Generativity is a joyful creativity that flows from an eager curiosity and the courage to experiment. Join us as we explore edges practices for technology-enhanced creative collaboration.
// MEDITATION // I invite you to contemplate the world that each item you own could be the final one you ever possess - no more new things will ever be made. Take a moment to ponder the profound significance and worth of each belonging, whether it be your clothing, your vehicle, or any other possession. Envision how you would approach caring for them if they were the last one you can ever have. // Imaginal Concept // Introducing the MrBeastPhone: A revolutionary smartphone that embodies the principles of ethical technology. With its sleek design, immersive display, and powerful performance, the MrBeastPhone offers a premium user experience. But what truly sets it apart is its commitment to sustainability and ethical sourcing. From the carefully selected components to eco-friendly packaging and charitable initiatives, this phone is a symbol of conscious consumerism. Join the movement and be part of a future where technology not only enhances our lives but also makes a positive impact on the world. The MrBeastPhone: Redefining what a smartphone can be. // References: // 1. NPR's Project Planet Money's T-Shirt Project: A project that explores the complex supply chains and manufacturing processes involved in the production of a simple t-shirt. It provides insights into the intricacies of supply chain management and the global economy. 2. The Ghost in Your Phone: Referring to the podcast episode "The Ghost in Your Phone" by Throughline, this concept explores the hidden costs and ethical implications of our reliance on smartphones. It highlights the interconnectedness of our devices with labor conditions and resource extraction. 3. Lithium Leash: A metaphorical expression emphasizing our attachment and dependence on smartphones, comparing it to being leashed or chained to the lithium-ion batteries that power these devices. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Question of the Day: How might assistive writing tools like autocomplete and ChatGPT impact the voice of the next generation of writers? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Brought to you by allies of the Metta Tech Dojo, the Maui Mind Academy and the School of Generativity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Would you want to be a part of a constellation of 1000 Observatories sensing the Social and Ecological Field? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Anarchists with Coops, Scooping Up Eggs, Feral Chicken Allies, Rewilding Reciprocity in the Peri-Urban Expanse --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Sharing Hand Signals for Heretical Homies --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Can you be sure you are actually listening to a truly authentic human intelligence? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Have you ever been to a meeting where folks forgot to introduce themselves, omitted mentioning accomplishments, and instead listened to deeply and rose to meet the moment? In a word: Presencing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Some helpful tip about being a good guest when visiting the Hawaiian islands and two awesome projects to support: @savemauiwetlands and @honomanurestoration What are the community based land care projects that you love and would like to share with folks? Help me map areas of Kuleana Opportunity for 'aina-based education and restoration. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
What's going on in your neighborhood, neighbor? How can you share your observations and feelings? How can you share your gifts and abundance? How can we get to town and home again? Will you ride down the hill with me? Where can we catch the bus home? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Successful Life Lesson Learned and Applied. "Leave No Trace" Upgraded. Supercharged. Enjoy and Remember to Continue to Practice. Daily. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
We are at Kalama Park in Kīhei, laying down sonic imprints of improvisation and child's play with gratitude for all the birthday parties hosted by magical mamas for their blessed keiki. 1-2-3 Chickens in a Tree. Q: Why did the rooster climb the tree?
Shaping the World Through Interpersonal Alchemy. The Paladin of Light Wields A Sword of Humor, Stands Behind A Shield of Truth, And Makes Clowning Noises, Muppet-like, While Watching For Rainbows on the Road of Life. Gridwork via @resonatewithsara --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
A Place-Based Meditation Among Weeds in the Company of Moths under a new Crescent Moon - Wednesday at 6:53 PM, February 22, 2023 - Kula, Maui, Hawaii --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Are you feeling stuck? Cooped up in your head? Have you lost contact with your body? Perhaps you are spending too much time in the old attic. Come down to the basement for a little boogie woogie. Shannon Sahaja is leading the festivities and you're in for a treat, you little snack. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
Which aspect is dominant in your daily operating system? Shadow, Ego, or Higher Self? Who are people meeting when they meet you? A matrix of greetings and good-byes: Shadow-Shadow, Shadow-Ego, Shadow-Angel, Ego-Ego, Ego-Angel, Angel-Angel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
How did French Aristocracy shape our conception of the American Dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
The Legend of "Lomi the System" Continues: Post Ho'omana We Prepare to Lomi 10 Souls and Acquire A Sweet Table from Paul the Chiropractor. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
It makes a lot of sense when you think about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
I invoke the Element of Water to inform the design of a more sacred relationship to wealth, riding and guiding the waves of Abundance and Scarcity for our collective community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generativity/message
What happens when we get rid of the myth that everything and everyone needs a job. What if everyone and everything simply needed to live its purpose? Gifts To Awaken (GTA). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Small kine rant about a children's TV show that celebrates plastic play spaces and normalizes artificial environments for kids. Not sponsored by BP, 3M, or any other chemical industrial material supplier. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
A free audio lesson on causal layered analysis (CLA) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
