I generally believe in good things, the Universe, positive thinking...you get the idea. While I am an optimist, I am also a pessimist. When I needed proof for something, my mother would always laugh at me. She'd just put her hand on her heart and say, "If it feels right there and the head doesn't argue too much," that's fair proof to believe."
It's not that I'm completely sceptical; it's simply that I find it easier to accept the abstract when there's evidence. And yes, I've had my fair share. I recall a comedy scene in which someone claims he won't accept something he can't see, to which the other responds, "You can't see God, does that mean you don't believe there is one?" Does the fact that you can't see air mean you won't believe it exists? Does the fact that you can't see love mean you won't accept it if it exists?" and the list continues on and on. It's quite amusing.
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It's the same with faith. Sometimes I still privately think, "Let it happen, and then we'll see."
Every time I get my so-called proof, I'm pretty sure my mother laughs. One instance stands out in my mind, maybe because I was searching through my closet looking for a specific t-shirt. You know how it is when you grasp a piece of clothing and memories come back.
It was just another ordinary day. I went about my morning routine after dropping my son off at school and got to work about 10 a.m. Being a Monday, I'm a little later than normal, at 9 a.m., because I prefer to do some speed cleaning on Monday mornings. Maybe it's the music in my brain, or maybe it's just the energising vibe Monday brings. Unless we're talking about the colour I'm wearing, that is.
As a result, we had a tranquil morning. I was employed. I was listening to music.
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I got up at 11 a.m. to stretch and move, and then decided to shower. That's exactly what I did. And wearing a stylish full-sleeved black t-shirt. It's fantastic. It has an attractive strip of thumbnails of Michael Jackson across the front. (This is the t-shirt that brought this memory back to me.) I felt very good in a pair of snug faded dark blue jeans and resumed work, humming a pleasant tune.
At 1 p.m., I took a little lunch break.
I meandered around the house until 2 p.m., when I decided to go to my son's school. With a song on my lips — I'm a habitual hummer — and a spring in my stride, I snatched up my purse and slung it over my shoulder. I slipped into my shoes, pleasantly thinking about how nice my shampoo smelled... and also congratulating myself on getting that new smudge-proof kohl pencil. It didn't work.
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I noticed my reflection in the bookshelf glass, admired myself for a second, and smiled as I walked out the front door.
Imagine my surprise when my front door did me a favour and slammed shut. I was taken aback. What the hell was I thinking? That never happens. Something about the mechanism – it never shuts off on its own.
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Traditions of the HolidaysLauantai 18.12.2021 15:32
My grandma taught me how to construct gum wrapper chains when I was 12 years old. It's simple: fold a candy wrapper into a rectangle with two flaps, fold across the middle, then thread another candy wrapper through it. If you repeat this process enough times, you'll finish up with a zigzag-shaped garland. I worked on it constantly, folding new parts from a bag of brilliantly coloured wrappers that family and friends had saved for me. We hung it on the Christmas tree when it was about 10 feet long in the winter. After that, my parents hung it on the tree every year until the paper became brittle with age and broke into multiple pieces. A piece of it is still in my possession, tucked away in a storage unit.
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We started a tradition of going to the Catskills on the morning before Christmas to attend my parents' Christmas Eve party and then visiting Cody's on Christmas Day when I moved away to college.
I prepared an apple pie for my father one year because it was his favourite. I tweaked the recipe to resemble a legendary apple pie made by a woman in our neighbourhood when I was a child. It featured an impossible to resist buttery crust and a cinnamon-spiced interior with soft apple chunks that weren't too crunchy or mushy. I thought my version would be worthy of those memories. The family proclaimed it a success, and my father was so pleased that I vowed I'd do it every time, which I did. It's the same routine every year: bake pies, wrap presents, and drive to the Catskills. Until recently, that is.
Christmas cards were another dependable sign of the season. These little touchpoints of contact from friends and family near and far always made me smile when I got them in the mail. I acquired a linoleum block and created a winter scene - a rabbit in snowy woods — and started hand printing our own cards many years ago. I pressed art paper against an inky block with a rolling pin in the draughty carriage barn until I had fifty cards. I intended to carry on the tradition in the future, but I gave up after the first year, as I do with so many high-effort endeavours. I did, however, continue to send standard cards — personalised, with a photo of the cats or a snowy setting. It had been a tradition for me to choose a photo around Thanksgiving and order them in late November, then spend an afternoon addressing them and dropping them in a mailbox on my way to work. I'd keep all of the cards we received in return on the mantle in our living room until New Year's - first in our apartment, then in our house.
In the year 2020, I did not send any cards. Many people didn't, I presume because no one felt like writing Christmas greetings or choosing a photo from that tragic year.
We did accomplish a few minor goals. My primary focus was on making a wreath; we didn't have any pines on the old farmhouse land, so we went to a nearby state forest and cut some inconspicuous branches. I hung it on our front door after tying them to a wreath form and wrapping it in a velvet ribbon. We didn't buy each other gifts and just bought a handful for close family members. A few days before Christmas, we saw folks separately for short visits. We spent Christmas Day alone. We tried to find something on TV that wasn't a celebration of kids or family while I was still hurting from my first miscarriage. We must have given up and gone to bed early.
This year, I realise how much I missed everything — even the things I used to complain about, like waiting in line to buy apples at a crowded co-op or staying up till midnight baking pies. Expensive meals, decorations that are only unpacked and hung for a few weeks, and gifts that are lovingly wrapped and ribboned are all things we do for the holidays that we wouldn't typically consider fair. I've realised that we do it because we secretly enjoy these activities and need an excuse to indulge in them. We need a holiday to motivate us to put up the effort that special occasions necessitate.
This year, I'm going to do a lot more. While we won't be hosting any large meetings in the near future, I've restored some of the old customs. I purchased and mailed more cards than I'd ever sent before. We bought each other gifts. In the mail, I received a gingerbread home kit. We also got a tree for the first time.
We've never had a tree in our house before, even if it was a fake one. Years ago, we tried with a small potted one, but our sassy cats wouldn't leave it alone, so we had to put it away in a guest room.
This year, we took a hacksaw across the brook and into a meadow, and worked together to cut down a new tree on our property. It's a big pine, taller than I am and with a lot of dense branches. We lugged it back up the wide field and loaded it onto the flatbed. "Do you think the animals are going to wreak havoc on it?" I stated. "Perhaps," Cody answered. "But let's give it a shot."
As a result, the tree is now in the living room. Surprisingly, the animals ignore it. All of our ornaments are currently in storage, but I did purchase some lights. I went with the classics and got candy-colored ornaments, just like we used to have on the tree when I was a kid. I was walking Gracie down by the lake the other night when I noticed them gleaming through our living room windows. At Christmas, it appeared to be just like any other year.
I mailed the most of my cards last week and a few more this week. I noticed a large box at the end of the driveway the other day on my way back from the mailbox. "Are you expecting anything?" says the narrator. I inquired since we don't want to spoil the surprise of mail-ordered gifts.
Cody explained, "My folks claimed they were sending something." "However, it isn't a Christmas present." They advised that we open it right away."
Two crates included dozens of Christmas decorations from their personal collection. "They're for our tree," says the narrator. As a result, we'll be able to decorate it this year."
So now our tree is in the living room, glistening with brilliant fairy lights and brimming with ornaments borrowed from previous Christmases. Every morning, I switch on the lights and turn them off at night. I gaze over at it as I work at my desk throughout the day, this clear sign of winter, Christmas, and the end of the year.
It was a one-of-a-kind gift, crafted with thought, care, and work. As with all the best holiday customs
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We started a tradition of going to the Catskills on the morning before Christmas to attend my parents' Christmas Eve party and then visiting Cody's on Christmas Day when I moved away to college.
I prepared an apple pie for my father one year because it was his favourite. I tweaked the recipe to resemble a legendary apple pie made by a woman in our neighbourhood when I was a child. It featured an impossible to resist buttery crust and a cinnamon-spiced interior with soft apple chunks that weren't too crunchy or mushy. I thought my version would be worthy of those memories. The family proclaimed it a success, and my father was so pleased that I vowed I'd do it every time, which I did. It's the same routine every year: bake pies, wrap presents, and drive to the Catskills. Until recently, that is.
Christmas cards were another dependable sign of the season. These little touchpoints of contact from friends and family near and far always made me smile when I got them in the mail. I acquired a linoleum block and created a winter scene - a rabbit in snowy woods — and started hand printing our own cards many years ago. I pressed art paper against an inky block with a rolling pin in the draughty carriage barn until I had fifty cards. I intended to carry on the tradition in the future, but I gave up after the first year, as I do with so many high-effort endeavours. I did, however, continue to send standard cards — personalised, with a photo of the cats or a snowy setting. It had been a tradition for me to choose a photo around Thanksgiving and order them in late November, then spend an afternoon addressing them and dropping them in a mailbox on my way to work. I'd keep all of the cards we received in return on the mantle in our living room until New Year's - first in our apartment, then in our house.
