David Ing
@daviding.com
Systems thinking evangelist. Research fellow. Management consultant. Father of four grown sons. Resident of Toronto, Canada
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Evergreen Brick Works: Evening music jam in the Memory Garden of the @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation. Experimental improvisations, with players following each other intuitively. Feels like the 1960s, with better technique. (Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario) 20251109
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: Evening music jam in the Memory Garden of the @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation. Experimental improvisations, with players following each other intuitively. Feels like the 1960s, with better technique. (Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario) 20251109
Entertainment District: Housewarming party with bobarista mixing choice of 3 types of tea with tapioca pearls or coconut jelly. Slightly larger apartment in same building, so move was easy. Unit was infamous for a balcony fire in May 2023, new tenant benefits from fresh renovation. (Toronto)
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Entertainment District: Housewarming party with bobarista mixing choice of 3 types of tea with tapioca pearls or coconut jelly. Slightly larger apartment in same building, so move was easy. Unit was infamous for a balcony fire in May 2023, new tenant benefits from fresh renovation. (Toronto)
Pape Village: Family dinner organized amongst hectic schedules. Diningroom table now moved in front of fireplace, next to small livingroom on oddly shape main floor. New feline of one week is a younger energetic black cat still adjusting to adoption. (Toronto, Ontario)
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Pape Village: Family dinner organized amongst hectic schedules. Diningroom table now moved in front of fireplace, next to small livingroom on oddly shape main floor. New feline of one week is a younger energetic black cat still adjusting to adoption. (Toronto, Ontario)
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion by #DennimQuack led by #DennisKwok, assembling #JayYoo guitar, #HiroSuzuki guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo #curlow #bass, #JonCatanus drums, #DanielleSum percussion for gig. Featuring music of 1970s Japanese band Casiopea. (Toronto) 20251106
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DennimQuack at Tapestry 2025-11-06
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November 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion by #DennimQuack led by #DennisKwok, assembling #JayYoo guitar, #HiroSuzuki guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo #curlow #bass, #JonCatanus drums, #DanielleSum percussion for gig. Featuring music of 1970s Japanese band Casiopea. (Toronto) 20251106
youtu.be/enBedqy4XR4
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Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion band with identity of #,DuckSociety led by #MinhHoang keys assembles #PatrickSmith sax, #JayYoo guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo bass, #JonChiong-Catanus, #MilesJohnson #milesjmusic percussion+sampler for gig. (Toronto)
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DuckSociety at Tapestry 2025-11-06
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November 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion band with identity of #,DuckSociety led by #MinhHoang keys assembles #PatrickSmith sax, #JayYoo guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo bass, #JonChiong-Catanus, #MilesJohnson #milesjmusic percussion+sampler for gig. (Toronto)
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Evergreen Brick Works: First sLab Technique Workshop, three hours with Method Collective on Pacing for Grief. Included #ZiyanHossain, #FranRawlings, #CallaLee, #KellyOkamura, #SamahKamalmaz, #AlisonClarke, #AileenNandy, #ZaidKhan, #GaryMetcalf, #DanEng, #JuliusLindsay. Laid common foundation.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: First sLab Technique Workshop, three hours with Method Collective on Pacing for Grief. Included #ZiyanHossain, #FranRawlings, #CallaLee, #KellyOkamura, #SamahKamalmaz, #AlisonClarke, #AileenNandy, #ZaidKhan, #GaryMetcalf, #DanEng, #JuliusLindsay. Laid common foundation.
