Reform or Reinvent Public Schools?

Part Four in this week’s series on Education. Matt Candler is the Founder and CEO of 4pt0.org. He makes a compelling case for taking action on public schools:  According to the organization’s website, “4.0 schools is a community of entrepreneurs, educators, and families that believes school can be dramatically better for every child. We equip entrepreneurial people to create new … Read More

Mind the Gap

Is it possible to have an economy operate like an ecological system? In this approach, balance is paramount and everyone profits, including employees, customers, suppliers, and the sources of the raw materials. I believe that we are moving in this general direction given the rise of design as a way of thinking about business. Although we may not ever arrive … Read More

Reality

What is real?  Form, space, and order. Form is shape and structure.  The shape of information, the structure of a building, or the layout of a website affects how we perceive, experience, or interface with it.  Space is the volume or area created by the form of an organization where human interaction takes place.  A room in a building, an atrium, the virtual … Read More