In the year 2020, I did not send any cards. Many people didn't, I presume because no one felt like writing Christmas greetings or choosing a photo from that tragic year.
We did accomplish a few minor goals. My primary focus was on making a wreath; we didn't have any pines on the old farmhouse land, so we went to a nearby state forest and cut some inconspicuous branches. I hung it on our front door after tying them to a wreath form and wrapping it in a velvet ribbon. We didn't buy each other gifts and just bought a handful for close family members. A few days before Christmas, we saw folks separately for short visits. We spent Christmas Day alone. We tried to find something on TV that wasn't a celebration of kids or family while I was still hurting from my first miscarriage. We must have given up and gone to bed early.
This year, I realise how much I missed everything — even the things I used to complain about, like waiting in line to buy apples at a crowded co-op or staying up till midnight baking pies. Expensive meals, decorations that are only unpacked and hung for a few weeks, and gifts that are lovingly wrapped and ribboned are all things we do for the holidays that we wouldn't typically consider fair. I've realised that we do it because we secretly enjoy these activities and need an excuse to indulge in them. We need a holiday to motivate us to put up the effort that special occasions necessitate.
This year, I'm going to do a lot more. While we won't be hosting any large meetings in the near future, I've restored some of the old customs. I purchased and mailed more cards than I'd ever sent before. We bought each other gifts. In the mail, I received a gingerbread home kit. We also got a tree for the first time.
We've never had a tree in our house before, even if it was a fake one. Years ago, we tried with a small potted one, but our sassy cats wouldn't leave it alone, so we had to put it away in a guest room.
This year, we took a hacksaw across the brook and into a meadow, and worked together to cut down a new tree on our property. It's a big pine, taller than I am and with a lot of dense branches. We lugged it back up the wide field and loaded it onto the flatbed. "Do you think the animals are going to wreak havoc on it?" I stated. "Perhaps," Cody answered. "But let's give it a shot."
As a result, the tree is now in the living room. Surprisingly, the animals ignore it. All of our ornaments are currently in storage, but I did purchase some lights. I went with the classics and got candy-colored ornaments, just like we used to have on the tree when I was a kid. I was walking Gracie down by the lake the other night when I noticed them gleaming through our living room windows. At Christmas, it appeared to be just like any other year.
I mailed the most of my cards last week and a few more this week. I noticed a large box at the end of the driveway the other day on my way back from the mailbox. "Are you expecting anything?" says the narrator. I inquired since we don't want to spoil the surprise of mail-ordered gifts.
Cody explained, "My folks claimed they were sending something." "However, it isn't a Christmas present." They advised that we open it right away."
Two crates included dozens of Christmas decorations from their personal collection. "They're for our tree," says the narrator. As a result, we'll be able to decorate it this year."
So now our tree is in the living room, glistening with brilliant fairy lights and brimming with ornaments borrowed from previous Christmases. Every morning, I switch on the lights and turn them off at night. I gaze over at it as I work at my desk throughout the day, this clear sign of winter, Christmas, and the end of the year.
It was a one-of-a-kind gift, crafted with thought, care, and work. As with all the best holiday customs
As a Love Language, WorkTorstai 16.12.2021 22:50
As a Love Language, Work
This week has been one of the darkest of the year: sunsets at 4 p.m. in Berlin, where I live, and the number of COVID cases in the United States is increasing tremendously, with one in every 300 Americans now testing positive.
But there is also light.
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I read about Uur ahin and Zlem Türeci, the scientist husband-and-wife dream team behind BioNTech and Pfizer's collaborative COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough, along with many others. Their research has the potential to have a huge impact on our lives, but their personal tale is equally inspiring and a source of hope for many people.
It hit home for me as the author of a book about business romanticism. ahin and Türeci exemplify what I've been writing about for the past few years, as well as what the House of Beautiful Business, the think tank and community I co-founded, strives to promote: work as a deeply personal labour of love, a commitment to a cause greater than yourself, and a dash of romance thrown in for good measure.
For a change, reading the responses on social media was really heartwarming. So many people complimented each other. The two scientists were complimented for their modesty and work ethic by several. Others praised them – German citizens of Turkish descent — as a shining example of a more varied and open society, while others emphasised their age (both over 50) to highlight age discrimination. Almost every comment I came across was gracious, generous, and genuine. They added considerably more light to an already brightly illuminated environment.
Also this week, two items in the New York Times resonated with me: one was a book review by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of Barack Obama's biography, A Promised Land. The review is beautifully produced, matching the level of its subject and serving as an elegant text on its own, not stealing the show but enhancing the original. The reviewer and the subject received a lot of appreciation ("Even without having read the book, I feel like I already know it, but I'm still interested in reading the real thing"; "History will be kind to Obama"). You don't have to agree with everything said, but I was moved by their charity in this circumstance as well.
In addition, with the publication of his most recent recording, Budapest Concert, which was most likely his last live performance, I read a New York Times profile of pianist Keith Jarrett. He informed reporters that after two strokes, the most he could accomplish with his left hand was possibly hold a cup. There was an outpouring of affection in the reader comments! When you look through them, you realise how many lives Jarrett's music has touched — from The Köln Concert, which has become the soundtrack of many lives (and also of this beautiful segment in Nanni Moretti's film Dear Diary, where it accompanies the director and the viewer to the site where Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered) to the Budapest Concert — and how much his live performances will be missed.
All of these answers made me understand that finding words for other people's work (and words) is a labour of love. It's what critics, fans, and lovers do. They give each other names, adapt each other's language, and even create their own, a hidden code that gives even the most basic things meaning.
Some people feel that love is expressed through acts and becomes tangible when we contact, but I'm not one of them. That, I suppose, qualifies me as a romantic. I believe that love is expressed through words, including useless attempts to express what cannot be expressed and stays unattainable. Because words do not "talk," actions do not speak louder than words. They just sit there potently, and the more precisely they are chosen, the quieter – and more powerful — they become. When we find the appropriate words for each other, love becomes tangible.
This is an important lesson to remember if we want to make business more beautiful. We need to be more tender at all times, not just during growth sprints that are punctuated by mindfulness and meditation exercises, rituals, and retreats. No, with every engagement, we need to wrap business in new terms, reading and writing more into things than they appear on the surface. To lead brilliantly, you must establish a love language, whether it's through email, PowerPoint, Slack, memos, performance reports, or meetings. It is honouring someone else's work and words with your own; not dimming but brightening the light; not criticising but criticising each other with the words of a reviewer, a fan, or a lover.
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This week has been one of the darkest of the year: sunsets at 4 p.m. in Berlin, where I live, and the number of COVID cases in the United States is increasing tremendously, with one in every 300 Americans now testing positive.
But there is also light.
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I read about Uur ahin and Zlem Türeci, the scientist husband-and-wife dream team behind BioNTech and Pfizer's collaborative COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough, along with many others. Their research has the potential to have a huge impact on our lives, but their personal tale is equally inspiring and a source of hope for many people.
It hit home for me as the author of a book about business romanticism. ahin and Türeci exemplify what I've been writing about for the past few years, as well as what the House of Beautiful Business, the think tank and community I co-founded, strives to promote: work as a deeply personal labour of love, a commitment to a cause greater than yourself, and a dash of romance thrown in for good measure.
For a change, reading the responses on social media was really heartwarming. So many people complimented each other. The two scientists were complimented for their modesty and work ethic by several. Others praised them – German citizens of Turkish descent — as a shining example of a more varied and open society, while others emphasised their age (both over 50) to highlight age discrimination. Almost every comment I came across was gracious, generous, and genuine. They added considerably more light to an already brightly illuminated environment.
Also this week, two items in the New York Times resonated with me: one was a book review by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of Barack Obama's biography, A Promised Land. The review is beautifully produced, matching the level of its subject and serving as an elegant text on its own, not stealing the show but enhancing the original. The reviewer and the subject received a lot of appreciation ("Even without having read the book, I feel like I already know it, but I'm still interested in reading the real thing"; "History will be kind to Obama"). You don't have to agree with everything said, but I was moved by their charity in this circumstance as well.
In addition, with the publication of his most recent recording, Budapest Concert, which was most likely his last live performance, I read a New York Times profile of pianist Keith Jarrett. He informed reporters that after two strokes, the most he could accomplish with his left hand was possibly hold a cup. There was an outpouring of affection in the reader comments! When you look through them, you realise how many lives Jarrett's music has touched — from The Köln Concert, which has become the soundtrack of many lives (and also of this beautiful segment in Nanni Moretti's film Dear Diary, where it accompanies the director and the viewer to the site where Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered) to the Budapest Concert — and how much his live performances will be missed.
All of these answers made me understand that finding words for other people's work (and words) is a labour of love. It's what critics, fans, and lovers do. They give each other names, adapt each other's language, and even create their own, a hidden code that gives even the most basic things meaning.
