Social Change: Awareness vs. Action
On May 13, Manifest Communications held an event called “Well, Well” that brought together Canadian philosopher Mark Kingwell and Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell to talk about social change. Happily a video of the evening’s main speaking event has been made available here, and I recommend it highly.
Both Gladwell and Kingwell make compelling and thoughtful presentations. […]
Posted at 6am on 6/6/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: Torch, Shift, Wicked Problems, overlap, social, Change | read on
Genuis vs. Intelligence: The difference between individual and social smartness and the search for intelligent life
Malcolm Gladwell is if not a bellweather then certainly a harbinger. In any case, the question of whether he is a cause of trends or simply a pattern recognizer may well be beside the point in his case. Where you find Gladwell’s attention is usually a spot where either something important is happening or […]
Posted at 3pm on 5/12/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: Torch, Shift, Wicked Problems, Emergence, Definitions, social | read on