Gemma Adams

Strategising, designing, future-ing, navigating, coaching & enabling systems change as Freelancer @thebworx, Fellow @cransustgroup & Associate @Forum4theFuture

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

What's the meaning of life? Philosophy, religion and science are all running out of time to address this question. As artificial intelligence and biotechnology give humans the power to reshape and re-engineer life, somebody will soon have to decide how to use this power – based on some story about the meaning of life. Philosophers are very patient people, but engineers are far less patient, and investors are the least patient of all. If you don’t know what to do with the power to engineer life, the invisible hand of the market will soon force upon you its own blind reply. Unless we're happy to entrust the future of life to the mercy of quarterly revenue reports, we need a clear idea what life is all about.

#AI #Science #Philosophy #Future #Quotes #21Lessons

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

What can jazz bands teach us about creating a team environment where everyone can contribute & flourish & the team can perform its very best work? A jazz band culture means:
1) Individual responsibility: everyone understands their role & is prepared to jump in to support others.
2) Mutual trust: everyone knows they have each other’s backs.
3) Adaptability: members create as they play & build on each other’s notes.
4) Experimental and learning mindsets: all team members value & respect this.
5) Deep listening and responsiveness: everyone is aware of who's playing what & what each person contributes to the whole.
6) Creativity and improvisation: based on core competencies.
https://t.co/s3gRETuUXw. By @Centre4SysInnov

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Reparations for global climate justice?

In this new paper we quantify the compensation that over-emitting countries may owe to the rest of the world for the appropriation of atmospheric commons. Out today in Nature Sustainability, with the brilliant @AndrewLFanning. 🧵

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

NASA is now claiming an "urgency to establish humanity as a multi-planet species." I think the greater urgency is to represent future generations' interests more fully in governance systems. @futuregencymru #seedweek #fridayfuturesinsight https://t.co/poCQwuQxWX

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

Thought-provoking resources from #beyondtherules. What changes in organisational culture might emerge if 'public good' organisations positioned themselves as 'stewards' rather than 'owners' of IPR in employment contracts - i.e. on behalf of their employees, creators and mission?

[Louise Armstrong @louise_a]

“Contracts can reinforce or undermine the culture you want to create” as @AnnetteDhami
@DarkMatter_Labs clearly articulated earlier today. And what a fab resource for all of us to reimagine our contracts has emerged from this work #beyondtherules https://t.co/tNlCuOrxxG

[Systems Innovation @Sys_innovation]

This graphic illustrates the different dimensions to a transition in a complex adaptive system, based on the Multi-level perspective and three horizons model. Find the full canvas here: https://t.co/hOkmOrED1V

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

Much needed in our lives and what a team to offer it. Sending huge congratulations @ZahraDavidson

[Huddlecraft @Huddlecraft]

✨BIG NEWS✨ Enrol Yourself is now Huddlecraft: an ecosystem of support for peer-led learning and action.

Today is the day we emerge with our new name & identity. Here's a 🧵 giving you a sneak peek...

[Tech Burrito @TechBurritoUno]

Life-cycle of blackberry.

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

Touched to discover @innocent keep an empty chair at the table to represent interests of non-human beings in their decisions. Exactly the values shift we discussed in our sustainable futures game last night. What an inspiring #bcorp practice. @cransustgroup #explore2050

[Cranfield Sustainable Business Group @cransustgroup]

When we visit the future with curiosity, there is a lot we can learn to inspire us in the present. Immerse yourself in these possible futures and #explore2050 with us! We are at @edie Sustainable Leaders Forum at 17:00 today! #SLF2022 #ScenarioExploration #SeriousGames

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

Excited to #explore2050 with @CranfieldUni @edie today at 5.00. Online and in-person, please join us to feel and live unfolding futures. Learn how we can participate in successful carbonisation pathways.

[Cranfield Sustainable Business Group @cransustgroup]

When we visit the future with curiosity, there is a lot we can learn to inspire us in the present. Immerse yourself in these possible futures and #explore2050 with us! We are at @edie Sustainable Leaders Forum at 17:00 today! #SLF2022 #ScenarioExploration #SeriousGames

[nora bateson @NoraBateson]

If you translate life into industry you end up with industry... Not life.

#aphanipoiesis
#WarmData

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

Wow. @solarpunk_girl invites us to access future possibilities by sensing and feeling them, rather than purely rationalising them. Sending kudos for this beautiful articulation of what's missing, and invitation to embrace it. #moralimagination #citizenshift

[Phoebe Tickell @PhoebeTickell]

I just published The Great Unflattening https://t.co/70exM0uaAo

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

@Ashden_org : our air-con addiction ignores needs of people living in extreme temps who can't afford it. Indigenous tech/ nature-based solutions have avoided heat for centuries. Passive cooling that learns from past is major opp for #ClimateJustice #COP26 https://t.co/lrH2ylIymc

[Sarah El Battouty @selbattouty]

Spot on! @Ashden_org at @COP26

"We need to make sustainable cooling a development priority if we are going to encourage others to bring the finance to this specific issue; if we don’t, is going to be a huge hole in the world carbon budget and also a massive equity issue."

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Unless we achieve immediate, drastic, unprecedented, annual emission cuts at the source then that means we’re failing when it comes to this climate crisis.
“Small steps in the right direction”, “making some progress” or “winning slowly” equals loosing.
#COP26 #UprootTheSystem

[Cranfield Sustainable Business Group @cransustgroup]

Huge thanks to all of our collaborators that worked on getting the Game to @COP26 Green Zone, past & present!

@GemmaAdams3 @climaginaries @ScotClimateCA @thisistriad @oscarprinted
@Forum4theFuture @louise_a @futuresforensic @JamesTGoodman

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

Kudos to our past & present collaborators for enabling @cransustgroup @warwickuni to take our #futures game to #COP26 https://t.co/zK8kApI9mD

Could not have done it without you:
@climaginaries @ScotClimateCA @thisistriad @Forum4theFuture @louise_a @futuresforensic @JamesTGoodman

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

What cultural changes may lie ahead as we decarbonise? Immerse yourself in our #COP26 #systemschange game to explore the qualities we bring to #ClimateAction and the 'new normals' that may lie in our #future: https://t.co/zK8kApI9mD

[Cranfield Sustainable Business Group @cransustgroup]

WE ARE LIVE @COP26. Use the link below to watch us live as we time travel through to 2050 to explore different imagined sustainable futures. #TogetherForOurPlanet #OneStepGreener #explore2050 #exploringsustainablefutures
https://t.co/0m28a0aW8X

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

What kind of #systemschange agent am I? Bring your voice to our #climateaction game at #COP26 today at 5pm to explore how you are participating in #systemic #regenerative change: https://t.co/81rZseMlfd

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

What kind of #systemschange agent am I? Bring your voice to our #climateaction game at #COP26 to explore how you are participating in #systemic #regenerative change. 17:00 | Nov 1 | YouTube channel

[Gemma Adams @GemmaAdams3]

@valuesandframes article suggests we are polluting ourselves & society by harness values for inauthentic purposes. Nails my discomfort with #brandpurpose & many FMCG #sustainablebrands that are actually #toxicmimics of our values in action https://t.co/EpNmZZrTih