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Superstruct
To borrow from one of Jane McGonigal's previous games, most of the secrets from the Design in Africa post contained the idea of Superstruct. We must build on what is there, be it cultural value, infrastructure or market forces, if you want to change something, you have to add value within the structures or platforms that exist. Traditional charity fail because they deliver finished products, not skills, they create need, not education. In order to create sustainable improvement, you must develop solutions that are enabled by the people affected with their resources, values and knowledge.
The other side of the coin, however, is that group thinking can limit possibilities. Groups focused on problems and limitations slip into stagnation. People battling hunger become so immersed in the barriers of daily function that feeding people can prevent solving the issues that lead to those people becoming hungry. We have to reach beyond the traditional networks to find new sources of innovation. Take hunger workers and mix them with farmers, engineers and artists, and a wh*** new world of possibilities can be seen.
Examples of this kind of collaboration are emerging everywhere:
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The other side of the coin, however, is that group thinking can limit possibilities. Groups focused on problems and limitations slip into stagnation. People battling hunger become so immersed in the barriers of daily function that feeding people can prevent solving the issues that lead to those people becoming hungry. We have to reach beyond the traditional networks to find new sources of innovation. Take hunger workers and mix them with farmers, engineers and artists, and a wh*** new world of possibilities can be seen.
Examples of this kind of collaboration are emerging everywhere:
- Youth Village Foundation is combining farmers, animal rescue groups and technology organizations with youth in county detention centers to solve issues with troubled youth and other social issues in their communities.
- Ashoka solves problems around the world with social innoators or all stripes.
- Social Venture Partners International focuses an organization in a region on the issues of that area by building engaging local partners from many walks of life to focus on the issues of that region.
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Comment by Hugo Oliveira on March 7, 2010 at 10:01pm
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Great idea to mix people in a way that there are so different that it seem like all that is left for them to do with each other is learn. (farmers... and youth in county detention centers).
Thanks
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Comment by Raymond M. Kristiansen on March 7, 2010 at 10:28pm
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"We have to reach beyond the traditional networks to find new sources of innovation." This is some of the most insightful I have read on this site yet. Looking forward to reading more!
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Comment by Andrew Jensen on March 19, 2010 at 7:29pm
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The key to superstructing is to find the inputs and outputs of different things, and match the needs of one group up with the byproducts of another. I talk about this in my blog post here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/what-do-you-have-what-do-you
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Comment by Catherine Gentry on March 19, 2010 at 7:49pm
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There are some GREAT ideas at TED.com. My favorites include Biomimicry by Janine Benyus, Willie Smits Restores a rainforest...and many, many more.
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