Atelier of What's Next

A studio for initiatives at the frontier of generating a better future.

Founder: @davidbent.

Now at: @atelierwhatsnext.bsky.social @davidbent.bsky.social

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Hello! @davidbent is starting Atelier of What's Next -- a studio for developing initiatives, institutions and more for a sustainable world.

What's needed? What's ready? What can we do? What next?

Mostly on BlueSky @atelierwhatsnext.bsky.social

https://t.co/OxXG80QWAf

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NEW UPDATE. As predicted, the 3 days a week with Absurd Intelligence has made a regular WeekNote harder.

INITIATIVES
-Scaling up sustainable innovation: @cisl_cambridge event.
-@UCL_ISR: 'Responding to Abundance: Yes, and…'

Absurd Intelligence

https://t.co/QLr1gdpJpp

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EVENT REPORT: Good faith arguments against 'post-growth'.
-Ecosystem thinking for a post-growth future.
-Good faith arguments against: their responses, and my list.
-New framings needed.

https://t.co/io1cG9u880

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NEW WEEKNOTE w/c w/c 21 & 28 April 2025, covering

CATALYST & ENABLER
-Services offered: could you use a strategist/futurist/facilitator?

INITIATIVES
-Assembly Dialogues

0/DETECTING
-'The Rift': new Chatham House research cycle
-'Speak Up' Agency launch

https://t.co/Kj7BcOzkbS

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NEW WEEKNOTE w/c 31 Mar 2025.

-How can a climate innovation hub deliver the most impact over the next 3-5 years?
-Do MAGA hate Europe because they fear we can succeed with progressive values?
-Trump tariffs: careful what you wish for.

https://t.co/BiUMn3leVC

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WEEKNOTES for w/c 17 & 24 Mar 2025.

'CATALYST & ENABLER' MANAGEMENT
-2025 Intentions
-Job feedback

INITIATIVES
-Venture Partner,Conduit Connect

0/DETECTING
-Trump as derailment _event_
-Rise of new religious practices and/or new religions?

https://t.co/TLNR47j3Lj

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NEW WEEKNOTES WEEKNOTES w/c 10 Mar, covering:

0/DETECTING
Operating in a world where Trump is setting the weather.

ATELIER MANAGEMENT
2024 Results
-Progress on the story I want to be able to tell.
-Progress on KPIs.

https://t.co/hU4DWA4f6e

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NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 10, 17, 24 Feb, & 2 Mar
This week covers:

ATELIER MANAGEMENT
-From 'getting by' to 'existentially revived'.

INITIATIVES
-Hard investigations: responding to the risks we're in.
-Becoming a Venture Partner at Conduit Connect.

https://t.co/zFZuqo0PhJ

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NEW ATELIER POST. It has been a head-spinning and heart-stopping few weeks. I've not had a chance to produce a WeekNotes.

Here is a talk I gave in 2019 which, amongst other things, says we cannot assume the US will underpin the global order any more.

https://t.co/qdzoGlApmS

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NEW WEEKNOTE w/c 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2025, covers:

-Looking for roles.

INITIATIVES
-CUSP bulletin: exploring hopefully.
-Using Time Well: ending gracefully.
-Podcast UK's first electric fishing boat

0/DETECT
-Recovering technocrat
-Avoiding overwhelm

https://t.co/RE8IyN64me

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NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 20 Jan 2025, by
@davidbent:
-Immortal Address in memory of Robert Burns: 'in uncertain times, live life as artistic expression'.
-Investment principles for the next ten years: 'industrial revolutions on a deadline'.

https://t.co/kn5b5TdEcR

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NEW WEEKNOTE Nov and Dec 2024. Apologies for the delays.

This time:
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-Talk: Navigating arapidly changing world.
-Domineering finance: we missed the moment.

https://t.co/KD1QtNrCg9

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NEW WEEKNOTE w/c 4 Nov. Did you notice the US election?

RUNNING THE ATELIER
-Consequences for the Atelier.

0/DETECTING
-Long-term big picture: our past is ending.
-Impact on climate might be less than feared (for good & bad reasons).
-More...

https://t.co/qQqYALWPKd

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NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 21 & 28 Oct.

INITIATIVES
-Influential Trajectories

RUNNING THE ATELIER
-Supporters Group.

0/DETECTING
-Invisible knapsack of white privilege
-Growth vs Degrowth narrative war

#ReadingNotes
-CarbonBrief on UNEP Emissions Gap Report

https://t.co/w4WYygcEYe

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NEW ATELIER WEEKNOTES for w/c 14 Oct 2024.

Covers:
RUNNING THE ATELIER
-Testing an idea: Contact or Supporters Group.

0/DETECTING
#ReadingNotes
-Mission-oriented innovation for sustainable polymers in liquid formulation, by Massey-Broker and Conway

https://t.co/OoVgfo9Ldk

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NEW WEEKNOTE for w/c 7 Oct 2024.

REQUEST on Influential Trajectories.

0/DETECTING
-A Roadmap to Impact for Family Offices

#ReadingNotes
-TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY
-@TransCapSpace's Definition and Hallmarks of Systemic Investing

https://t.co/EPyXj63EFo

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NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 23 and 30 Sep 2024. This week covers:

INITIATIVES
'Who assembles the assemblies?’ — Humanity Project Assembly Dialogues.

0/DETECTING
Digital wallets for gorillas (or the frontiers of AI and more-than-human governance are weird).

https://t.co/4pFjZ5O4SV

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New WeekNotes w/c 16 Sep 2024.

Imagining & enacting alternatives to dominant culture
-Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit
-Ursula Le Guin
-Designs for the Pluriverse
-Barcelona's bubbles of ontologies.
Overshoot Commission
New podcast w/ Amy Wilson

https://t.co/KenLPRftKi

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NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 2 and 9 Sep 2024, covering:
-Exploring What's Next: generating a better future.
-Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator UnConference.

Enjoy!

https://t.co/SsFP9w5PJK

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NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 15 & 22 July. Covers:

ATELIER MANAGEMENT.
-Tracking progress on 2024 intentions.

INITIATIVES.
-Event: Exploring What's Next: generating a better future.
-Meaningful Futures: first pilot.

0/DETECTING.
-Resilience vs Flourishing.

https://t.co/6Qjr6k0R9I