Evergreen Brick Works: Pilot Systems Outing to @spaceforgrief.bsky.social met inside, then outside, and concluded with body movement dance led by #DJMeTime. In space outside of classroom, each participant added a step to each round of the sequence. Not the usual #SystemsThinking Ontario style
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: Pilot Systems Outing to @spaceforgrief.bsky.social met inside, then outside, and concluded with body movement dance led by #DJMeTime. In space outside of classroom, each participant added a step to each round of the sequence. Not the usual #SystemsThinking Ontario style
Wok & Roast Restaurant: Introductory lunch with #GaryMetcalf to meet #AntonyUpward and #StephenDavies. Stitching together variety of journeys in systems approaches in practice. Discussing trend of more graduate courses being switched from on-campus to online. (Toronto)
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wok & Roast Restaurant: Introductory lunch with #GaryMetcalf to meet #AntonyUpward and #StephenDavies. Stitching together variety of journeys in systems approaches in practice. Discussing trend of more graduate courses being switched from on-campus to online. (Toronto)
Magic Taste of China: On time flights enabled casual Xinjiang cuisine for sLab discussion with #PeterScott, @garymetcalf.com, #ZaidKhan, #DavidIng, #SamahKamalmaz, #RobertoPires, #GregVanAlstyne. Detailed history on Banathy Conversations, should start formal planning soon for May (Toronto)
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Magic Taste of China: On time flights enabled casual Xinjiang cuisine for sLab discussion with #PeterScott, @garymetcalf.com, #ZaidKhan, #DavidIng, #SamahKamalmaz, #RobertoPires, #GregVanAlstyne. Detailed history on Banathy Conversations, should start formal planning soon for May (Toronto)
Centre for Social Innovation: Second CSI Constellation Summit, reframing as a Collaborative Infrastructure Organization. Groups of 2 becoming 4 to generate proposals for larger clusters on where self-interests can converge on collective impact. First event since vacating CSI Annex. (Toronto)
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Centre for Social Innovation: Second CSI Constellation Summit, reframing as a Collaborative Infrastructure Organization. Groups of 2 becoming 4 to generate proposals for larger clusters on where self-interests can converge on collective impact. First event since vacating CSI Annex. (Toronto)
OCAD University: Guest speakers #MauriceGordon musician, #AnnaRoseTran designer, #LukeAnderson engineer #StopGap, on Colliding of Social Enterprise and Creative(s) Sector, moderated by #Peter Scott. Related journeys of businesses and current challenges. Class teams 149 students business models
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
OCAD University: Guest speakers #MauriceGordon musician, #AnnaRoseTran designer, #LukeAnderson engineer #StopGap, on Colliding of Social Enterprise and Creative(s) Sector, moderated by #Peter Scott. Related journeys of businesses and current challenges. Class teams 149 students business models
Evergreen Brick Works: Panel #ErikaByres #MountPleasantGroup, #ConnieEllis #EllisDon, #SusanBlight #YorkUniversity, #JuliusLindsay #PrismaticProject, moderator #ZiyanHossain #MethodCollective on Hidden Currents: How Grief Shapes Systems Around Us. @spaceforgrief.bsky.social, #GoodMourningFestival
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: Panel #ErikaByres #MountPleasantGroup, #ConnieEllis #EllisDon, #SusanBlight #YorkUniversity, #JuliusLindsay #PrismaticProject, moderator #ZiyanHossain #MethodCollective on Hidden Currents: How Grief Shapes Systems Around Us. @spaceforgrief.bsky.social, #GoodMourningFestival
Evergreen Brick Works: Welcome by #JohnMonahan of #MountPleasantGroup to Hidden Currents: How Grief Shapes the Systems Around Us. Part of #GoodMourningFestival, @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation by #FranRawlings, #CallaLee, #ZiyanHossain. Story of cemeteries as child when relatives came.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: Welcome by #JohnMonahan of #MountPleasantGroup to Hidden Currents: How Grief Shapes the Systems Around Us. Part of #GoodMourningFestival, @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation by #FranRawlings, #CallaLee, #ZiyanHossain. Story of cemeteries as child when relatives came.
University of Toronto Art Centre: Snow fence #MichaelBelmore (2025) Turbulent Air / Turbulent Water made of steel and wood. Shapes movement rather than stopping wind. In background, #ArtHunter (2023) Controlled Burn at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah mounds, prairie oak savannah.
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
University of Toronto Art Centre: Snow fence #MichaelBelmore (2025) Turbulent Air / Turbulent Water made of steel and wood. Shapes movement rather than stopping wind. In background, #ArtHunter (2023) Controlled Burn at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah mounds, prairie oak savannah.
University of Toronto Art Centre: Triptych of three digital prints, #BUSHGallery (#GabrielleLHirondelleHill, #PeterMorin, #Tanya Willard) (2014) Hashtag, (2014) The Possibility of an Eclipse of Colonialism, (2014) Rez-idency. Part of Earthwork exhibition, about work that we do with and for earth.
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
University of Toronto Art Centre: Triptych of three digital prints, #BUSHGallery (#GabrielleLHirondelleHill, #PeterMorin, #Tanya Willard) (2014) Hashtag, (2014) The Possibility of an Eclipse of Colonialism, (2014) Rez-idency. Part of Earthwork exhibition, about work that we do with and for earth.