A meditation on the power of metaphors and mental models which shape our understanding of cyberspace. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Aram is officially running for Maui County Council. He's gained insight into the political process. Here are the 3 Secret Ingredients for running a successful campaign in the Aloha State. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Candidate Aram Armstrong reflects on his two-hour phone call with Candidate Jason Schwartz, two futurists, dreamers, and doers running for Maui County Council in 2022. More mana'o to come @ www.dreammaui.com (Jason) www.armstrong4maui.net (Aram) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Living and loving the question of does the World need a social-emotional savvy, cuddle-centric mutual aide agency? And does this dream deserve US defense dollars to care for those who serve? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Our non-editor spends some time in the morninga patch after a morning of the zoomies and re-discovers the benefits of beginners mind. Kāhea (call) for lessons about cultivating intentional community for the children of clear-cut cultures. Maui, Kauai, the Big Island... Who is out there? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Featuring, "Ask a viking about social medicine" and a history lesson about deforestation. Who will pick up the first season of Fridge Game? Netflix or Amazon Studios? Web3 parties for Web4 productions. APES vs OCTO-PIE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
What difference does one word make? A shift from an ownership worldview to a stewardship worldview. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
With the state of blockchain technology In 2021, why haven't smart contracts entered our daily life? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
What is the secret to Bitcoin wealth that I am missing? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Who is designing our most important conversation spaces and what is the fundamental issue of men being in charge of something they don't do well - have deep conversations? Ladies, please help! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Personal inquiry leads us from to reflections on ADHD to the social dynamics of permaculture. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Why settle for just one singularity? Can't we each have our own? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Reduce, Reuse, Remix. How does climate change consciousness impact your diet? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
VPC: Value-Price-Cost is an essential equation for profit-minded operations. The drive for novel experiences guide many of our purchasing decisions... What impact does that have on supply chains and the our world? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Philosophy for Earthbound Martians and Mars-bound Earthlings; Centaurs and Cyborg Hatchery. 2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Also, a giant love letter and testimonial for the transformative potential of voice communication combined with automatically generated transcripts (Otter.ai). Enhancing the clarity and speed of communication in your organization as well as improving your own personal productivity. For a personal Tech Sherpa consultation from Generative Ventures, please reach out! (@aloha.aram) How to use Otter to increase your productivity, or fill your time. The Architecture of Collaboration and the Automation of Communication Chains ASMR for Executives: Radical Transparency for Exponential Disorganizations Recorded on Otter.ai, Edited on Anchor.fm Made on Maui, in the Cloud, 2020 Aram Armstrong --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Who isn't interested in a 10x increase in the effectiveness and speed of decision making and communication in your executive team? I bet it's a 10x multiplier. You can cut the time it takes to sync. How much time is spent listening to one person versus reading? Amazon has a very good thing going: crafting narrative. There are some cultures that are oral traditions. I think there are some cultures that are written traditions. Otter.ai can be a bridge. Let me help you adopt it today. www.generativity.us --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Radical Transparency is the key to removing friction and increasing alignment in your (dis)organization. You may have heard the saying, "Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast." Transparency is a core cultural value for Exponential (dis)organizations – gossip is the shadow. It promises, "You will read it the news on our blog before you see it on the front page of the New York Times." (01:35 - 02:46) ASMR for Executives: This is what you came for. (03:03 - 03:46) Slack Channel Designer: Otter Notes vs Giphy Check out Otter.ai Human-enhanced transcript: https://otter.ai/s/BkesHv1HQce4mlZpWlrj_g --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
Mahalo to Andrea Kershaw, my inspiring colleague and location head for IDEO Singapore, for the tutelage on KPIs, and Professor Leonard Lane, who gave me a tremendous learning experience at Fung Academy, which lead to my insights on managing a pipeline of innovation projects and informed the 4Cs of Sustainable Innovation: Clarity, Capability, Capacity, and Consent. *The 5th C could be: Coolness - Is this cool, like really, really cool? Craft - Does it extend our craft? Will we learn from it? Coordination - Can we get everyone together? Coincidence - Spooky cosmic alignments 00:00 - 01:01 Hey, are you writing this down? How do you expect to learn this? Thereʻs going to be a test. 01:02 - 02:08 What are KPIs? There are at least 4 types of KPIs. 03:43 - 04:27 Mahalos! (IDEO Singapore was a magical studio while it lasted.) 04:28 - 05:00 Test time (I told you there would be a test) 05:01 - 05:41 Tools for Clarification: Whiteboarding and A3 Thinking 05:42 - 05:54 23andMe did not sponsor this episode. Transcript by Otter.ai https://otter.ai/s/gKBx9D2BSpyZ1FP27j8_Ew --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
AKA: Dancing with the Machine: Technoshamans in the Wooniverse 00:00 - 00:30 Otter.ai Device Check - iPhone 5 vs Samsung Note 9 Real-time Voice Transcription Battle 00:31 - 02:00 Samsung Note FTW 02:01 - 07:10 Enter the Wooniverse: Cyborg Light Workers Union and Technoshaman Teal Team Formation 07:11 - 09:05 Introductions and Priorities: aloha.aram on Generativity vs. Stagnation 09:06 – 11:25 Tech Stack, OKRs and Operating Manual 11:26- 12:42 Drawing the Same Trumpet Welcome to Generative Ventures, I am your guide to the 5D Economy. We are booting up holographic organizations with the intention of cultivating a community of curious, regenerative, community-serving, tech-enabled entreprenuers, designers, and advocates. Transcript by Otter.ai https://otter.ai/s/h_Te0iYtSw6hCJ3mYvaFjg Hey yo! Try Otter for free! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/generativity/message
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