Living the Future Now
Over 150 years ago Admiral Perry’s Black Ship came to Japan and demanded that she open her doors to the world. Ten years ago the White Ship set sail to unleash creativity in Japan and the world! Today I had the wonderful experience of being hosted by the Future Center of Tokio Marine & Nichido [...]
I am back in the beauty of Japan. Last week I worked with a group of 40 business leaders on social innovation. We met in the autumn beauty of Nasu, a rural area north of Tokyo. Those who came are the original members of the Future Center initiative from Fuji Xerox’s KDI — Knowledge Management [...]
I’ve kept a copy of some pages of the International Herald Tribune from my visit to Japan a couple of months ago. The article, on May 16, 2010, was titled: Challenging the king of economic statistics. The article described the sacred cow of GDP, I’ll just quote a bit of it: High-G.D.P. Man has a [...]
Once again I am awake in the middle of the Japanese night. Head and heart buzzing from yesterday’s work. I was invited to join KDI — Knowledge Management Initiative in Tokyo for a afternoon workshop with participants in their new Future Center. KDI was started 10 years ago to work with knowledge creation and realationships [...]
I’ve had the chance to come to Southern Africa a couple of times a year for the last decade to work with wonderful people. My work has been as part of The Berkana Institute and our efforts to create the Berkana Exchange as a translocal network of people and places building healthy and resilient communities. [...]
That’s what is said in Japan when one returns home. “I’m back, I’ve been out in the world and I am back.” ただいま. And that is exactly how I felt this past weekend will leading a workshop in Japan. This blog is both a bit about my personal journey and my amazing week in Japan. My [...]