The Case for Loose Ends
Is our obsession with neat little bows on workshops and projects actually diminishing the impact they have? The long-term impact. The impact we hope they have beyond our involvement?
Topic
Learning
A collection of 9 issues
Bridging the Data Gap: A Semantic Translation Layer for UK Poverty Data
Ponderings on how to bridge the data gap. Exploring questions, semantic layers, TRE's and feedback loops.
Building LLMs.txt for the social sector
Another blog on the ins and outs of something I built, what it's all about, and why it might be a useful tool and/or concept. A llms.txt tool designed for specific use cases.
Field Notes: Designing Entropic Systems
More on the exploration of what designing with uncertainty and entropy might mean. The Observability Dashboard, The Collective Foundation Model, The Entropic Fund
People as Code 4 - Entropic Systems
Embracing Entropy as a concept for design. Turning from the theoretical to the practical. Observability, not measurement. Questions as interfaces, data as plural
People as Code 3 - Quantum Uncertainty
What happens when we stop pretending control is ever possible and design with uncertainty.
People as Code 2 - Collapse, rewild, regenerate.
People as Code reflects on how generative AI, built from human data, now mirrors and shapes us. As AI flattens difference and optimises for plausibility over truth, culture risks collapse.
Endings
Thinking about endings and beginning. Composting, knowledge, wisdom.
Observations, signals and structures that liberate.
This post brings together some things I've been thinking about and using with groups who are working in collaborative structures or system change.