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Brian Kerr
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Until January 6, 2026: updates to my web site will be posted here, and I will respond to messages. After this: I will not monitor the account.
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chrkrhc.bsky.social
2½ readings on seeing failures & responding to them. Celebrating my accomplished & wonderful pals.

New post → Going wrong, going great: notes for December 2025

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Going wrong, going great: notes for December 2025
2½ readings on seeing failures & responding to them. Celebrating my accomplished & wonderful pals.
improvesomething.today
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Making sense of ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ in the world & in the workplace.

New post → Vanishing fish, boiling frogs & the dry bed of the sea

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Vanishing fish, boiling frogs & the dry bed of the sea
Making sense of ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ in the world & in the workplace.
improvesomething.today
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Ways to practice: refusal, invitation, risk. The new Ram Dass book. Revisiting ‘whole-heartedness.’

New post → A choice to counter culture: notes for November 2025

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A choice to counter culture: notes for November 2025
Ways to practice: refusal, invitation, risk. The new Ram Dass book. Revisiting ‘whole-heartedness.’
improvesomething.today
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Revisiting Argyris’ ‘undiscussables’ as emergent, unwanted behaviors & as features of organizational control. Keeping courage, showing kindness.

New post → ‘Undiscussables’ 45 years later: still here, still bad & somehow even worse

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‘Undiscussables’ 45 years later: still here, still bad & somehow even worse
Revisiting Argyris’ ‘undiscussables’ as emergent, unwanted behaviors & as features of organizational control. Keeping courage, showing kindness.
improvesomething.today
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Readings on sneaker manufacturing, a dismal vision from the 1960s, & Wendell Berry on ‘provision.’ Plus two upcoming events.

New post → The undefined moon: notes for October 2025

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The undefined moon: notes for October 2025
Readings on sneaker manufacturing, a dismal vision from the 1960s, & Wendell Berry on ‘provision.’ Plus two upcoming events.
improvesomething.today
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Remembering Joanna Macy. Two book recommendations (on AI and on facilitation). Two ways of looking at a chair.

New post → Needing Earth and body: notes for July 2025

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Needing Earth and body: notes for July 2025
Remembering Joanna Macy. Two book recommendations (on AI and on facilitation). Two ways of looking at a chair.
improvesomething.today
July 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Readings about, and in response to, the ‘who cares era’. Ways to show and give care in an extraordinarily careless time.

New post → Always becoming otherwise: notes for June 2025

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Always becoming otherwise: notes for June 2025
Readings about, and in response to, the ‘who cares era’. Ways to show and give care in an extraordinarily careless time.
improvesomething.today
June 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Documenting institutional collapse. The curse of knowledge & cursed knowledge. Workshops on connecting measurement to strategy.

New post → A real hoot: notes for May 2025

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A real hoot: notes for May 2025
Documenting institutional collapse. The curse of knowledge & cursed knowledge. Workshops on connecting measurement to strategy.
improvesomething.today
June 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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ckunzelman.bsky.social
I have to say that it seems like lots of AI power users are in the gamified machine zone — attracted by the constant attention of feedback loops, agnostic of what that feedback is. The casino has come for the minds of the C suite.
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If you thought social media had scrambled America’s CEOs just wait until they’re fully cooked by AI apple.news/AJ_ht7MMyT9G...
Copilot consumes Nadella’s life outside the office as well. He likes podcasts, but instead of listening to them, he loads transcripts into the Copilot app on his iPhone so he can chat with the voice assistant about the content of an episode in the car on his commute to Redmond. At the office, he relies on Copilot to deliver summaries of messages he receives in Outlook and Teams and toggles among at least 10 custom agents from Copilot Studio. He views them as his AI chiefs of staff, delegating meeting prep, research and other tasks to the bots. “I’m an email typist,” Nadella jokes of his job, noting that Copilot is thankfully very good at triaging his messages.
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Whether or not you're in Toronto you should read the manifesto for why I'm doing this, and maybe you can run your own in your city as well. showuptoronto.ca/manifesto
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Hi pals, I'm launching a new project today called Show Up Toronto!! It's a website and weekly newsletter that aggregates organizing/advocacy/direct action events in the city so you can find out how to get involved without Insta/FB. First email tomorrow, sign up and tell your friends showuptoronto.ca
Show Up TO
Show Up Toronto is a hub and weekly newsletter of public organizing, mutual aid, and advocacy events from around the city.
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May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Two things to read. Plus guides for getting started in consulting (find a client), writing (get over oneself), and analysis (find insight in data).

