Creating Small Actions for Profound Change

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Color Stump Pattern 

Image © Alice Merkel on Flickr

Curt Lindberg, Learning and Science Officer, Plexus Institute, teaches leaders to make large change by encouraging small actions.

In this interview contributed to I-Open, Curt shares research insights about complexity science, new areas for research exploration, and new knowledge learned by nurses and doctors across the globe combating Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterial infection that is highly resistant to some antibiotics.  

Curt talks about the Plexus strategy for research and reflects on the ability of social networks and stories to create a different and unique picture of each and every culture. 

Learn more about the Plexus Institute's work in health care around the world. 

Small actions for profound change from I-Open on Vimeo.

Learn the wisdom of civic leaders across these I-Open communities:

Copyright 2011 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Betsey Merkel and The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), 2563 Kingston Road Cleveland OH 44118 Phone: 216-220-0172 Web: http://i-open.posterous.com/

 

Generate Better Futures: Focus On The Present

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Roof Garden 

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Curt Lindberg, Chief Learning and Science Officer, Plexus Institute, shares insights into the role of complexity science and positive deviance in the 21st Century.  

Curt talks about the power of stories and one in particular, the story of "The Palmer Method" - a small creative action that has lead to large positive change in global health care.

By learning what is working now, communities and organizations can align knowledge and resources to become resilient and sustainable.

Learn about the Plexus Institute's work around the world.

Generate better futures: focus on the present from I-Open on Vimeo.

Learn the wisdom of civic leaders across these I-Open communities:

 Copyright 2011 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Betsey Merkel and The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), 2563 Kingston Road Cleveland OH 44118 Phone: 216-220-0172 Web: http://i-open.posterous.com/

Complexity: Science of the 21st Century

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Green Spiral 

Image © Alice Merkel on Flickr 

Curt Lindberg, Chief Learning and Science Officer, Plexus Institute, shares insights about the role of complex systems in communities and countries today. 

Complexity science principles help us to think in terms of how our day-to-day actions - such as sharing information to strengthen transparency - have a direct impact on the quality of our lives today.

Understanding how complexity affects social and economic change enables leaders in education, economic, and workforce development to have a better grasp on connecting strategic investments to future prosperity.  

Learn about the Plexus Institute's work in health care around the world.

Complexity Science from I-Open on Vimeo.

Learn the wisdom of civic leaders across these I-Open communities:

Copyright 2011 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Betsey Merkel and The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), 2563 Kingston Road Cleveland OH 44118 Phone: 216-220-0172 Web: http://i-open.posterous.com/ 

Design Frameworks for Health Facilities

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Image © Alice Merkel on Flickr

The Design Frameworks for Health Facilities paper was presented at the Collaborative Innovation Networks Conference, hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia October 2010.    

Design Frameworks is an innovative online tool to gather resources from a cross-disciplinary field of problem solvers.

The tool is a model for professionals to inform their creative problem solving of systemic events in social, economic and environmental complexity.

Design Frameworks was developed by Alan Ricks and Michael P. Murphy Jr., Executive Director, MASS Design Group. 

Design Frameworks for Health Facilities from I-Open on Vimeo.

Stay connected to the COINs Conference community:

The second International Collaborative Innovation Networks Conference Oct. 7--9, 2010 was convened in collaboration with I-Open, galaxyadvisors.com and research leaders of MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence, Wayne State University's School of Engineering, Department of Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, and the Savannah College of Art & Design. The COINs 2011 Conference will be hosted in Basel, Switzerland.

Copyright 2011 Betsey Merkel and I-Open. Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works. Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open) 2563 Kingston Road Cleveland OH 44118  

 

 

COINS 2010 “Lybba - Unleashing swarm creativity to make open-source healthcare a reality”

In his opening keynote, Jesse Dylan, award winning director of the Obama campaign video "Yes we can" and Peter Gloor, MIT Research Scientist, talk together about Lybba - an open source approach to knowledge sharing and caring - is helping give life to the open source healthcare movement.

Lybba's mission is to connect people with the community, information, and resources they need to take care of themselves and one another. Lybba creates online environments, media campaigns, and social experiments that forge meaningful relationships between hospitals and schools, doctors and patients, researchers and policy-makers. The organization takes an ethical and ecological approach to every challenge it faces. It combines media, design, science, and technology to make a difference, free for all, free of commercial interest.

Jesse's ultimate goal is to bring together every patient looking for answers and provide a platform so that every stakeholder in chronic and rare diseases has a voice to create a community where innovation, empowerment, and compassion flourish.

Conversations such as the COINs 2010 Opening Keynote, are examples of sharing knowledge to advance creativity and dialogue widely for global industry competitive advantage.

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Trustees Theater, beautiful restored theater and Savannah College of Art & Design facility, site of COINs 2010 Opening Keynote Conversation.

