Grady Powell

founder+ ceo @opnflds, co-founder @capita_social, @FurmanXC alum, dad, working on #livingspeech

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

"Taking a more inclusive, 'participatory systems' approach—in which the local area is viewed as one interconnected human-natural system and local communities have a say in the planning, design, and implementation of a project..."
https://t.co/OlDz5t1ytY @DukeEnvironment

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

@tobyshorin @otherinternet__ @saxifrageschool @learnpgh Good questions... Timothy Cook was the driver: https://t.co/bByQnBTDEx he's @LaunchDarkly. Based on what I know of both of your work, I think the two of you would find a lot of synergy.

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

Brilliant vision and narrative from @otherinternet__ about reimagining and connecting open work spaces to form learning and residency environments; exploring residencies as an emergent social form. Reminds me of @saxifrageschool and @learnpgh.
https://t.co/fQx1AzHgcw

[Purple-Green Purple-Blue @dylanhendricks]

I used an AI art generator to make some salty New Yorker cartoons.

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

This is why we're called Openfields @opnflds "The alternative is to draw the map instead of reading it." We're about empowering leaders with creative agency to work within + beyond systems full of arbitrary boundaries. @ThisIsSethsBlog your insights are an inspiration-thank you.

[Seth Godin @ThisIsSethsBlog]

Open field running https://t.co/Mk2lc9dXa7

[FurmanXC/TF @FurmanXC]

A TRANSFORMATIONAL gift for the Furman XC and Track program:

“This gift means we are one of a few nationally competitive programs with an endowment-based model for funding scholarships. That stability is so important. It sets us apart from other Universities…” Robert Gary

[Furman Basketball @FurmanMBB]

Road Warriors 😤
#AllDIN #BetterTogether

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

Appreciate @ANietoRodriguez linking PROJECTS with the capacity for an organization to CHANGE. We also work the other way w/ orgs - first identifying the desired change and then designing a project as the intentional change agent. @HarvardBiz
https://t.co/6RE6cVEOZf

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

Very proud of my friend & colleague Joe Waters, leader @capita_social, for earning this @AspenAscend Fellowship. More people need to hear his clear thinking on human dignity and the complex social, cultural, and economic issues shaping the future for young children.

[Post and Courier Greenville @PCGreenville]

Joe Waters of Greenville-based Capita will participate in a program that aims to drive policy and political agendas around the success of children and families.  https://t.co/Y21sj9Ohp5

[Openfields @opnflds]

We're hiring! We are expanding our consulting team of strategists, researchers, analysts, and educators committed to helping visionary leaders imagine and accelerate possibilities for social impact. Check out our open positions and latest work. https://t.co/4vBz9VbHNW

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

Robert has made Furman distinct + elite w/ a small team of outstanding students, a model FU should follow more broadly "one of the most accomplished men's and women's XC+ track and field coaches in the nation who has established FU as a nationally ranked / respected program"

[Robert Gary @coachrobertgary]

https://t.co/miz1IBXiyY

[Furman Football @PaladinFootball]

Congratulations @the__gabs_ & @FurmanXC! We will be Watching Saturday Night!

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

"Human centered design has been part of the problem." @Terry_Irwin on this challenging @iftf webinar on Transition Design. We are too narrowly focused on human experience and leave out non-human "stakeholders" like the environment, when solving complex, generational problems.

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

"If low-income earners can't afford gas-powered cars today, they won't be able to afford EVs in the future." @sophiehowe just argued that EVs are good for the environment short-term, but long-term public transit solves for climate, equity + health all at once. @capita_social

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

This conversation is all about the long-term future of our youngest children and how our public systems are prepared (or not) to adapt to serve a new generation of families.

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

1 more week to apply for our short-course on creative thinking w/ Jim Gilmore, co-author of #experienceeconomy & @haleylrobison. Includes (4) interactive workshops + 1:1 coaching to define bold possibilities & develop a suite of critical thinking tools. https://t.co/7noRW5SAf7

[FurmanXC/TF @FurmanXC]

Meet the #2 MILE SQUAD IN THE NCAA 😈

@ponder_cameron 3:59.34 (HS 4:04.24)
@swimmy_runny 4:04.79 (HS 4:22.06)
@ares_reading 4:06.32 (HS 4:34.52)
@jakeogden3 4:06.78 (HS 4:06.29)

This squad ALSO features @radams_e w/ a 3:57.66 mile PB (unattached this szn) HS PB of 4:17.24 😈

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

I would consider this a very successful night of tipsy googling... so glad you found us, and we're so glad to support your bold leadership on behalf of so many families by making government and social sector systems more responsive, creative, and accountable.

[JackieCounts @JacksterCounts]

@capita_social @SwartzMark @EarlyLearnNatn @CPPRMedia And new partnerships have sprung up from that one night of tipsy googling and coming across @capita_social! I’m talking about you @jgradypowell @opnflds @bankstreetedu

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

Just 2 days left to register for Foundations for Creative Learning - a short-course for young professionals + students to take ownership of their career and education journey. I'm hosting w/ Jim Gilmore - author of #experienceeconomy + Haley Robison Dake!
https://t.co/7noRW6abDH

[Grady Powell @jgradypowell]

2/2 How we "might briefly remember how much of what we know is sculpted air and rumor, and how much direct experience of an animal, of any thing, might open our eyes to new possibilities of interpretation or, better yet, to the possibility of resisting interpretation altogether."