Fieldnotes - Towards Complexity 101
Why are systems thinking and complexity so... complex? In this post I share one activity and 6 resources to help you to be more comfortable in the complexity of our world.
Sam Rye
Paying Attention to Signals
This is a fieldnote which attempts to articulate four ingredients which are mixing around in my head, all converging to inform the development of a platform to support environmental conservation groups.
Ending Well
Volunteer Impact is closing down after 6 years of exploring through entrepreneurial and academic paths, and being reborn with Conservation Volunteers.
Free Resource: Experimentation Field Guide
I'm delighted to announce the release of the Field Guide to Experimentation
which I developed for Monash University's School of Art Design & Architecture (
MADA [https://www.monash.edu/mada]).
Read the Experimentation Field Guide at mada.gitbook.io
[https://mada.gitbook.io/experimentation-field-guide/]
The field
What is Strategic Design practice?
Strategic Design practice is made up of a wide range of activities, methods and
tools, and is much less well articulated than the likes of Service Design.
This post draws on my original post from my Masters research project
[https://www.samrye.xyz/masters/], which used Systemic & Strategic Design
Return to the Fray
At the turn of the year I felt a strong call to return to work on biodiversity &
climate.
I'm delighted to say that at the end of the month, I will be rejoining
Conservation Volunteers [https://conservationvolunteers.com.au/] (Australasia's
largest conservation volunteering organisation), as
Towards Targeted Systems Change
Modelling and communicating how to shift systems
As I’ve written about in the recent past,
[https://medium.com/mdes-environmental-social-impact] I focused my recently
completed Masters of Design focused on a domain I’m particularly passionate
about — environmental issues.
This post aims to uncover some of the research, thinking and