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Gaming Change

Posted on July 11th by Shae Davidson.
Games for Change (G4C), an ongoing project of management think tank Serious Games Initiative, provides administrative, academic, and technical assistance to nonprofit groups working to use digital games as ...

Inspirational Travel

Posted on May 21st by Shae Davidson.
The design of Portland's Jupiter Hotel uses the complex experience of travel to nurture creativity and interaction. Travel blends personal exploration and openness to experience with anonymity, inviting wayfarers to ...

Visualizing Technical Debt

Posted on May 12th by Shae Davidson.
Mark Hissink Muller's Complexity Map creates a tree map that helps Java and J2EE/JEE developers keep unintended complexity to a minimum--effectively monitoring what Ward Cunningham described as "technical debt."  ...

Regenerative Development

Posted on May 6th by Shae Davidson.
Sante Fe-based planning and design consults the Regenesis Group approach sustainable development in a way that fully integrates place into the processes of restoration, growth, and ecologically-friendly use.  Rather ...

Esprit de Corps

Posted on April 14th by Shae Davidson.
During my time as a museum director, I came into regular contact with the US Army Corps of Engineers through the agency’s efforts to explore archaeological sites and promote historic ...

Going Public

Posted on March 19th by Shae Davidson.
Inspired by the same interface and knowledge-sharing model as Wikipedia, Wikileaks plans to provide an uncensorable, anonymous forum for sharing information about corrupt or immoral actions in the public realm.  Wikileaks will ...

Playa Viva

Posted on March 6th by Shae Davidson.
Playa Viva, a resort on the Pacific coast of Mexico, provides models of green business development and ecotourism.  The resort's founders realized that their connection to the area ...

Another Use for Jazz

Posted on February 7th by Shae Davidson.
Years ago, planner Lawrence Halprin experimented with using musical scores and choreographic notation (as well as the hexagrams from the I Ching) to create a common language for ...

Ask a Collaborative Expert

Posted on January 16th by Shae Davidson.
IdeaConectionhelps companies develop new concepts and engage in research without the necessity of maintaining permanent research and development staff.  Customers present a problem and set a payment amount, researchers ...

[teaching] Agendas for Managing Students

Posted on February 28th by Matthew Hockenberry.
I don't care what anyone says, managing people is difficult work. More specifically, being a good manager, one that is respected (although not necessarily liked, at least all the time) ...