New post → You only take what you bring: notes for April 2025

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You only take what you bring: notes for April 2025
Two things to read. Plus guides for getting started in consulting (find a client), writing (get over oneself), and analysis (find insight in data).
improvesomething.today
April 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
Readings on systems thinking and change management. An upcoming event series on facilitation and health. Last week’s weather.

New post → Monthly links & notes for March 2025

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Monthly links & notes for March 2025
Readings on systems thinking and change management. An upcoming event series on facilitation and health. Last week’s weather.
improvesomething.today
March 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
A guide to finding and making the most of disagreements.

New post → Why people work at cross-purposes & what to do about it

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Why people work at cross-purposes & what to do about it
A guide to finding and making the most of disagreements.
improvesomething.today
March 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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danklyn.bsky.social
Classic Saul Steinberg cartoon showing modern man standing in business attire amid a whirling natural scene and his expression is flat because there's an enclosing set of spatial parameters creating a box for him to exist inside of and apart from nature. Nietzsche's "prison house of language" perhaps..
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Still recruiting for my study, "Diagnosis by Algorithm." I'm looking for women 25 and older for whom social medial was a part of their self-diagnosis process. More info here: sites.google.com/view/diagnos...
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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We have braille versions of the Pineapple Friends books!

Thank you Inclusive Imagination!

💫 Pineapple Friends Accessiblity & Alternate Format Interest Form:
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#goanddo✨ #inclusivedesign #braille

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Pineapple Friends books in braille! Thank you, Inclusive Imagination 🙌🏽 #goanddo #accessibility
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February 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
The State of Facilitation report. Readings on AI and Ursula Franklin. A plug for improving your online typography and an awkward podcast appearance.

New post → Monthly links & notes for January 2025

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Monthly links & notes for January 2025
The State of Facilitation report. Readings on AI and Ursula Franklin. A plug for improving your online typography and an awkward podcast appearance.
improvesomething.today
January 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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devonpersing.bsky.social
Thanks to the kind folks at @assistivlabs.com for allowing me to get on my #accessibility systems soapbox!
January 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
It’s the year’s end. I bring you: six amazing things my friends did, an activity for reflection and planning, and a farewell to my waders and to the year.

New post → Monthly links & notes for December 2024

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Monthly links & notes for December 2024
The year’s end. Six amazing things my friends did. An activity for reflection and planning. Farewell to my waders and to the year.
improvesomething.today
December 31, 2024 at 4:14 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
On the blog → Monthly links & notes for November 2024

This month I bring you a talk on values at work, the new Multisolving book (which I think you should read) and notes on whole-heartedness.

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Monthly links & notes for November 2024
A talk on values at work. The Multisolving book, which I think you should read. Whole-heartedness.
improvesomething.today
November 27, 2024 at 6:46 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
On the blog → Monthly links & notes for October 2024

This month I bring you three readings (on fear, dormancy, and group deliberation) and two books—one from 1919, and one just published. Plus a 9th century poem.

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Monthly links & notes for October 2024
This month I bring you three readings (on fear, dormancy, and group deliberation) and two books—one from 1919, and one just published. Plus a 9th century poem.
improvesomething.today
October 31, 2024 at 3:11 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
On the blog → Monthly links & notes for September 2024

Two extremely 2024 readings. Grace Hopper’s extremely 2024 lecture from 1982. Also, registration now open for the best, dorkiest online event of the year.

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Monthly links & notes for September 2024
Two extremely 2024 readings. Grace Hopper’s extremely 2024 lecture from 1982. Also, registration now open for the best, dorkiest online event of the year.
improvesomething.today
September 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
chrkrhc.bsky.social
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Banner Depot 2000
Explore more than 22,000 English- and Chinese-language banner ads from the late 1990s and early 2000s Internet.
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September 1, 2024 at 3:31 AM