2017-06-23 14:37
Today is the one year anniversary of the UK’s fateful Brexit referendum. The unexpected twists have kept me busy writing, editing, and rewriting (and rewriting) as I’ve worked on… Read More
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Linear to Circular looks at the wicked problems faced by humanity under the following headings:
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2017-06-19 01:48
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared on Robert Peston’s show to discuss the UK government’s response to the Grenfell fire. Peston challenged the Chancellor to explain the… Read More
2017-06-19 01:48
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared on Robert Peston’s show to discuss the UK government’s response to the Greenfell fire. Peston challenged the Chancellor to explain the… Read More
2017-06-06 02:56
I’m not certain of much in life, but that Donald Trump is a disgrace who is in over his head seems pretty unquestionable. The London terrorist attacks were yet another...
The post Crat… Read More
2017-06-04 16:33
I’m not going to talk about the London terrorist attack, at least not directly. Too many people will take care of that in other places. But given that I’m in...
The post In the w… Read More
2017-05-13 18:16
The UK’s NHS got caught up in the major ransomware attack that hit computers around the world yesterday. In the wake of the attack, the Mirror is reporting that the Tories cu… Read More
2017-05-10 04:02
A few of my colleagues who also run Designing for Social Innovation and Leadership Global (DSIL Global) are running a design summit and setting up a center for innovation that...
The post ID… Read More
2017-04-25 14:52
I’m giving away Part 1 of Keep Calm and Brexit On? for World Book Day. Please grab a copy and consider giving it a brief, honest review. Thanks! I'm writing...
The post Pick up a free… Read More
2017-04-20 15:51
I’ve been meaning to dip a toe into the podcasting waters for a while, and I finally forced myself to give it a try today. I was on a walk...
The post Rambling While Rambling – E… Read More
2017-04-20 07:01
Nearly a month into the 24-month window for Article 50 negotiations, and before the negotiators have even had the chance to sit down together for the first time, the Tories...
The post Will… Read More
2017-04-19 18:34
When we last left the train wreck known as Brexit, I mentioned that the UK was pulling the EU ripcord, while pretending regulatory agencies were negotiating pawns, and that things...
The pos… Read More
2017-04-18 15:28
Theresa May became Prime Minister in the wake of the EU referendum was held on June 23, 2016, which saw then PM David Cameron resign in disgrace. A week later,...
The post The Brexit Signal… Read More
2017-04-15 08:21
I started a project a handful of years ago (the Wicked Problems Collaborative) that felt like a big departure from the writing I had been doing up to that point Read More
2017-04-11 09:09
The second installment of my book on the Brexit mess is out! This one looks at key forces that played into the EU referendum vote — matters like austerity in Read More
2017-03-29 17:38
In their letter to the EU, the UK requested parallel discussions: one for the “divorce bill,” and another for the go forward agreement. Per Sky News, Angela Merkel has already… Read More
2017-03-29 15:46
They did it. Theresa May sent her emissary to Brussels today to officially deliver the divorce papers. They now have two years to negotiate the tab for existing commitments, as...
The post D… Read More
2017-03-25 17:39
I’ve long warned about the potential of things going down a bad path if we don’t find a way to craft fairer societies. Over the past couple of years, those...
The post Last… Read More
2017-03-22 01:41
Ireland’s PM, Enda Kenny, stated that he won’t sign off on a deal that includes a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland (presumably due to fear of renewed hostilities… Read More
2017-03-19 16:29
I released Part I of my series on Brexit this week. To celebrate, I’ve made my recent basic income book free through March 20. (It covers the “why” of basic incomes… Read More
2017-03-19 15:40
Article 50, the bit of EU law that allows members to leave the union, allows for a 24 month negotiating period. Thus any country that triggers the clause has a...
The post Is the Article 50… Read More
2017-03-19 03:57
Scotland is not a willing participant in Theresa May’s Brexit plans. The country had the highest portion of Remain votes of any region in the UK with 62% of the...