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Ken Riopelle, Ph.D., Conversation Moderator and Research Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

 

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Jesse Dylan, CEO and Creative Director, Lybba and Peter Gloor, Research Scientist, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence in conversation with the audience about the future of open source health care resources.

Images by Alice Merkel

 Dylan is a filmmaker and CEO and creative director of FreeForm, a full-service  production company with a focus on corporate social responsibility and social media. In addition, he is a prolific director behind some of the most successful campaigns in commercial television, print and interactive advertising. Dylan has created award-winning commercials for clients, including the Barack Obama administration, Nike, Nintendo, Motorola, American Express, the National Football League and MTV.

I-Open, with Galaxy Advisors, was a co-sponsor of the COINs 2010 Conference.

COINs2010: Conversations in Health Care

 

 

 

The 2nd Annual International COINs2010 Conference  is coming to Savannah, Ga., USA  | Oct. 7-9

REGISTER ONLINE at COINs2010.com

Registration rate is $180 (US Dollars) and includes pre-conference full day Coolhunting Workshop and Condor three-month trial.

 

FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER

SCAD presents second COINs conference with keynote speaker Jesse Dylan

Filmmaker unleashes creativity to make open-source healthcare a reality

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FEATURED WORKSHOP

Basics of social network analysis: Network Analysis 101

An interactive workshop for social network newbies to the field of Social Network Analysis including a brief history, the basic vocabulary, professional associations, software tools, example studies across multiple disciplines and cutting-edge developments and trends.

Professor Ken Riopelle, Wayne State University, department of industrial and systems engineering, instructor

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FEATURED COINs2010 ABSTRACT

Measuring Social Network Structure of Clinical Teams Caring for Patients with Complex Conditions

Authors: Francesca Grippa (University of Salento), Margaret Palazzolo, Andrea Booth, Stacy Rechner, John Bucuvalas (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Julia Gluesing (Wayne State University), Peter Gloor (MIT Center for Collective Intelligence)

Social network analysis suggests that the relationships and ties among team members impact productivity across multiple industries. Complex health conditions require effective interdisciplinary teams to achieve best outcomes.

READ COINS 2010 ABSTRACTS on Scribd!

 

FEATURED INTERVIEW

The Center for Health Care Quality at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Builds Models of Collaborative Health Care

Dr. Peter Margolis, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for Health Care Quality, Cincinnati, Ohio, shares his passion to improve quality systems health care delivery for children, his view of health care systems, and the value strengthening social network practice, mapping and analysis offers to industry innovation.

WATCH THE INTERVIEW on the COINs Conference Livestream Channel!


FEATURED CONVERSATION

A Civic Perspective: Health Care and Justice

Representatives of two Ohio health care advocate networks review the primary challenge in U.S. and world health care: access. Their interview prepares for a civic conversation to identify business innovation opportunities for science, technology and design.

WATCH THE CONVERSATION on Vimeo!

 

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Networking 101 | Collaborative Change | Bodystorming | Coolfarming | Service Design | Virtual Global Teaming

 

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Special conference rates are available through the COINs2010 conference website.

 

 

 

This is a COINs2010 + DESIGN ETHOS Intersection Event

 

 


Register to join us face-to-face or online for live streaming of conference programming!

Register for COINs 2010 Conference here.

Keynotes presented by research and industry thought leaders in filmmaking, technology, and design.

Check out Speakers here.

Skills training workshops in social network mapping and analysis, collaborative and virtual teaming, social innovation, and design.

Learn more about Skills Training here.

Interactive research paper presentations in cutting edge industry discovery.

Plus lots of time to network and connect to new opportunities!

Click through to the COINs 2010 Conference site to learn and connect!

Join us at COINs 2010, Oct 7-9, at Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia!

A Civic Perspective: Health Care and Justice

Gwen Fischer, Prof. Emeritus, Hiram College, Single-Payer Action Networks (SPAN) of Ohio and Debbie Silverstein, Single-Payer Action Networks (SPAN) of Ohio talk about the deteriorating state of health care access for U.S. citizens over the last generation. Gwen and Debbie share health care advocacy and personal perspectives in preparation for the March 2009 Midtown Brews civic forum, “The New Landscape of Health Care Reform,” in Cleveland, Ohio. (You can learn more about I-Open civic conversations at Midtown Brews)

Gwen and Debbie’s conversation is not unique; it is one of a million conversations going on now that identify new opportunities for whole system change. Conversations like these illuminate how to improve patient and family care, information access and service delivery, and large scale implementation of preventative medicine, disease evaluation and diagnosis.

Our opportunity is to connect civic, research and industry leaders to advance innovations targeted to health care delivery and preventative medicine for US citizens and the world.

At the October COINs conference, filmmaker Jesse Dylan will explore questions and solutions in his conference keynote address and talk about Lybba, the open source health care resource he founded.

The COINs 2010 conference brings leaders like Jesse in health care with others in design, technology, government, education, and transportation to share knowledge. It is in such a culture of openness, transparency, and compassion that global transformational advances will be discovered.