Some people feel that love is expressed through acts and becomes tangible when we contact, but I'm not one of them. That, I suppose, qualifies me as a romantic. I believe that love is expressed through words, including useless attempts to express what cannot be expressed and stays unattainable. Because words do not "talk," actions do not speak louder than words. They just sit there potently, and the more precisely they are chosen, the quieter – and more powerful — they become. When we find the appropriate words for each other, love becomes tangible.
This is an important lesson to remember if we want to make business more beautiful. We need to be more tender at all times, not just during growth sprints that are punctuated by mindfulness and meditation exercises, rituals, and retreats. No, with every engagement, we need to wrap business in new terms, reading and writing more into things than they appear on the surface. To lead brilliantly, you must establish a love language, whether it's through email, PowerPoint, Slack, memos, performance reports, or meetings. It is honouring someone else's work and words with your own; not dimming but brightening the light; not criticising but criticising each other with the words of a reviewer, a fan, or a lover.
Tim Leberecht is the co-founder and co-CEO of the House of Beautiful Business, a global platform and community dedicated to making people and businesses more human and beautiful. The House inspires and enables business and nonprofit leaders, founders, technologists, policymakers, scientists, artists, and philosophers to reinvent their organisations and themselves, and to shape new visions for the future of business and society through gatherings, online programmes, publications, and art.
The 5G Digital Geopolitics Map: Why is the US after Huawei, a Chinese tech giant?Keskiviikko 15.12.2021 23:00
The 5G Digital Geopolitics Map: Why is the US after Huawei, a Chinese tech giant?
Huawei was started by Ren Zhengfei with 21,000 yuan (about $5,000 USD at the time). Huawei's 5G networks will soon be accessible to half of the world's population.
Source: Italicized
Table of Contents for the Story:
What is Huawei, and who is Huawei?
Why is it so important to know anything about Huawei?
In the realm of networks, traditional geopolitics and digital geopolitics coexist.
The current 5G geopolitical landscape and why Huawei is a market leader
Finally, some thoughts
What is Huawei, and who is Huawei?
Can you imagine a business that resembles a multibillion-dollar empire? With palaces brimming with replicas of world monuments?
Huawei is the world's largest technology corporation, and its name is increasingly appearing in publications around the world. Ren Zhengfei (), a Chinese engineer and CCP member, created Huawei in 1987 with 21,000 yuan (about USD$5,000 at the time).
Why is it so important to know anything about Huawei?
I believe there are numerous causes behind this. Huawei has surpassed Nokia as the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer. PC, Tablet, Wearable, and Router are among them.
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Their numbers are astounding, and their manufactures and sales continue to expand on all continents. They are the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones (Fig. 1). Their devices are cutting-edge and cost less. This means that we all have a good chance of getting one in the future to replace our Apples or Samsungs.
The 5G network, on the other hand, is Huawei's golden goose, which has positioned China as one of the most important technology players in network geopolitics.
Source: CNBC, Fig. 1
IDC, 2019. Source: IDC, 2019.
The new fifth-generation mobile network is known as 5G. 5G is different from its predecessors 2G, 3G, and 4G in that it is designed to accommodate a huge number of devices and high data speeds. According to Gökhan (2020), 5G networks are made up of three layers:
The first is the improved mobile network, which allows for speedier communication. For example, 5G reduces the time it takes to download a movie from 7 minutes to 6 seconds.
2- The second is ultra-reliable low-latency connectivity, which enables autonomous cars to be connected. Because to the minimal latency, the connection is 60 to 120 times quicker than 4G.
3- Machine-machine communication (Gökhan, 2020) allows machines to communicate with one another.
"4G has altered life, but 5G will revolutionise society," says Steven Wu, senior product manager at Huawei, of the revolutionary nature of 5G technology. One of the most important 5G trends will be its implementation in industry.
In the realm of networks, traditional geopolitics and digital geopolitics coexist.
The massive impact of 5G on society and the economy attracts not just corporate competitiveness, but also geopolitical conflict between countries. In a fast changing world, traditional geopolitical competition for fixed territory and natural resources, such as the imperial battle for Africa and/or political dominance during the Cold War, is being superseded.
Territories without permanent and clear borders have formed in this world, which is defined by interconnectedness and interdependence within large-scale networks. 5G technology begins a new industrial revolution and transforms society on a big scale in these undefined territories, resulting in creative technological infrastructure activities.
World Bank, Technology Infrastructure.
New technical and infrastructure advancements, particularly those that connect networks that integrate people, businesses, and machines, have given geopolitics a new and unparalleled dimension. As a result, the battle for power between major nations continues, but in a different form, as it migrates to the area of networks. Geopolitical struggle has taken place, above all, in transnational networks in this new era of technology.
Because networks have such a big impact on the economy, politics, and social order, a power struggle in networks has erupted, shaping geopolitical clash. The latest example of this competition is the dispute between China and the United States over the development of 5G technology.
China and the United States are vying for supremacy in the development and operation of 5G networks. Surpassing other players in Internet connection networks provides huge benefits, since it allows a country to affect the operation of multiple networks at the same time.
As a result, it's no surprise that the geopolitical battle for networks is centred on the development of 5G. These changes and technical advancements have never had such an impact on geopolitics.
Despite the presence of other entities, nations continue to be the primary players in digital geopolitics. Their objectives and tactics, on the other hand, alter. Unlike established territorial units, network flows cannot be contained or controlled; they can only be impacted.
As a result, states gain power in networks through fostering and developing dependency. The generation of the flow source is linked to the creation of dependents.
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This allows the grid generator, such as 5G, to use the flow to benefit other countries that require grid access. The ability to achieve a first-mover advantage by being the first to build networks. This is critical for influencing how they are implemented. As a result, it is to be expected that states will hurry to gain the benefit of being the first to build technical networks.
The current 5G geopolitical landscape and why Huawei is king
China has already outpaced the United States in the development of 5G technology, thanks to Huawei, and has stepped up its attempts to reach the global market.
Aside from building railroads and roads, China is also working on developing digital infrastructure for countries that have fallen behind in this area. Fiber optic cable networks, through which 5G networks flow, are part of China's efforts to improve its digital infrastructure.
Huawei was started by Ren Zhengfei with 21,000 yuan (about $5,000 USD at the time). Huawei's 5G networks will soon be accessible to half of the world's population.
Source: Italicized
Table of Contents for the Story:
What is Huawei, and who is Huawei?
Why is it so important to know anything about Huawei?
In the realm of networks, traditional geopolitics and digital geopolitics coexist.
The current 5G geopolitical landscape and why Huawei is a market leader
Finally, some thoughts
What is Huawei, and who is Huawei?
Can you imagine a business that resembles a multibillion-dollar empire? With palaces brimming with replicas of world monuments?
Huawei is the world's largest technology corporation, and its name is increasingly appearing in publications around the world. Ren Zhengfei (), a Chinese engineer and CCP member, created Huawei in 1987 with 21,000 yuan (about USD$5,000 at the time).
Why is it so important to know anything about Huawei?
I believe there are numerous causes behind this. Huawei has surpassed Nokia as the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer. PC, Tablet, Wearable, and Router are among them.
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Their numbers are astounding, and their manufactures and sales continue to expand on all continents. They are the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones (Fig. 1). Their devices are cutting-edge and cost less. This means that we all have a good chance of getting one in the future to replace our Apples or Samsungs.
The 5G network, on the other hand, is Huawei's golden goose, which has positioned China as one of the most important technology players in network geopolitics.
Source: CNBC, Fig. 1
IDC, 2019. Source: IDC, 2019.
The new fifth-generation mobile network is known as 5G. 5G is different from its predecessors 2G, 3G, and 4G in that it is designed to accommodate a huge number of devices and high data speeds. According to Gökhan (2020), 5G networks are made up of three layers:
The first is the improved mobile network, which allows for speedier communication. For example, 5G reduces the time it takes to download a movie from 7 minutes to 6 seconds.
2- The second is ultra-reliable low-latency connectivity, which enables autonomous cars to be connected. Because to the minimal latency, the connection is 60 to 120 times quicker than 4G.
3- Machine-machine communication (Gökhan, 2020) allows machines to communicate with one another.
"4G has altered life, but 5G will revolutionise society," says Steven Wu, senior product manager at Huawei, of the revolutionary nature of 5G technology. One of the most important 5G trends will be its implementation in industry.
In the realm of networks, traditional geopolitics and digital geopolitics coexist.
The massive impact of 5G on society and the economy attracts not just corporate competitiveness, but also geopolitical conflict between countries. In a fast changing world, traditional geopolitical competition for fixed territory and natural resources, such as the imperial battle for Africa and/or political dominance during the Cold War, is being superseded.
Territories without permanent and clear borders have formed in this world, which is defined by interconnectedness and interdependence within large-scale networks. 5G technology begins a new industrial revolution and transforms society on a big scale in these undefined territories, resulting in creative technological infrastructure activities.
World Bank, Technology Infrastructure.
