Augmented Society

21st January , 2021 11am LA / 2PM NY / 7PM UK  Our final pandemic two-part series, Resourcing Change looks at the impact of unexpected and rapid change on society, its impact on supply chains, and our ability to source the things we need.  Register in advance for this event The pandemic brought panic buying and stress to product supply-chains, but also fantastic examples of thinking differently as people and businesses prepared for the unknown. While panic buying truly helped no one (other than those who already had the resources to survive) it called into question our reliance on complex internationalized import/export product and production supply chains.  Some thinking says local is best and that we must lessen our reliance on complex manufacturing and delivery mechanisms, but: there are some resources that are better grown or built abroad; there are some solutions that just need a change in the way we think to make them more resilient and sustainable; and, there are some applicatio

18th February, 2021 11am LA / 2PM NY / 7PM UK  Part Two of our final pandemic series ( Part One ), Resourcing Change looks at the impact of unexpected and rapid change on society, its impact on supply chains, and our ability to source the things we need. Register in advance for this event The pandemic brought panic buying and stress to product supply-chains, but also fantastic examples of thinking differently as people and businesses prepared for the unknown. While panic buying truly helped no one (other than those who already had the resources to survive) it called into question our reliance on complex internationalized import/export product and production supply chains.   As we conclude this series, we are continuing our collaboration and will be publishing a paper in alignment with the Augmented Society Network’s drive to bring into focus solutions and opportunities resulting from these epic, challenging and unusual times.  Join us to discuss:  Is thinking differently all we need

Podcast hosted by: Jonathan Tavss FRSA and Zoe Camper FRSA (53 mins) Listen to our October ASN:Podcast  How might we define and measure value for the new paradigm? What examples do we have of how alternative value has been established and is working well? Where we can leverage historical value concepts? What changes should we  be making to economic and social systems to reflect new standards of value? Contributors: Mitch Weisburgh, Amy Moser, Cyrill Wiget, Carlos Largacha-Martinez, Dick Reisman, Robert Diggs, Rianne Mason, Eva Pascoe, Jo Russ, Matthew Couper, Nancy Good, Wendy D Grossman.