In October 2014 I started at Perspectivity as an intern. Having recently graduated in Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, I was looking for a place where the abstract ideas I had been studying would be applied in...
And become an agile organization How do you write a book with seven people? Scrum, of course - says Petra de Boer, co-author of the recently published "Scrum in action". But what is Scrum actually and what good is it? Scrum is a radically different way of working that...
National security is a complex domain encompassing matters ranging from the challenges of homeland security management, to designing coping strategies for a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional threats. National security, especially in a rapidly changing...
A newspaper interview of Eneco’s CEO sparked the powerplant manager to engage his team in a strategic session. During the preparations it turned out that the power plants' management team felt a great need to level with other departments in the company to align on...
Increasing violence and conflict, the rise of extremist militant groups and regressive laws and regulation are making work more difficult and stressful for activists in the MENA region. On the 10th to the 12th of April, 30 activists from the region came together in...
Around 30 staff members of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) Tanzania participated in a participatory planning process. They interviewed each other about the successes of 2013 and identified the root causes of these successes. It gave them insight in...
On the second day of the Perspectivity Network Event with the International Futures Forum (IFF) - a group of people with ideas very similar to Perspectivity’s -, we explored how we can grow our impact on the world. Three Horizons Anthony Hodgson, Graham Leicester and...
The Perspectivity Network organized a new Event. This time we gathered at the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. 3 Members of the International futures Forum came from Scotland to play the World game with us. IFF is a group of people with ideas very similar to Perspectivity’s...
Down the drain with the communication plan! How often do you start making big, ambitious plans? How often do these plans lead to nothing? Down the drain with them! Scrum is a way of working where many partial results are delivered in a short period of time. Work...
Thirty forerunners in the field of social change came together at the Perspectivity Learning Exchange ‘Lost in Transformation’ in Amsterdam. To exchange experiences and think about complex issues they encounter in their day-to-day life. During this inspiring day,...
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