New technical and infrastructure advancements, particularly those that connect networks that integrate people, businesses, and machines, have given geopolitics a new and unparalleled dimension. As a result, the battle for power between major nations continues, but in a different form, as it migrates to the area of networks. Geopolitical struggle has taken place, above all, in transnational networks in this new era of technology.
Because networks have such a big impact on the economy, politics, and social order, a power struggle in networks has erupted, shaping geopolitical clash. The latest example of this competition is the dispute between China and the United States over the development of 5G technology.
China and the United States are vying for supremacy in the development and operation of 5G networks. Surpassing other players in Internet connection networks provides huge benefits, since it allows a country to affect the operation of multiple networks at the same time.
As a result, it's no surprise that the geopolitical battle for networks is centred on the development of 5G. These changes and technical advancements have never had such an impact on geopolitics.
Despite the presence of other entities, nations continue to be the primary players in digital geopolitics. Their objectives and tactics, on the other hand, alter. Unlike established territorial units, network flows cannot be contained or controlled; they can only be impacted.
As a result, states gain power in networks through fostering and developing dependency. The generation of the flow source is linked to the creation of dependents.
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This allows the grid generator, such as 5G, to use the flow to benefit other countries that require grid access. The ability to achieve a first-mover advantage by being the first to build networks. This is critical for influencing how they are implemented. As a result, it is to be expected that states will hurry to gain the benefit of being the first to build technical networks.
The current 5G geopolitical landscape and why Huawei is king
China has already outpaced the United States in the development of 5G technology, thanks to Huawei, and has stepped up its attempts to reach the global market.
Aside from building railroads and roads, China is also working on developing digital infrastructure for countries that have fallen behind in this area. Fiber optic cable networks, through which 5G networks flow, are part of China's efforts to improve its digital infrastructure.
Is Estonia the Silicon Valley of government technology?Keskiviikko 15.12.2021 14:14
The New Yorker published an article in 2017 called "Estonia, the Digital Republic," with the subtitle "Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and safe." Has this tiny post-Soviet country discovered the path to the future?' This sums up the buzz surrounding Estonia's digital government: it is perceived as a significant success from the outside, and has been acclaimed in mainstream media outlets such as the Financial Times, New York Times, and Forbes. Given its accomplishment, it's astonishing that this storey, and its key drivers, have yet to be thoroughly recorded in academic studies. We do just that in our new working paper, which includes interviews with all of Estonia's digital government's key architects.
What were the primary factors that influenced the company's digital transformation? What does Estonia's digital revolution tell us about the future of (digital) governance, maybe most importantly?
What does it mean to be successful?
The success of Estonia's e-government infrastructure is based on two key pillars, both of which were implemented in 2001 and fundamentally create digital access to the state and digital citizens: the data infrastructure x-road and a mandatory national digital ID. X-road is a data exchange layer and interoperability platform for existing decentralised databases that can be used by both public and private sector organisations. It is platform and architecture agnostic, allowing for secure data exchanges and the identification of trusted actors in the delivery of digital services. Citizens can be digitally identified and use digital signatures thanks to the digital ID. Together, x-road and the digital ID enable users to digitally sign any contract, use virtually any government function, get prescriptions, file taxes, vote, and more.
More than 2,300 governmental and commercial services use x-road, and Estonia's 1.3 million people have used the digital signature nearly 350 million times. Almost all personal income tax declarations and medical prescriptions are done online, and most medical records held by hospitals and family doctors are accessible online; 30 percent of votes are cast digitally (in both local and national elections); almost all personal income tax declarations and medical prescriptions are done online; and most medical records held by hospital and family doctors are accessible online. According to the Estonian government, its digital infrastructure has resulted in annual savings of around 2% of GDP and more than 800 years of working time for both the public and commercial sectors.
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Estonia was the leading nation in Europe in terms of digital public services in 2017, according to the EU's Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), but it fell to second place in 2018. However, Estonia's digital achievement is less apparent in most other e-government rankings. Estonia is placed ninth in DESI's overall ranking for 2018, and only 16th internationally according to the UN's 2018 e-government study. This cognitive dissonance reflects the nature of Estonia's digital success: high accolades and leading positions in global news outlets while relatively low rankings in overall digital transformation indexes (for more on this, read Drechsler's contribution in this new book). Estonia is praised for its generally accessible and mandatory digital public service infrastructure, which serves as the backbone of government service delivery. Other digital products, such as digital democracy, citizen involvement, or digitally altering governmental services like the welfare state, are not part of Estonia's digital success.
In worldwide coverage, the unique character of Estonia's digital achievement, as well as the mismatch between technological infrastructure and digital adoption, is frequently missed. Estonia has effectively developed its own legacy system as its digital government has become increasingly focused on the x-road, a trend that the original planners hoped to avoid. Indeed, in the early 1990s, the emphasis was on securing digital infrastructure as much as it was on achieving societal goals using digital methods. However, the progress of digital government appears to have stagnated in the 2000s, when Estonia blazed through an economic boom that left rising inequities in its wake.
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Estonia's digital government has been caught up in its own success in certain ways: in 2014, the country created an e-residency programme, which makes some digital public services (such forming a corporation and paying taxes) available to people all over the world. While more than 40,000 e-residents have joined up — including the Pope, who was recently granted e-residency — and more than 4,000 firms have been founded by e-residents, the initiative has been criticised in the United States as a show-off that facilitates money laundering. (Like India's Aadhar, Estonia's digital infrastructure was challenged in constitutional court over e-voting; like India, the Estonian court'sided' with digital solutions.)
While many digital services have helped individuals and businesses in Estonia become more efficient, citizen satisfaction with critical services like healthcare and education has remained poor. According to OECD rankings from 2014, Estonia scored fifth from the bottom in terms of satisfaction with health services (it was first in 2007) and second from the bottom in terms of education system satisfaction (in 2007 it ranked third lowest). Furthermore, Estonia scores low on a number of important social measures. In 2016, it had the biggest gender pay gap in Europe and a Gini index that was greater than the EU average. While citizen satisfaction is not the only indicator of the quality of public services — and digital infrastructure is only one component in the delivery of sophisticated services such as health and education — it does suggest that basic public services are improving.
How did you achieve your success?
Even though such a central agency was originally envisioned to manage (among other things) key public registries, Estonia has never had a central office for digital transformation, similar to the UK's Government Digital Service (GDS). Starting in the early 1990s, when Estonia regained independence, and continuing to the present day, Estonia's digital transformation has been a long and ongoing process. Much of this procedure has been haphazard and unstructured. For example, rather than responding to domestic constraints and planning procedures, many strategic policy statements for digital transformation have followed the rhythms of European (structural) funding periods. Similarly, a number of overlapping and generally self-managed public-private networks have supplied the informal dynamic capacity and capability for change, albeit only a handful of these have been institutionalised or formalised. Above all, the process was founded on what Albert Hirschman refers to as the principle of the hiding hand: policymakers push visionary changes without anticipating all of the challenges and risks ahead of time, an approach that can lead to unexpected learning, creativity, and — in this case — success.
What were the primary factors that influenced the company's digital transformation? What does Estonia's digital revolution tell us about the future of (digital) governance, maybe most importantly?
What does it mean to be successful?
The success of Estonia's e-government infrastructure is based on two key pillars, both of which were implemented in 2001 and fundamentally create digital access to the state and digital citizens: the data infrastructure x-road and a mandatory national digital ID. X-road is a data exchange layer and interoperability platform for existing decentralised databases that can be used by both public and private sector organisations. It is platform and architecture agnostic, allowing for secure data exchanges and the identification of trusted actors in the delivery of digital services. Citizens can be digitally identified and use digital signatures thanks to the digital ID. Together, x-road and the digital ID enable users to digitally sign any contract, use virtually any government function, get prescriptions, file taxes, vote, and more.
More than 2,300 governmental and commercial services use x-road, and Estonia's 1.3 million people have used the digital signature nearly 350 million times. Almost all personal income tax declarations and medical prescriptions are done online, and most medical records held by hospitals and family doctors are accessible online; 30 percent of votes are cast digitally (in both local and national elections); almost all personal income tax declarations and medical prescriptions are done online; and most medical records held by hospital and family doctors are accessible online. According to the Estonian government, its digital infrastructure has resulted in annual savings of around 2% of GDP and more than 800 years of working time for both the public and commercial sectors.
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Estonia was the leading nation in Europe in terms of digital public services in 2017, according to the EU's Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), but it fell to second place in 2018. However, Estonia's digital achievement is less apparent in most other e-government rankings. Estonia is placed ninth in DESI's overall ranking for 2018, and only 16th internationally according to the UN's 2018 e-government study. This cognitive dissonance reflects the nature of Estonia's digital success: high accolades and leading positions in global news outlets while relatively low rankings in overall digital transformation indexes (for more on this, read Drechsler's contribution in this new book). Estonia is praised for its generally accessible and mandatory digital public service infrastructure, which serves as the backbone of government service delivery. Other digital products, such as digital democracy, citizen involvement, or digitally altering governmental services like the welfare state, are not part of Estonia's digital success.