The post Scotland Wi… Read More
2017-03-17 09:37
I’m wrapping up a book “Keep Calm and Brexit On?” that I’ll be publishing in multiple installments. The first one, “It’s Not Dead Yet” opens the boo… Read More
2017-03-13 04:43
Tonight’s the night (March 13, 2017) for the monthly Bangkok Stammtisch for RSA members and friends. As part of our meetup, we’re planning to discuss Owen Jones’ interview… Read More
2017-03-12 15:13
Andrew Sullivan thinks intersection is a religion. I think he’s a con(flation) artist. “Intersectionality” is the latest academic craze sweeping the American academy. On th… Read More
2017-03-10 18:04
I attended an interesting talk last night on using design for social innovation. The speaker, Marco Steinberg, a strategic design professional, was in Bangkok for a workshop with the United… Read More
2017-02-19 13:36
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the necessity of the universal right (or lack thereof) to free speech. Much of this has been due to the tiresome provocations...
The post Hate… Read More
2017-01-21 11:18
I read a post by Prof Philip Cohen during the inauguration that’s helped me re-frame the current mess. (Please read it.) I’ve struggled to find common ground due to perceive… Read More
2016-11-12 07:57
Send to Kindle(correction: I posted this momentarily before accounting for minors who are not eligible to register for voting. They accounted for 18.4% of the population in Ogemaw County in… Read More
2016-11-09 12:46
I’ve seen the chart below being shared widely on Twitter as an “Aha!” to prove that the vote wasn’t about economic anxiety or a working class revolt. Taken at face va… Read More
2016-10-21 13:10
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The post Supporting Zero Waste in Singapore appeared first on Chris Oestereich Read More
2016-10-20 09:20
I’m headed to a zero waste event with the Singapore’s National Environment Agency and the Singapore Hotel Association next week. In doing some homework for the event, I found a s… Read More
2016-09-27 11:30
I’m taking an EdX class on wicked problems (which has been excellent so far), and they just shared the video below which features the traditional story of the six men of Indostan. We i… Read More
2016-09-24 17:46
The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) turn 1 year old this weekend. Before the SDGs, there were the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals), a UN program that’s … Read More
2016-08-31 08:56
I’m sitting on a panel hosted by the Sasin Center for Sustainability Management at Chulalongkorn University that will follow a showing of Robert Reich’s documentary on the econom… Read More
2016-08-21 13:59
I’m a writer, consultant, and garden-variety curmudgeon based in Bangkok, Thailand. I’m the founder of the Wicked Problems Collaborative (we’ll be publishing our… Read More
2016-07-20 19:24
Imagine you had a life of relative ease, living in a pastoral world where you ran a small shop that...
The post The Humble Abode Games appeared first on Chris Oestereich Read More
2016-06-12 13:13
It has been an inauspicious couple of days for the Clinton campaign since Senator Sanders dropped out of the race Read More
2016-06-11 10:24
The Republican clown car is well in the rear view, but it seems to have been replaced by the unending Read More
2016-06-10 17:15
Since the New York primary, it’s seemed ever more likely that Bernie Sanders would not win the Democratic nomination, so Read More
2016-05-08 13:36
In, “The Economy is Rigged, and Other Campaign Truths,” Harvard Economist Gregory Mankiw took to the pages of the NYT’s Read More
2016-05-07 11:43
My first big CSR/sustainability event was the 2010 Net Impact Conference held at the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School Read More
2016-04-23 16:58
I recently visited the Philippines for an interesting summit held by the Asian Development Bank. The event brought together a diverse Read More
2016-04-21 12:00
As an old project management hack, I tend to think of operations work in terms of Bruce Tuckman’s Stages of Group Read More
2016-04-18 14:41
I was fortunate enough to participate in the UN ESCAP’sAsia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development this week. The forum included a Read More
2016-04-07 17:54
(With apologies to Pastor Niemöller) First they came for the textile workers, and I did not speak out—Because I was not Read More
2016-03-22 09:12
Technological advances can be both a blessing and a curse. One’s labour saving invention can be another’s pink slip. But Read More
2016-03-01 12:13
I spent the last two years working on a book on inequality with an amazing group of collaborators, and we’re Read More
2016-02-23 07:12
The Net Impact chapter run by the SASIN Center for Sustainability Management is hosting a film screening tomorrow night. The Read More
2016-02-23 07:12
The Net Impact chapter run by the SASIN Center for Sustainability Management is hosting a film screening tomorrow night. The Read More
2016-02-18 15:41
I’m attending the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 2nd Inclusive Business Forum for Asia in the Philippines this week. I sat Read More
2016-02-03 11:21
I started a crazy project two years ago. I was afraid it had little chance of succeeding. But a lot of Read More
2016-01-28 04:15
I was reading an interesting academic article on the causes of terrorism earlier this week, that was looking for ways Read More
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