how has this been so far?
J: It's been really good, I know we just headlined in March and I feel like people are like "Oh you're already back", but so many people go hard like crowd surfing and mosh pits. So many familiar faces, it's nice to see. It's nice to see people supporting us after two months, we've just done a signing and so many kids came down.
K: In light of what happened on Monday in Manchester, you guys still decided to continue with your show in the city on Thursday, despite other bands cancelling their shows. Was this a difficult decision?
J: Honestly, no. We got a call from the promoter asking 'Do you wanna go ahead? How do you feel? How do the other bands feel?' and we felt like we were going to play the show no matter what. We understood some people wouldn't want to come and that's fine. Of course you might not feel like leaving the house, we knew Manchester was hurting but we also knew that some people would feel a lot better if they could go and do something and they had that option. We just wanted to give people the option. Any kind of terrorism and acts like that of violence that try to control you with fear is something we don't like to see, it's disgusting. Attacking a concert where everyone is so young, where the audience are so young it's disgusting. It's just plain wrong. We thought the best way to go about it was to be like "fuck you" and just play a show. We're just totally against this, we just want love and peace, good vibes.
K: When writing Better Weather, what were your biggest musical/lyrical inspirations?
J: Just life experience, mainly the last two and three years, coming out of school awhile back and just dealing with life. I think all through school you have a sense of direction and everything all planned out. You just kind of drop out and think "shit what do I do?" I feel like a child now still at 24 like even in school I didn't know what I wanted to do. We also had a lot of friends go through depression and mental illness, experienced it ourselves even. I think that was something that came through the album a lot without it intending to. It's really cool that we can put something out and people can say it helps them, they don't feel alone and it's something a few people are going through. With it being a poppy record it can be put on and have in the background, it's not too serious.
K: What does the rest of 2017 have in store for With Confidence fans? Will you be writing any new material in the new future?
J: A lot, I think. It's been the busiest 12 months of our lives. I think we've spent about 9 or 10 months touring. I think we're going to try record album two before the end of the year because we've been writing a lot. Definitely more touring. I'd say we're probably going to try come back to the UK, we love it here so we're going to try come back.
K: Is the new material going to take a new direction?
J: It's hard to tell right now because it's still early days. I think it's already being taken somewhere different. All our favourite bands have always progressed and matured as they went a long and even thinking back to when we started the band, I was like nineteen almost twenty and we were writing about completely different things- we were such different people. I feel like as we grow our music is going to change but it won't be anything too radically different- just like my favourite bands Kings Of Leon, Coldplay and definitely Paramore who always change it up and do something different. I've heard some of the new Neck Deep stuff and they've definitely changed it up with Sam Carter from Architects and a few slower tracks. I don't know, I think the best bands are never afraid to see where the writing goes and for us it's never planned, we just write how we feel and it's very organic and it's very much just "How's it fitting together, how are we going to make this cohesive, how're we going to make this an album".
K: Having a song called 'Voldemort', it was hard to resist, we know Voldemort is the fictitious bad guy in Harry Potter, but who is your real life equivalent?
J: Who's the big bad guy in the world? Donald Trump definitely, we fucking hate Donald Trump. Anyone who's gonna alienate and isolate people over something they can't control, he's a scumbag and just had dirtbag policies. I think we all kind of swing towards the left a little bit as well, we had the divide between the rich and poor especially when we see that in some countries more than anyone's. Anyone who's going to alienate people for their race, sexuality or gender... we hate that shit, it's not welcome at our shows. Our shows are a safe place, that's why we wanted to go ahead with that show after Monday, it's just a place that people can be together and not have to worry about things like the shit they're going through because I mean we're all going through shit I don't know we just want to give people an hour to have a good time and come out of it in a great mood.
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Contemporary Native American Easel Art
Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art [SOLD]
Suzanne Abel-Vidor, et al
Subject: Native American Easel Art
Item # C4191M
Date Published: Hardback with slip cover, first edition, 1996, oversize
Size: 304 pages, beautifully illustrated. New.
VISIONS + VOICES—Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art
Edited by Lydia L. Wyckoff
Publisher: Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
Hardback with slip cover, first edition, 1996, oversize, 104 pages, beautifully illustrated. New
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NATIVE AMERICAN PAINTING of the twentieth century has its origins in the decoration of prehistoric pottery, clothing, wood, and hide objects, and in pictographs and petroglyphs painted or inscribed on rocky hillsides. After Native contact with European Americans, Indian art absorbed influences from white culture, and the materials used for painting began to include paper, inks, pencils, and commercial pigments. Although we sometimes think of Native tribal culture as a single, monolithic civilization, in fact Native cultures existed on the North American continent in an astounding variety. Both before and after the arrival of the Europeans on the continent, tribal groups traded ideas and resources among themselves and this too influenced the development of their art.
As an ever-growing tide of European-Americans expanded westward, Native American cultures entered a period of rapid and often violent transition. Painting that once had served decorative or record-keeping functions, or had betokened status or personal history, now took on a new set of functions: it preserved the past in nostalgic ways, it taught Native youths about their heritage, and it embodied messages about the experience of Native life in modern multi-cultural America.
The 484 paintings shown in this book, all from the collection of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reflect many major influences on Indian art. From a ledger-style painting of the Battle of Little Bighorn (c. 1892) to a canvas that expresses a Native view of the Vietnam War (c. 1971), the range of imagery is amazingly broad.
The text of the catalogue section of the book comes primarily from the actual words of artists represented in the collection, and those of their friends and families, gathered through interviews. Together, these narratives and the beautifully reproduced body of paintings tell the fascinating story of Native American painting in modern America.
Among the Native American artists represented in the Philbrook Museum collection and this publication are: Narciso Abeyta, Cresencio Martinez, Jose Vicente Aguilar, Julian Martinez, Spencer Asah Waldo Mootzka, James Auchiah, Stephen Mopope, Fred Beaver, Gerald Nailor, Harrison Begay, and Tonita Pena.