In worldwide coverage, the unique character of Estonia's digital achievement, as well as the mismatch between technological infrastructure and digital adoption, is frequently missed. Estonia has effectively developed its own legacy system as its digital government has become increasingly focused on the x-road, a trend that the original planners hoped to avoid. Indeed, in the early 1990s, the emphasis was on securing digital infrastructure as much as it was on achieving societal goals using digital methods. However, the progress of digital government appears to have stagnated in the 2000s, when Estonia blazed through an economic boom that left rising inequities in its wake.
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Estonia's digital government has been caught up in its own success in certain ways: in 2014, the country created an e-residency programme, which makes some digital public services (such forming a corporation and paying taxes) available to people all over the world. While more than 40,000 e-residents have joined up — including the Pope, who was recently granted e-residency — and more than 4,000 firms have been founded by e-residents, the initiative has been criticised in the United States as a show-off that facilitates money laundering. (Like India's Aadhar, Estonia's digital infrastructure was challenged in constitutional court over e-voting; like India, the Estonian court'sided' with digital solutions.)
While many digital services have helped individuals and businesses in Estonia become more efficient, citizen satisfaction with critical services like healthcare and education has remained poor. According to OECD rankings from 2014, Estonia scored fifth from the bottom in terms of satisfaction with health services (it was first in 2007) and second from the bottom in terms of education system satisfaction (in 2007 it ranked third lowest). Furthermore, Estonia scores low on a number of important social measures. In 2016, it had the biggest gender pay gap in Europe and a Gini index that was greater than the EU average. While citizen satisfaction is not the only indicator of the quality of public services — and digital infrastructure is only one component in the delivery of sophisticated services such as health and education — it does suggest that basic public services are improving.
How did you achieve your success?
Even though such a central agency was originally envisioned to manage (among other things) key public registries, Estonia has never had a central office for digital transformation, similar to the UK's Government Digital Service (GDS). Starting in the early 1990s, when Estonia regained independence, and continuing to the present day, Estonia's digital transformation has been a long and ongoing process. Much of this procedure has been haphazard and unstructured. For example, rather than responding to domestic constraints and planning procedures, many strategic policy statements for digital transformation have followed the rhythms of European (structural) funding periods. Similarly, a number of overlapping and generally self-managed public-private networks have supplied the informal dynamic capacity and capability for change, albeit only a handful of these have been institutionalised or formalised. Above all, the process was founded on what Albert Hirschman refers to as the principle of the hiding hand: policymakers push visionary changes without anticipating all of the challenges and risks ahead of time, an approach that can lead to unexpected learning, creativity, and — in this case — success.
Meet the Team and Sign Up for Open EnquiriesPerjantai 10.12.2021 12:23
These questions are directed at anyone who works on, with, or in civil society or their local community. They're made for people who are willing to contribute their experience, expertise, ideas, and a sense of wonder.
The Open Enquiries will be held twice a week in Miro. Each session will explore, unpack, and enhance our knowledge of a specific theme, which we'll introduce to you in the coming weeks. They're a kind of a test: we're looking to create venues where we can all come together and jointly produce wisdom that can, among other things, feed into our emerging civil society agenda.
The first session will be held on Tuesday, February 16th, at 13:00 and will last two hours – you can come for two minutes, stay for two hours, or anything in between. Over the next few weeks, we'll provide more details about how we expect things to work.
Thriving and Powerful Communities* is the first theme on which we're working.
As the COVID19 virus expanded across the country, a wave of social solidarity erupted, highlighting the power and potential that exists within our communities. It also offered glimpses of the structural, cultural, and behavioural changes that are both attainable and urgently required to better enable thriving and strong communities. In the coming years, we will all need to work together to achieve recovery and renewal.
We hope to reflect on your experiences and analyse some of the weak and strong signals of change in this session. What does this mean for developing better, more fair, and just approaches that empower communities to use their power to renew, imagine, and create the changes they desire? What has the epidemic shown or highlighted that all communities need to know about? What must alter and shift in the face of the long crisis to promote more powerful, vibrant communities? How will we go about completing the effort required to identify and eliminate disparities and inequalities?
In our next blog, we'll delve deeper into the theme, highlighting some of the materials we've been using, as well as tensions and provocations we think would be worth responding to.
You can sign up here if you'd like to join us.
These inquiries are being put together by people from all throughout the UK and Europe, with experience in a variety of fields. At each of the sessions, a mix of us will be present. Here's some background information on who we are.
Deacon, Carrie
I'm assisting in the investigation of the strong and weak signs of change that our communities and civil society are experiencing, as well as the ramifications of these signals. We're swiftly assembling ideas, examples, and methods from around the UK and the rest of the world to enable us start intriguing conversations and jointly explore difficult and important subjects.
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I'm a strategist, designer, and facilitator who's worked with communities, civil society, and government officials to explore and develop solutions to some of the world's most pressing social issues. Much of my work entails delving into knotty, complicated subjects. I'm particularly interested in power, and how new forms of organising, collaborating, and imagining might influence institutions, social structures, and culture.
I'm looking forward to listening and thinking together how we might expand on some amazing work that's already being done while also identifying and creating new opportunities. I'm curious to see how we might pursue our interests and dreams together, but I'm also aware of the hard work that will undoubtedly be required in the following years. I'm hopeful that, in the midst of sorrow and adversity, we can renew each other's hope and optimism for the future.
Cassie Robinson is a model and actress.
At The National Lottery Community Fund, I oversee the UK Portfolio, but I'm also responsible for stewarding our inquiries and emerging strategy approach to how we'll shape and support civil society and communities in the future as part of the Funding Strategy Directorate. Different colleagues throughout the Fund are focused on different elements of this — from climate action to young people — but these open inquiries allow us to be more inquisitive and future-focused — there is so much we don't know yet, and I love that we can embark on a voyage of discovery together.
Davis, Ellie
I'm a member of the research group. We're analysing the many themes together, looking for examples of fascinating thought and practise, and identifying emerging characteristics. This work is unlike anything I've done before in terms of its exploratory aspect.
I have a diverse history as a professional copywriter. I have a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in development and social change media practise. Although much of my work focuses on the built environment, I've recently been working on a number of initiatives that examine how to bring about systemic change in civil society. I've always been interested in work that promotes positive change, whether it's environmental or social justice.
Working with complex systems thinking and intersectionality issues has allowed me to bring together various components of my previous expertise and study. It's an enthralling process, and I'm hoping that some of the enthusiasm we all bring to the project is translated into an experience that both inspires and provokes.
Mona Ebdrup is a Danish actress.
I'm working on the Miro Living Room boards, which will collect all of the bits and pieces from the entire process and discussion. In a time when we are all learning to embrace working digitally in meaningful ways, I'm studying how to make the Miro boards relatable, accessible, engaging, and sparking interest.
I'm a graphic facilitator, and I've always found myself working on interdisciplinary projects that are often complex and challenging. One of my greatest assets is my ability to see things from several angles. I'm based in Copenhagen, but I deal with groups and organisations from all around the world.
This initiative fascinates me in a number of ways: it pushes the boundaries of how we engage (digitally), it dares to enter the open inquiry and ask questions rather than delivering all the answers.
Rachel Karasik (Rachel Karasik)
Throughout this process, I'm researching and generating material, with a particular focus on finding emergent and off-the-beaten-path case studies and ideas that will inform and hopefully encourage intriguing debates.
I'm a former chef and food anthropologist, but my background is in social innovation and civil society. I've worked in a variety of industries, including cooking and writing, and have often collaborated with people outside of my industry, providing valuable opportunity to learn from diverse viewpoints and experiences.
Despite the fact that most of my work revolves around food, this project feels like a return to some of my earlier work. In our current predicament, it's critical to recognise the power and demands of communities, as well as to accept that we don't have all the answers.
Old Rosalyn
I'm part of a team that's researching and producing content for the various subjects that will be covered during the process. There is a wealth of experience and instances of how communities and organisations have adapted in extraordinary ways to changing circumstances out there, as well as a number of insightful and thought-provoking studies.
I'm a researcher and facilitator who is passionate about democratic innovation, civic engagement, governance, community ownership, and commons models. Along the way, I've worked in a grassroots cooperative, researched sustainable urban communities, and volunteered in the youth sector as an advocate and facilitator.
This initiative, in my opinion, brings together some of the most intriguing questions that arise at the intersections of various fields. It's an opportunity to bring together some of the most compelling examples, ideas, and questions to help determine civil society's future at a critical juncture.
Suzy Glass is a character in the film Suzy Glass
I'm in charge of the overall process and concentrating on engagement — how do we bring together interesting groups of people, how do we design and facilitate light-touch online exercises that allow us to collectively explore and deepen our understanding of complex themes?