OCADU Graduate Gallery: Yet untitled work-in-progress #TavleenLall (2025) glass sculptures mounted on wall, animated with video projection. Master's thesis work explores glass-soul as eternal light, human form as vessel for inner journeys. Part of #OpeningPortals collection. (Toronto)
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
OCADU Graduate Gallery: Yet untitled work-in-progress #TavleenLall (2025) glass sculptures mounted on wall, animated with video projection. Master's thesis work explores glass-soul as eternal light, human form as vessel for inner journeys. Part of #OpeningPortals collection. (Toronto)
OCADU Graduate Gallery: In dark room, yet untitled work-in-progress #LivQiu (2025) lighting stalk illuminates corner three-dimensionally. Group show of #OpeningPortals artworks towards master's theses. Short one-week appearance looks forward to future completion. (Toronto, Ontario) 20251030
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
OCADU Graduate Gallery: In dark room, yet untitled work-in-progress #LivQiu (2025) lighting stalk illuminates corner three-dimensionally. Group show of #OpeningPortals artworks towards master's theses. Short one-week appearance looks forward to future completion. (Toronto, Ontario) 20251030
OCADU Graduate Programs: Visitiors to OCAD U Lab Crawl 2025 were redirected to see the sLab in room 711, new digs. We just had our first meeting there yesterday, so the archives in storage have yet to be moved in. Lots happening with the reinvigoration activities in October and November. (Toronto)
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
OCADU Graduate Programs: Visitiors to OCAD U Lab Crawl 2025 were redirected to see the sLab in room 711, new digs. We just had our first meeting there yesterday, so the archives in storage have yet to be moved in. Lots happening with the reinvigoration activities in October and November. (Toronto)
The Doctor’s House: Rare occasion for family to dress up, for wedding in family of lifelong friends. Parents seated with associates of the robotic team, younger adults with peer their age. Delicious dinner dodging dietary restrictions, dancing after dark. (Kleinberg, Ontario) 20251025
October 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Doctor’s House: Rare occasion for family to dress up, for wedding in family of lifelong friends. Parents seated with associates of the robotic team, younger adults with peer their age. Delicious dinner dodging dietary restrictions, dancing after dark. (Kleinberg, Ontario) 20251025
The Doctor's House: Large sfoglia, + traditional stacked wedding cake, signals Italian-style wedding. Brought in by family, standard higher than venue. Original house built 1867 occupied by series of doctors, noted as haunted, but maybe not the expanded banquet halls and chapel. (Kleinberg)
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The Doctor's House: Large sfoglia, + traditional stacked wedding cake, signals Italian-style wedding. Brought in by family, standard higher than venue. Original house built 1867 occupied by series of doctors, noted as haunted, but maybe not the expanded banquet halls and chapel. (Kleinberg)
Brick Street Bakery Leslieville: At dusk, sign now Belinda's Bakeshop, storefront changed, windows blacked out, canopy lighting over sidewalk. Directions to MOAK, #MemoryOfAKiller, a tv series with #PatrickDempsey + #MichaelImperioli, remake of a 2022 movie starring #LiamNeeson. (Toronto)
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Brick Street Bakery Leslieville: At dusk, sign now Belinda's Bakeshop, storefront changed, windows blacked out, canopy lighting over sidewalk. Directions to MOAK, #MemoryOfAKiller, a tv series with #PatrickDempsey + #MichaelImperioli, remake of a 2022 movie starring #LiamNeeson. (Toronto)
Workshop on #PacingChanges for #InnovationFactoryHamilton, #StephanieHolko charting rhythms guided by #ZaidKhan + #SamahKamalmaz. Technique hand-drawing on slides, shown on overhead projector 1950s technology. Hosted by #CITM, small business invitees learned temporal perspective on issues + timings.
October 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Workshop on #PacingChanges for #InnovationFactoryHamilton, #StephanieHolko charting rhythms guided by #ZaidKhan + #SamahKamalmaz. Technique hand-drawing on slides, shown on overhead projector 1950s technology. Hosted by #CITM, small business invitees learned temporal perspective on issues + timings.
OCAD University: Panel at #RSDSymposium with #RuthSchmidt, #DavidIng, #CherylHsu on Transdisciplinary Philosophy, moderated by #VictorUdoewa. Wide ranging topics on Rizz, Pacing Changes, and Transversal Design. A session title with philosophy facilitates cross-discussions. (Toronto) 20251018
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
OCAD University: Panel at #RSDSymposium with #RuthSchmidt, #DavidIng, #CherylHsu on Transdisciplinary Philosophy, moderated by #VictorUdoewa. Wide ranging topics on Rizz, Pacing Changes, and Transversal Design. A session title with philosophy facilitates cross-discussions. (Toronto) 20251018
OCAD University: Panel with #MelanieGoodchild, #WilliamSutherland, #GeraldMidgley, #LuigiFerrara, #LesleyAnnNoel, at #RSDSymposium, on The Co-Evolution of Regenerative Networks, mod by #PerinRuttonsha. Recurrent points of view on paradigms. Personal histories recounted to systemic design. (Toronto)
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
OCAD University: Panel with #MelanieGoodchild, #WilliamSutherland, #GeraldMidgley, #LuigiFerrara, #LesleyAnnNoel, at #RSDSymposium, on The Co-Evolution of Regenerative Networks, mod by #PerinRuttonsha. Recurrent points of view on paradigms. Personal histories recounted to systemic design. (Toronto)
OCAD University: Plenary by #PeterHaywardJones as conference chair for #RSDSymposium. Reflective on years 2008-2023 years at #OCADU, to part-time on appointment at Tec Monterrey. Long duration design as temporary communities that might evolve and/or carry on after founders have moved on. (Toronto)
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
OCAD University: Plenary by #PeterHaywardJones as conference chair for #RSDSymposium. Reflective on years 2008-2023 years at #OCADU, to part-time on appointment at Tec Monterrey. Long duration design as temporary communities that might evolve and/or carry on after founders have moved on. (Toronto)