Скачать или смотреть Ash Mann in conversation with Rachael Davies: Imagination, resilience, & letting go | NDF AGM 2025

The full conversation between Ash Mann and Rachael Davies, recorded for the 2025 NDF AGM.

The theme of the discussion was "Imagination, Resilience and Letting Go" - take a look at the video chapters below to see how the theme was explored.

Chapters:
00:00 Introductions
02:22 Why this topic and why now
05:28 Hope, imagination, types of challenges we face
10:40 Organisational conditions required for applying a digital mindset and imagination
14:40 Failure in Digital Projects and how to minimise it
23:09 Experimentation as a practice for dealing with novel challenges
26:44 Antifragility and resilience through subtraction - stopping and saying no
31:43 Example: Museum of the Future - 17 Digital Experiments at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
34:54 Example: Community Co-Design at Oodi Library in Helsinki
39:04 Conclusions

Resources and links mentioned:
ACMI Digital Mentoring Evaluation Report: https://apo.org.au/sites/default/file...
Margaret Heffernan: Leadership requires Imagination https://heffernanm.substack.com/p/lea...
Ash Mann: Beyond the Promise research on digital project failure https://www.ashmann.co/beyond-the-pro...
Ed Rodley post on Antifragility: https://buttondown.com/erodley/archiv...
Example: Museum of the Future - 17 Digital Experiments https://museum-gestaltung.ch/en/exhib...
Example: Oodi Library https://reasonstobecheerful.world/ood...

Get in touch with Ash at: www.ashmann.co

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