I'm a facilitator, consultant, and producer. I've always worked in interdisciplinary settings, with a focus on cultural practise, emerging futures, and transformative change. I excel in horizon scanning and synthesis, and I prefer to work in high-stress situations.
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This project is ideal for me because it allows me to explore some of the methodologies and techniques I've been developing over the years while focusing on how we create the conditions for change and improvement. It feels like it comes at at the right time — I know I'm in dire need of some time to think about how we could get out of this issue, and I'm hoping these Enquiries will give that.
Here's where you can sign up for our first session on Creating Powerful and Thriving Communities.
*The following are the other four themes:
Now is the time to build the infrastructure you'll require on a daily basis.
Long-term crises adaptation, resilience, and coping
Providing communities with the tools they need to anticipate, imagine, and change the future
Ecosystems, constellations, and ecology
The Open Enquiries will be held twice a week in Miro. Each session will explore, unpack, and enhance our knowledge of a specific theme, which we'll introduce to you in the coming weeks. They're a kind of a test: we're looking to create venues where we can all come together and jointly produce wisdom that can, among other things, feed into our emerging civil society agenda.
The first session will be held on Tuesday, February 16th, at 13:00 and will last two hours – you can come for two minutes, stay for two hours, or anything in between. Over the next few weeks, we'll provide more details about how we expect things to work.
Thriving and Powerful Communities* is the first theme on which we're working.
As the COVID19 virus expanded across the country, a wave of social solidarity erupted, highlighting the power and potential that exists within our communities. It also offered glimpses of the structural, cultural, and behavioural changes that are both attainable and urgently required to better enable thriving and strong communities. In the coming years, we will all need to work together to achieve recovery and renewal.
We hope to reflect on your experiences and analyse some of the weak and strong signals of change in this session. What does this mean for developing better, more fair, and just approaches that empower communities to use their power to renew, imagine, and create the changes they desire? What has the epidemic shown or highlighted that all communities need to know about? What must alter and shift in the face of the long crisis to promote more powerful, vibrant communities? How will we go about completing the effort required to identify and eliminate disparities and inequalities?
In our next blog, we'll delve deeper into the theme, highlighting some of the materials we've been using, as well as tensions and provocations we think would be worth responding to.
You can sign up here if you'd like to join us.
These inquiries are being put together by people from all throughout the UK and Europe, with experience in a variety of fields. At each of the sessions, a mix of us will be present. Here's some background information on who we are.
Deacon, Carrie
I'm assisting in the investigation of the strong and weak signs of change that our communities and civil society are experiencing, as well as the ramifications of these signals. We're swiftly assembling ideas, examples, and methods from around the UK and the rest of the world to enable us start intriguing conversations and jointly explore difficult and important subjects.
Information Transformation Services is endowing the clients with a stunning and impressive visual experience crafted by 3D Modeling Services. We are completely forted to offers our customers with a range of appealing 3D designs that are carefully crafted to meet with all type of requirements.Â
I'm a strategist, designer, and facilitator who's worked with communities, civil society, and government officials to explore and develop solutions to some of the world's most pressing social issues. Much of my work entails delving into knotty, complicated subjects. I'm particularly interested in power, and how new forms of organising, collaborating, and imagining might influence institutions, social structures, and culture.
I'm looking forward to listening and thinking together how we might expand on some amazing work that's already being done while also identifying and creating new opportunities. I'm curious to see how we might pursue our interests and dreams together, but I'm also aware of the hard work that will undoubtedly be required in the following years. I'm hopeful that, in the midst of sorrow and adversity, we can renew each other's hope and optimism for the future.
Cassie Robinson is a model and actress.
At The National Lottery Community Fund, I oversee the UK Portfolio, but I'm also responsible for stewarding our inquiries and emerging strategy approach to how we'll shape and support civil society and communities in the future as part of the Funding Strategy Directorate. Different colleagues throughout the Fund are focused on different elements of this — from climate action to young people — but these open inquiries allow us to be more inquisitive and future-focused — there is so much we don't know yet, and I love that we can embark on a voyage of discovery together.
Davis, Ellie
I'm a member of the research group. We're analysing the many themes together, looking for examples of fascinating thought and practise, and identifying emerging characteristics. This work is unlike anything I've done before in terms of its exploratory aspect.
I have a diverse history as a professional copywriter. I have a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in development and social change media practise. Although much of my work focuses on the built environment, I've recently been working on a number of initiatives that examine how to bring about systemic change in civil society. I've always been interested in work that promotes positive change, whether it's environmental or social justice.
Working with complex systems thinking and intersectionality issues has allowed me to bring together various components of my previous expertise and study. It's an enthralling process, and I'm hoping that some of the enthusiasm we all bring to the project is translated into an experience that both inspires and provokes.
Mona Ebdrup is a Danish actress.
I'm working on the Miro Living Room boards, which will collect all of the bits and pieces from the entire process and discussion. In a time when we are all learning to embrace working digitally in meaningful ways, I'm studying how to make the Miro boards relatable, accessible, engaging, and sparking interest.
I'm a graphic facilitator, and I've always found myself working on interdisciplinary projects that are often complex and challenging. One of my greatest assets is my ability to see things from several angles. I'm based in Copenhagen, but I deal with groups and organisations from all around the world.
This initiative fascinates me in a number of ways: it pushes the boundaries of how we engage (digitally), it dares to enter the open inquiry and ask questions rather than delivering all the answers.
Rachel Karasik (Rachel Karasik)
Throughout this process, I'm researching and generating material, with a particular focus on finding emergent and off-the-beaten-path case studies and ideas that will inform and hopefully encourage intriguing debates.
I'm a former chef and food anthropologist, but my background is in social innovation and civil society. I've worked in a variety of industries, including cooking and writing, and have often collaborated with people outside of my industry, providing valuable opportunity to learn from diverse viewpoints and experiences.
Despite the fact that most of my work revolves around food, this project feels like a return to some of my earlier work. In our current predicament, it's critical to recognise the power and demands of communities, as well as to accept that we don't have all the answers.
Old Rosalyn
I'm part of a team that's researching and producing content for the various subjects that will be covered during the process. There is a wealth of experience and instances of how communities and organisations have adapted in extraordinary ways to changing circumstances out there, as well as a number of insightful and thought-provoking studies.
I'm a researcher and facilitator who is passionate about democratic innovation, civic engagement, governance, community ownership, and commons models. Along the way, I've worked in a grassroots cooperative, researched sustainable urban communities, and volunteered in the youth sector as an advocate and facilitator.
This initiative, in my opinion, brings together some of the most intriguing questions that arise at the intersections of various fields. It's an opportunity to bring together some of the most compelling examples, ideas, and questions to help determine civil society's future at a critical juncture.
Suzy Glass is a character in the film Suzy Glass
I'm in charge of the overall process and concentrating on engagement — how do we bring together interesting groups of people, how do we design and facilitate light-touch online exercises that allow us to collectively explore and deepen our understanding of complex themes?
I'm a facilitator, consultant, and producer. I've always worked in interdisciplinary settings, with a focus on cultural practise, emerging futures, and transformative change. I excel in horizon scanning and synthesis, and I prefer to work in high-stress situations.
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Taking a chance on ourselvesKeskiviikko 08.12.2021 22:14
Going from meeting to meeting, making judgments on the fly, and reviewing documents as they're discussed can be exhausting. I've even made a presentation in the middle of a meeting when I forgot I was supposed to speak! 2
You may believe that is the most efficient use of your time, and my calendar reflects this, with a series of back-to-back appointments on a variety of topics. But if you don't take the time to think, you'll make snap decisions, miss out on an opportunity to influence a project, or miss a risk you could have avoided.
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Following a period of stress during which I employed cognitive behavioural therapy, I learned to create a worry diary and now set aside time to evaluate the week ahead. You could argue that I should be examining the fortnight, if not the month ahead!
Even if I'm still influenced by how much time I have left after meetings rather than how much time I need for work and which meetings I truly need, I block out time to do work in between meetings.
I used to set aside half an hour each day after work to write in my diary about how I felt about the day, what I'd accomplished, what challenges had arisen, and what I could do to address them and enhance my work.
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You may believe that is the most efficient use of your time, and my calendar reflects this, with a series of back-to-back appointments on a variety of topics. But if you don't take the time to think, you'll make snap decisions, miss out on an opportunity to influence a project, or miss a risk you could have avoided.
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Following a period of stress during which I employed cognitive behavioural therapy, I learned to create a worry diary and now set aside time to evaluate the week ahead. You could argue that I should be examining the fortnight, if not the month ahead!
Even if I'm still influenced by how much time I have left after meetings rather than how much time I need for work and which meetings I truly need, I block out time to do work in between meetings.
I used to set aside half an hour each day after work to write in my diary about how I felt about the day, what I'd accomplished, what challenges had arisen, and what I could do to address them and enhance my work.
