CoDesign – The Design Thing

Group Project Summary from the course CoDesign – Participation, Design & Democracy at Malmö University in Sweden. The “paradise” group explored a participatory design approach to the topic of paradise communities that form in the face of crisis, by taking the participants to an imagined crisis in Venice, Italy. This is the documentation of our group…

Half a life is a life you didn’t live

The last couple of months have challenged us both in private and business-life. My corona-journey started on March 11th with becoming sick for 2 months. Completely shutting my system down. Which meant that I had to stay horisontal. Could not “save” or navigate the business into new developments. After those two months came a slow…

Nära samarbete på distans

Man kan inget annat än att bli glad när GRO-teamet kopplar upp och kopplar samman delarna som gör ett digitalt möte meningsfullt. Idag fick vi uppleva ett engagerande möte via Zoom med 80 deltagare från varstans ute i Europa. Nyckeln? Ha flera som styr upp och tydliga roller. Förbered väl. Och sänk tempot. Nu mer…

Preparing for European visual storytelling

This weekend in Vienna a whole bunch of visual practitioners were set to meet up and share knowledge and inspiration. Obviously we all got notifications of cancelled travel. And Markus and the organizing team swiftly reacted and refunded our event tickets. A week or so later they announced that it won’t be completely cancelled but…

Finding purpose

I’ve struggled with finding purpose. Pushed for the right way of phrasing it. Think I have it. Then it’s no longer valid. Or all of a sudden it doesn’t feel right anymore. At the time I discovered Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle a few years ago – starting with the why in the center then how…

Stepping into the heart of scribing

09 December 2018 I could have been back in Kerala now. My desire to go back to India and practice with Manoj is strong. But it’s time for another kind of bridge. 6 years ago I was bridging from the old into the new with Yoga in India. I was an overworked overachiever hustling a…

Rebel with a purpose. Here to serve.

We’re all born to serve in this world. It’s only a matter of finding your true purpose. How do you know if you are in your purpose? Is it your passion? Can it be your hobby? Yes, why not. I love dancing for example. Could that be my purpose in life? To dance? In one…