Come December 2013, you will have...

Watched this film

Nausicäa of the Valley of the WindDirected by Hayao Miyazaki

Read these books

And maybe some of these

STATE OF TH E WOR LD2 0 1 1

TH E WOR LDWATCH I N STITUTE

Innovations thatNourish the Planet

But not this one

And discussed

Systems ThinkingFrameworks for Change

EnergyFood

WaterStuff/Waste/Toxins

Biodiversity/Biosphere

You will have gone to at least 3 places, like

Clover,

I love how you show us what is possible with and through food.

Delectable experiments, bursting with nourishment, exuberating my palate, calming my mind—a taste of the future?

gazelle.com

Analyzed news storiesand discussed talks

Assessed impact

http://poptech.org/popcasts/kevin_starr_lasting_impact

As well as created it

But why?

And couldn’t you justdo this on your own?

That’s true,and you should do these things on your own,but...

“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.’’—Steve Jobs

We want you to have space

This is a space to

ask questions

examine realities

explore possibilities

discuss ideas

We want you to be as good as you want to/can be

“...for the first couple years that you're making stuff, what you're making isn't so good… it's really not that great. It's trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it's not quite that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, your taste is still killer. And your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you're making is kind of a disappointment to you, you know what I mean?

…A lot of people never get past that phase. A lot of people at that point, they quit. And the thing I would say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting, creative work, they went through a phase of years where they had really good taste, they could tell what they were making wasn't as good as they wanted it to be, they knew it fell short… it didn't have that special thing that we wanted it to have… Everybody goes through that…

you gotta know it's totally normal, and the most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work. Do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week or every month you know you're gonna finish one story… You create the deadline… [I]t's only by actually going through a volume of work that you're going to catch up and close that gap and the work that you're making will be as good as your ambitions.”-- Ira Glass

We want you to be as good as you want to/can bewith your thoughts, too

“...the production of information sharpens the mind and clarifies your thoughts.”-- Clay Johnson

We want you to have good tools,that sometimeswe didn’t have,until recently

SystemsThinking

systems

elements

interrelations

purpose

feedback

simplefind the core

use analogies

Behavorial Change

Impact

know yourmission

measure theright thing

measure it well

verb

target

outcome

impact from a thing

is it needed?

will it get to thosewho need it?

will they use itcorrectly?

leverage points

trapsopportunities

ask stupidquestions make hope visible

jump fencessmart

recombinations

abductivereasoning

driftfail early, fail often

harvest ideas, editapplications compelling

experienceframework

generativemetaphors

combine familiarand surprising

embraceconstraints

forcedprioritization

engineer earlysuccesses

motivate theelephant

make it social

unexpected

credible

authority

antiauthority

testablecredentials

human-scaleprinciple

the Sinatra test

emotion

the Velcro theory ofmemory

shrink the change

concrete

send destinationpostcards

find bright spotsdirect the rider

solution focus

black & whitegoals

script criticalmoves

help people grow use checklists

find the feeling

appeal to idenity

violate schemas

expose knowledgegaps

create mystery

Communications

stories

shape the path

build a culture

tweak theenvironment

create actiontriggers

designthinking

H+E Conceptual Toolkit

We also want to facilitate connections

And encourage you to

see theinvisible

and make the

invisiblevisible

then see what’s

possible

There is nosaving the planet, only managing it.

GOOD MagazineWinter 2011

The importance of making the conscious choice of reframing...

DoomandGloom

Doom Frameand toGloom Gain

perspectivesinsightsconnectionsopportunitiesoptionsleverage pointsallies

Doom Reframeandgloom Reclaim

hopeengagementempowermentresponsibilitycommunityour humanity

“How many generations in all of human history have had the opportunity to rise to a challenge that is worthy of our best efforts?”— Al Gore

TopicsSystems Thinking

Frameworks for ChangeEnergy

FoodWater

Stuff/Waste/ToxinsBiodiversity/Biosphere

Nausicäa of the Valley of the WindDirected by Hayao Miyazaki

SystemsThinking

systems

elements

interrelations

purpose

feedback

simplefind the core

use analogies

Behavorial Change

Impact

know yourmission

measure theright thing

measure it well

verb

target

outcome

impact from a thing

is it needed?

will it get to thosewho need it?

will they use itcorrectly?

leverage points

trapsopportunities

ask stupidquestions make hope visible

jump fencessmart

recombinations

abductivereasoning

driftfail early, fail often

harvest ideas, editapplications compelling

experienceframework

generativemetaphors

combine familiarand surprising

embraceconstraints

forcedprioritization

engineer earlysuccesses

motivate theelephant

make it social

unexpected

credible

authority

antiauthority

testablecredentials

human-scaleprinciple

the Sinatra test

emotion

the Velcro theory ofmemory

shrink the change

concrete

send destinationpostcards

find bright spotsdirect the rider

solution focus

black & whitegoals

script criticalmoves

help people grow use checklists

find the feeling

appeal to idenity

violate schemas

expose knowledgegaps

create mystery

Communications

stories

shape the path

build a culture

tweak theenvironment

create actiontriggers

designthinking

H+E Conceptual Toolkit

This is the alternative

The glass is half empty

The glass is half empty full

The glass is half empty fullshould be full.

The glass is half empty fullshould be full.

How can we fill it up?

This class is about connections.

Findingconnections

Understandingconnections

Makingconnections

making theinvisiblevisible

Seeingrelationships

and

systems

Where does it come from?How is it made?

How do you use it?How much? How often?

How do you think about it?How can you think about it?

Students learn from teachers.

Students learn from withteachers.

Here, we will learnwith each other.

“The goal is to be an expertcoming out, not going in.”—Bruce Mau

Assignment 1

Help us see whatthe future looks like.

What will or shouldthe futurelook like?

Assignment 2

Nausicäa of the Valley of the WindDirected by Hayao Miyazaki

ClassConduct

Attitude Matters

Guiding Principle:

RespectDiligenceFocusOpennessPatienceHonestyResponsibility

Expectyourselfto give it

Expectto receive itfrom others

THIS IS ASAFE SPACE

and, we’ll take it a step further and make this:

a ProfessionalEnvironment

Professionalism

Participation: what you contribute

Professionalism: how you contribute

Treat this class witha professional attitude.

“A professional is someone who can keep working at a high level of effort and ethics, no matter what is going on—for good or ill—around him or inside him.”— Steven Pressfield

Get in on time. Do good work. Be nice.

You need to do at least two.

Advice from Neil Gaiman

Strive to maintain a high level of engagement with the course material and your peers.

You are expected to treat this class seriously.

If during class time you are unduly distractedor being a distraction—or worse, a disruption, your professionalism portion of the grade will immediately be impacted negatively.

So, there will beno technology useallowed in this class*.

*If you absolutely must take notes on a computer, see the instructor and TA.

“There is a kind of fallout that happens when you leave college. The classroom is a wonderful, if artificial, place: Your professor gets paid to pay attention to your ideas, and your classmates are paying to pay attention to your ideas. Never again in your life will you have such a captive audience.”— Austin Kleon

Grading at a Glance

Projects Participation Professionalism Assignments

35%20%15%30%

Work Duringthe Semester

Written Assignments

3 Outside of Classroom Activities

Understanding Impact Project

Creating Impact Project

TopicsSystems Thinking

Frameworks for ChangeEnergy

FoodWater

Stuff/Waste/ToxinsBiodiversity/Biosphere

Wherewe’reheaded

What’s “wrong” with these pictures?

$6

And what should we do?

And now, systems...

ConnectionsBBC, 1978