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Stop misrepresenting OKRs as strategy.Tiistai 07.12.2021 23:06
For example, your bold goal could be to jump from #3 to #1 in market share in your business in 36 months. The following key outcomes could be achieved: 1) boost new customer acquisition by 25% in one year; 2) reduce existing customer attrition from 15% to 7% in 18 months; and 3) enhance Net Promoter Score (NPS) from 28 to 52 in two years.
OKRs are set at several levels within the company. An organisation (or a section of it) can have several objectives at any given moment, however OKR devotees appear to believe that more than five at a time is excessive. The key results metrics should be checked on a frequent basis in a well-functioning OKR system, and remedial actions should be implemented if the key results are not satisfied.
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OKRs and What I Like About Them
There are many beneficial aspects to OKRs, as there are to most (but not all) things that come, gain adoption, and remain. OKRs, like other 'new' things, are not a brand-new concept. In his 1954 book The Practice of Management, the greatest management theorist of all time, Peter Drucker, introduced the world to Management by Objectives (MBO). According to Drucker, managers should be given goals and their performance measured by a set of time-bound, measurable outcomes. Does this ring a bell? Indeed, but The Practice of Management was written long before the period of the business best-seller, so its sales are probably fewer than 0.1 percent of those of Measure What Matters. In any case, it would be unthinkable for me to disagree with a central principle of Drucker's corporate philosophy.
Furthermore, I admire Grove's suggestion that instead of prescribing inputs, we should focus staff on figuring out how to produce the outputs we want them to attain. That is, instead of telling a manager to visit 10 customers per week, spend twice as much time with existing customers, or work longer hours — all of which are inputs that may (but may not) lead to increased customer growth — tell them to focus on the output — X amount of customer growth — and let them figure out for themselves which actions are most effective in achieving the output.
For the past two decades, I've been defending this issue, referring to it as "output regulation" rather than "input regulation." When Congress passed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, which established the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements, it was out of character (in a good way). Rather than regulating inputs — such as engine displacement, aluminium use, and so on — as most governments do, the Act regulated outputs, requiring that each manufacturer's new car fleet reach 27.5 mpg by 1985, a near-doubling in a decade. And it worked, in part, because the automakers were given the freedom to figure out how to achieve the desired result on their own, and each did it in their own unique way.
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OKRs are set at several levels within the company. An organisation (or a section of it) can have several objectives at any given moment, however OKR devotees appear to believe that more than five at a time is excessive. The key results metrics should be checked on a frequent basis in a well-functioning OKR system, and remedial actions should be implemented if the key results are not satisfied.
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OKRs and What I Like About Them
There are many beneficial aspects to OKRs, as there are to most (but not all) things that come, gain adoption, and remain. OKRs, like other 'new' things, are not a brand-new concept. In his 1954 book The Practice of Management, the greatest management theorist of all time, Peter Drucker, introduced the world to Management by Objectives (MBO). According to Drucker, managers should be given goals and their performance measured by a set of time-bound, measurable outcomes. Does this ring a bell? Indeed, but The Practice of Management was written long before the period of the business best-seller, so its sales are probably fewer than 0.1 percent of those of Measure What Matters. In any case, it would be unthinkable for me to disagree with a central principle of Drucker's corporate philosophy.
Furthermore, I admire Grove's suggestion that instead of prescribing inputs, we should focus staff on figuring out how to produce the outputs we want them to attain. That is, instead of telling a manager to visit 10 customers per week, spend twice as much time with existing customers, or work longer hours — all of which are inputs that may (but may not) lead to increased customer growth — tell them to focus on the output — X amount of customer growth — and let them figure out for themselves which actions are most effective in achieving the output.
For the past two decades, I've been defending this issue, referring to it as "output regulation" rather than "input regulation." When Congress passed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, which established the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements, it was out of character (in a good way). Rather than regulating inputs — such as engine displacement, aluminium use, and so on — as most governments do, the Act regulated outputs, requiring that each manufacturer's new car fleet reach 27.5 mpg by 1985, a near-doubling in a decade. And it worked, in part, because the automakers were given the freedom to figure out how to achieve the desired result on their own, and each did it in their own unique way.
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Part 2 of The Future of AquacultureMaanantai 06.12.2021 21:00
Part 2 of The Future of Aquaculture
A series of articles examining specific efforts, breakthrough technology, and other advancements aimed at improving aquaculture's efficiency and safety as a beneficial contribution to our future food supply and world health.
We're focused on the future of aquaculture in this short series, specifically the disruptive aspects of emerging technologies. These debates are predicated on the assumption that traditional fisheries are so stressed and threatened by global, over-consumptive activities that, despite well-intentioned policies and regulations, the lack of market forces, regulations, and enforcement will drive our demand for seafood products away from the ocean and toward coastal and land-based aquaculture. The tendency, in my opinion, is unavoidable.
Having said that, we must appreciate the advances made by the aquaculture industry in terms of feeds, antibiotics, waste, illness, off-shore structures, water treatment, quality control, and other aspects that have in the past led to misunderstanding and opposition to aquaculture. Meanwhile, slowly but steadily, advancements and research have addressed many of these issues, allowing certain businesses to include farmed goods — such as salmon and tilapia — into a globally accepted and profitable product stream. Even sourcing, identification, and traceability systems have improved to the point where, according to a 2021 Global Aquaculture Industry report, the global market is worth $180.9 billion in 2020 and will grow to $245.2 billion by 2027, accounting for a significant portion of global supply — and growing. As a result, we are already eating farmed fish and, in doing so, we are cutting demand for a dwindling conventional source. This will very certainly continue.
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Novel molecular technologies for genetic improvement, the dreaded GMO, the genetically modified organism, that is anathema to many, will make a significant disruptive contribution in the future. Of fact, we already eat GMO products – cattle and pigs, cereals, and fish — species that have been approved for use in specific parts of the food supply chain. The main concern is the detrimental influence that such meals can have on the human body and our ability to protect ourselves from infections that are resistant to antibiotics and other medical treatments. The threat is genuine, and there have been enough cases to justify limitations, inspections, expanded testing, product labelling, and other measures to safeguard the community against such threats, whether particular, actual, or imagined. Why incur the danger, if we can avoid or pursue a healthier alternative, has been the argument. This stance has sparked a rebirth in the organic food movement, with a proliferation of GMO-free goods, alternative diets, and natural probiotics, all part of a reactionary sector that survives on the notion that GMOs are fundamentally harmful and life-threatening. This isn't the place to debate it.
However, it is correct to say that genetic research and applications have made some extraordinary contributions to life-saving and life-extension, novel medicines, vaccines, and other interventions that have helped human protection and viability, and countered the often devastating impact of such global threats as smallpox, polio, mumps, shingles, flu, auto-immune diseases, and many others, a recognisable and positive contribution to the world's overall well-being.
Similar progress is being made in aquaculture, with approaches to genomic selection and molecular breeding, as well as genomic editing through CRISPR technology, which allows for the addition, removal, and alteration of DNA sequence, a process that was instrumental in the rapid development of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus and its variants. Vaccines like these have shown to be effective in protecting many people throughout the current pandemic. Accepting or rejecting the health benefits of such technology is a difficult, emotional, and unpredictable decision. It is not a unique circumstance, and it will occur in many other aspects of our lives in the future. That, too, is not a valid argument to bring up here.
Aquaculture, responsibly managed, appears to be a chance not to be ignored in terms of producing protein for ourselves and the globe. Is it possible to include safeguards against the threats? Can we sustainably manage expanded sea-farmed resources like kelp, seaweed, and shellfish? Can we use genomics to immunise and protect sea creatures from the threats of acidification, toxic and polluting by-products from other industries, and build a land-based aquaculture industry that contributes to food safety, protein supply, and equitable distribution and availability of seafood products? Shouldn't we expand our minds, demand protections, and pursue innovation that will have a significant impact on ourselves and the billions of others who will be forced to rely on the ocean for nutrition and security in the future? Do we let our individual anxieties deny us all? That is the query.
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PETER NEILL is the founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based information and instructional resource regarding the state of the world ocean. He also hosts World Ocean Radio, which is the source of inspiration for this blog. This year marks the 12th anniversary of World Ocean Radio, which has produced over 600 programmes to date.
A series of articles examining specific efforts, breakthrough technology, and other advancements aimed at improving aquaculture's efficiency and safety as a beneficial contribution to our future food supply and world health.
We're focused on the future of aquaculture in this short series, specifically the disruptive aspects of emerging technologies. These debates are predicated on the assumption that traditional fisheries are so stressed and threatened by global, over-consumptive activities that, despite well-intentioned policies and regulations, the lack of market forces, regulations, and enforcement will drive our demand for seafood products away from the ocean and toward coastal and land-based aquaculture. The tendency, in my opinion, is unavoidable.