Join us to be part of the experience. Begin by signing in to become a member of the COINs 2010 Friendship Map. Register for Savannah, Georgia conference workshops so you can learn about discoveries in the emerging science of collaboration for competitive advantage in your work. Register here.

For those unable to join us face-to-face, conference sessions will be streamed on the COINs Conference Channel with the generous support of our broadcast partner, Livestream. Archive sessions will be available immediately following the live presentations. We'll be posting broadcast updates here for you soon.

Whether face-to-face or online, plan to connect with us Thu Oct 7th, Fri 8th, and Sat 9th, 2010 and share your insights for transformation in this brave new world.

Connect to the COINs 2010 Conference community: 

  • Conference hashtag #COINS2010


The COINs 2010 conference, Oct. 7–9, 2010 is presented in collaboration by I-Open and the COINs Collaborative, an initiative of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Wayne State University College of Engineering, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Collective Intelligence. The collaborative builds open knowledge networks to advance the emerging science of collaboration for research and industry competitive advantage. For more information and to register for the COINs 2010 conference, visit www.coins2010.com

Invaluable Civic Conversation: Looking into the Health of Place

In 2004 the City of Glasgow and partners undertook a series of Civic Conversations to address health challenges for the city's population. This report is part of the very creative results - including yesterday's post of the film, "Miniature Glasgow" - to gather and create deeper meaning about a city, the place, and habits of people related to health care.

From partner International Futures Forum archive:

The first seminar series began in November 2004 with a lecture and seminar by the British philosopher Anthony Grayling on Imagining the Perfect Polis. In December Alistair Lawrence led a seminar entitled Animal Farm on what we might learn from studies of farmyard animal behaviour. Sholom Glouberman from Toronto spoke on order/disorder, the environment, identity and health; the transformation in the prospects of place were introduced by Denys Candy from Pittsburgh; happiness by Richard Layard of London; and the psychology of transformation by IFF Member Maureen O’Hara from San Francisco. The first series concluded in May 2005. It provided rich content for a first meeting of Glasgow’s Healthier Future forum in June 2005. Since then there have been two subsequent series and four further healthier future forums. The fourth series was completed in the spring of 2008. A fifth series commenced on Nov 25 2008 and will run to May 2009.

The Report is a rich assembly of reflections and replicable methodologies. Here is a list of milestones discovered through the conversations:

• Rather than asking what is wrong, ask what is missing? When facing current difficulties, plans, ideas and actions, our critique often starts by asking what is wrong. This can quickly turn into negativity and guardedness as people seek to defend their own ideas, plans and actions and attack those of others.  Asking what is missing from a situation which is giving rise to difficulty, or what is missing from a plan, idea or action is more generative 
Be willing and able to hold several perspectives simultaneously and create something new from them which does not currently exist. The holding of different perspectives for as long as possible helps to ensure solutions have incorporated concerns and hopes of multiple perspectives
Make room for dreams. This suggestion came from young people in the Civic Conversation. It has become a platitude to note that young people are the future and this is often given as a vague, if undeniable, justification for involving them. If we understand young people’s dreams and aspirations as third horizon aspirations then we begin to recognise dream and dreamer as potential sources of resilience in the City.  Consequently, engagement is less likely to appear superficial and tokenistic 
Ask ‘is what is proposed a sustaining or transformative innovation?’ In times of relative calm and stability, this is not really a concern. In such times, the world changes slowly, in predictable ways and our ways of taking coherent action work well. In times of rapid change and uncertain development, this is not so straightforward. Sustaining innovation may well be necessary to mitigate decline, but without the realisation of transformative potential it simply prolongs decline.
• Ask ‘what horizon am I operating in?’ ‘How does it relate to other horizons?’ ‘Are all horizons covered?’ ‘What can I do to improve relationships among these different horizons?’    

If the Glasgow Civic Conversations were replicated in your town or city, what could you learn about the health care landscape and solutions?

 You can learn more at IFF.

 

 

Miniature Glasgow

Miniature Glasgow is a short film in which the city is imagined as a village of 100 people.

It is inspired by the Miniature Earth project www.miniature-earth.com

The aim is to present information about the city and its people in a simple and accessible way.

The data used in its production comes from a range of sources. This first version was made in 2009 but the data will change over time.

We hope you enjoy Miniature Glasgow and that it stimulates new thoughts, conversations and understanding about our city.

The Glasgow Centre for Population Health is planning to develop a miniature cities comparison tool with other European cities, applying the same concepts and focussing on health inequalities.

Miniature Glasgow was part of a larger 2009 initiative to address health care challenges for the city through a series of civic conversations.

What would this story look like for your town or city?

You can learn more about the initiative at partner sites Glasgow Centre for Population Health and the International Futures Forum. 

The GCPH is a partnership between NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow City Council, and the University of Glasgow, funded by the Scottish Government.

For more information, contact:
miniatureglasgow@drs.glasgow.gov.uk