It has been a while coming, this sense of The Point. The point of me, and my, of why and where and how. And, like recognising one's face in the mirror - it is revealing, but not surprising.
navigation (noun). the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.
whakatere (verb). (-hia,-a,-tia) to steer, navigate (a canoe), buoy up, float, accelerate, speed up, hasten, quicken.
And to navigate, to be kaiwhakatere, I need to know where I have been, so I know where I am, and can then understand where I am going. Ka pai? Ka pai.
And this is where I have been -
>At the heart of everything, I value being useful (tlawmngaihna, if you want to follow the Mizo thread) and being action-oriented (Facta Non Verba, as St. Edmund's College said).
>I see these values playing out in three ways - asking questions, telling stories, drawing maps.
>Mao Tse-tung on guerrilla strategy, Masanobu Fukuoka on growing plants with nature, and Laurie Baker on building beautifully and cheaply are my go-to texts on design.
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And suddenly, here I am, writing (part of) my year's work programme in the simple and elegant logic of a Theory of Change:
IF I ask better questions with the Healthy families team; BY using the Niho Taniwha framework in weekly coaching sessions, and also using the Niho Taniwha framework to connect across team discussions; THEN more and better stories of Healthy Families work will surface, and also Healthy Families will build evaluation into their regular practice; AND EVENTUALLY the Healthy Families team will collaborate more (+better) across projects and areas of work.
Repeat with telling stories, and with drawing maps. And for the Auckland Co-design Lab, and for the CX Collective.
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And now onward, to tāepaepatanga o te rangi - that place where the sky hangs down to the horizon. For there be land. Or dragons. Or both.
navigation (noun). the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.
whakatere (verb). (-hia,-a,-tia) to steer, navigate (a canoe), buoy up, float, accelerate, speed up, hasten, quicken.
And to navigate, to be kaiwhakatere, I need to know where I have been, so I know where I am, and can then understand where I am going. Ka pai? Ka pai.
And this is where I have been -
>At the heart of everything, I value being useful (tlawmngaihna, if you want to follow the Mizo thread) and being action-oriented (Facta Non Verba, as St. Edmund's College said).
>I see these values playing out in three ways - asking questions, telling stories, drawing maps.
>Mao Tse-tung on guerrilla strategy, Masanobu Fukuoka on growing plants with nature, and Laurie Baker on building beautifully and cheaply are my go-to texts on design.
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And suddenly, here I am, writing (part of) my year's work programme in the simple and elegant logic of a Theory of Change:
IF I ask better questions with the Healthy families team; BY using the Niho Taniwha framework in weekly coaching sessions, and also using the Niho Taniwha framework to connect across team discussions; THEN more and better stories of Healthy Families work will surface, and also Healthy Families will build evaluation into their regular practice; AND EVENTUALLY the Healthy Families team will collaborate more (+better) across projects and areas of work.
Repeat with telling stories, and with drawing maps. And for the Auckland Co-design Lab, and for the CX Collective.
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And now onward, to tāepaepatanga o te rangi - that place where the sky hangs down to the horizon. For there be land. Or dragons. Or both.
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