Having said that, we must appreciate the advances made by the aquaculture industry in terms of feeds, antibiotics, waste, illness, off-shore structures, water treatment, quality control, and other aspects that have in the past led to misunderstanding and opposition to aquaculture. Meanwhile, slowly but steadily, advancements and research have addressed many of these issues, allowing certain businesses to include farmed goods — such as salmon and tilapia — into a globally accepted and profitable product stream. Even sourcing, identification, and traceability systems have improved to the point where, according to a 2021 Global Aquaculture Industry report, the global market is worth $180.9 billion in 2020 and will grow to $245.2 billion by 2027, accounting for a significant portion of global supply — and growing. As a result, we are already eating farmed fish and, in doing so, we are cutting demand for a dwindling conventional source. This will very certainly continue.
Information Transformation Services is endowing the clients with a stunning and impressive visual experience crafted by 3D Modeling Services. We are completely forted to offers our customers with a range of appealing 3D designs that are carefully crafted to meet with all type of requirements.
Novel molecular technologies for genetic improvement, the dreaded GMO, the genetically modified organism, that is anathema to many, will make a significant disruptive contribution in the future. Of fact, we already eat GMO products – cattle and pigs, cereals, and fish — species that have been approved for use in specific parts of the food supply chain. The main concern is the detrimental influence that such meals can have on the human body and our ability to protect ourselves from infections that are resistant to antibiotics and other medical treatments. The threat is genuine, and there have been enough cases to justify limitations, inspections, expanded testing, product labelling, and other measures to safeguard the community against such threats, whether particular, actual, or imagined. Why incur the danger, if we can avoid or pursue a healthier alternative, has been the argument. This stance has sparked a rebirth in the organic food movement, with a proliferation of GMO-free goods, alternative diets, and natural probiotics, all part of a reactionary sector that survives on the notion that GMOs are fundamentally harmful and life-threatening. This isn't the place to debate it.
However, it is correct to say that genetic research and applications have made some extraordinary contributions to life-saving and life-extension, novel medicines, vaccines, and other interventions that have helped human protection and viability, and countered the often devastating impact of such global threats as smallpox, polio, mumps, shingles, flu, auto-immune diseases, and many others, a recognisable and positive contribution to the world's overall well-being.
Similar progress is being made in aquaculture, with approaches to genomic selection and molecular breeding, as well as genomic editing through CRISPR technology, which allows for the addition, removal, and alteration of DNA sequence, a process that was instrumental in the rapid development of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus and its variants. Vaccines like these have shown to be effective in protecting many people throughout the current pandemic. Accepting or rejecting the health benefits of such technology is a difficult, emotional, and unpredictable decision. It is not a unique circumstance, and it will occur in many other aspects of our lives in the future. That, too, is not a valid argument to bring up here.
Aquaculture, responsibly managed, appears to be a chance not to be ignored in terms of producing protein for ourselves and the globe. Is it possible to include safeguards against the threats? Can we sustainably manage expanded sea-farmed resources like kelp, seaweed, and shellfish? Can we use genomics to immunise and protect sea creatures from the threats of acidification, toxic and polluting by-products from other industries, and build a land-based aquaculture industry that contributes to food safety, protein supply, and equitable distribution and availability of seafood products? Shouldn't we expand our minds, demand protections, and pursue innovation that will have a significant impact on ourselves and the billions of others who will be forced to rely on the ocean for nutrition and security in the future? Do we let our individual anxieties deny us all? That is the query.
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PETER NEILL is the founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based information and instructional resource regarding the state of the world ocean. He also hosts World Ocean Radio, which is the source of inspiration for this blog. This year marks the 12th anniversary of World Ocean Radio, which has produced over 600 programmes to date.
Creativity and social missionsPerjantai 03.12.2021 18:22
Creativity and social missions
Using civil society's expertise to predict and foresee social issues
Civil society's knowledge
Civil society is well positioned to forecast and anticipate societal issues using its empirical and on-the-ground expertise. Taking advantage of this knowledge is critical to achieving the government's leveling-up plan.
There is a chance for civil society to identify a number of crucial Social Missions for post-Covid recovery, similar to the Grand Challenges outlined in the Industrial Strategy. This is a lot greater shift than looking for first-order efficiencies like data sharing and better administrative systems can provide: it's an opportunity to regroup, rethink structures, and come up with inventive ideas that can help more people have a brighter future.
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These missions should be lean, iterative, local or regionally focused, and incentivize replication and maintenance so that they may be easily transferred from one location to another.
This essay argues for these Social Missions, highlighting the possibility for civil society to take the lead, the importance of alternatives to Silicon Valley-owned digital infrastructure, the importance of public trust, and lean ways of sharing capabilities across sectors.
From responders to forecasters, here are a few things to keep in mind.
Two hands hold a telescope in a graphic picture.
The PM's evocation of the sector's "inventiveness, flexibility, and can-do spirit" implies that civil society, in its broadest sense, is regularly relied upon to respond to societal problems as they arise. This is a chance that has been squandered. If the UK wants to rebuild itself with an emphasis on innovation, civil society's empirical knowledge is copious — but underutilised.
This is not a proposal for cross-sector data exchange, but for ambitious Social Missions shaped by community groups, charities, and social entrepreneurs' ongoing informal horizon scanning.
It also mirrors the goal of the BEIS UK Research and Development Roadmap, which asks how the UK might "engage in new and imaginative ways to ensure that our science, research, and innovation system is responsive to the needs and ambitions of our society" (1 July 2020). This may not appear to address civil society at first glance, but a closer analysis reveals that the sector plays an important role in the innovation pipeline, unleashing benefits in health, wellbeing, and prosperity.
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If HMG is serious about reaching net zero carbon emissions, a resilient economy, environment, and society, and a better quality of life for all, civil society must play a key role in determining those objectives. The formation of Social Missions would enable lean, scalable cross-sector cooperation by gaining insight from those working on the frontlines of Britain's inequities.
2. Alternatives are required
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WhatsApp, Facebook, Zoom, and Google Meet were all essential in the swift reaction of civil society to the Coronavirus outbreak. New Mutual Aid groups have sprung up all over the country; playgroups, choirs, church meetings, and pub quizzes have all gone virtual; and Catalyst data reveals that 66 percent of all charities are now doing all of their work online. All of this is taking place on digital infrastructure provided by American firms. In many cases, it is free at the time of use, and suppliers are under no duty to continue to provide a free, dependable, or privacy-protecting service.
While these technologies have given a much-needed short-term solution, Silicon Valley platforms cannot serve as the underlying or long-term infrastructure for civil society in the United Kingdom. Bringing together the public, commercial, and community sectors to identify and, if necessary, develop the technology required to solve critical societal challenges would reduce reliance on these platforms.
3. Data, trust, and innovation
In a country dedicated to regeneration and upward mobility, algorithmic oppression has no place.
All data and technology utilised in Societal Missions must be proportionate, rights-respecting, and avoid reproducing underlying social inequality and bias.
Civil society is already working to ensure that everyone has access to good work, safe housing, healthy food, clean air, and education and care. The data needed to address these issues is among the most intimate of all personal data; any innovation programme aimed at ensuring a more equal future must not take advantage of this, and public trust must be earned.
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The potential of public and stakeholder backlash against insensitive innovation is highlighted in Nesta's latest paper, Innovation after Lockdown. Rolling out post-hoc damage limitation for overly ambitious or rights infringing technology, as demonstrated with the NHSX track and trace app, is costly and time-consuming.
Furthermore, the work of researchers such as Safiya Umoja Noble, Virginia Eubanks, Cathy O'Neil, Meredith Broussard, Ruha Benjamin, and others shows that the indiscriminate use of data and emerging technology risks entrenching historic social bias and injustice if proper standards are not in place.
Data-driven judgments, rather than bringing freedom, are already limiting human potential and deepening inequality. Inadequately controlled algorithms already govern access to information, work, housing, credit, and justice. Extending these new oppressive measures has no place in a country committed to renewal and upward mobility.
This isn't to say that there isn't potential.
Focused Social Missions would allow for an iterative, sandbox approach to safe insight-sharing and cross-sector collaboration, leveraging best practises from innovation to improve society. Constraints are the best friend of the lean inventor, and adopting them early would help civil society become more future focused, less reactive, and more proactive in addressing inequality and injustice – while also reducing the danger of getting it wrong and undermining public trust at scale.
Fellowship programmes provided by DataKind and CAST make data scientists and digital specialists available to civil society organisations. HMG should take advantage of this knowledge, incentivizing more enterprises to provide pro bono expert assistance in order to help civil society gain more insight.
4. Exchanging knowledge, talents, and abilities
We advocate that partners from the public, business, and community sectors share insight and knowledge around mission-specific concerns rather than establishing sophisticated data observatories.
Sharing knowledge, skills, and capacities across the public, private, and community sectors will enable swift and courteous collaboration, allowing each sector to play to its strengths while also learning about potential future data-sharing models.
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We advocate that partners from the public, business, and community sectors share insight and knowledge around mission-specific concerns rather than establishing sophisticated data observatories. This information will aid in identifying areas for deeper collaboration as well as avoiding challenging ethical and information governance challenges.