Ben Templeton
@thoughtben.bsky.social
Playful design for positive change :: Writer, facilitator and creative director :: Founder of design studio Thought Den & Critical Action Lab :: News juice! thoughtben.substack.com
Found myself going back to an X post @myddelton.bsky.social wrote about affinity mapping in Miro (it was useful!) Thought, heck, I'll return the favour with "Nudge Map". Goal in the middle. Everyone adds Ideas around the outside. Then, everyone nudges each Idea in or out 1. Winners emerge...
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Found myself going back to an X post @myddelton.bsky.social wrote about affinity mapping in Miro (it was useful!) Thought, heck, I'll return the favour with "Nudge Map". Goal in the middle. Everyone adds Ideas around the outside. Then, everyone nudges each Idea in or out 1. Winners emerge...
And now the Economic Blackout is being politicised 😅
Grab from the Washington Post comment section (over 1,000 comments, mostly supportive)
Grab from the Washington Post comment section (over 1,000 comments, mostly supportive)
February 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And now the Economic Blackout is being politicised 😅
Grab from the Washington Post comment section (over 1,000 comments, mostly supportive)
Grab from the Washington Post comment section (over 1,000 comments, mostly supportive)
Better late than never
December 10, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Better late than never
Can’t help but pay more attention to the snazzier slides (or sensitive contextual design) on offer (rather than screenshots of big PDF strategies and papers) Here’s a good one (showing not telling) #BEYONDconf
November 27, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Can’t help but pay more attention to the snazzier slides (or sensitive contextual design) on offer (rather than screenshots of big PDF strategies and papers) Here’s a good one (showing not telling) #BEYONDconf
Gotta say that Verity’s choice of language throughout the prez about “Immersive Arts” is fabulous. Simple. Straightforward. People-focussed. Not too abstract or academic. And their definition of immersive is fab:
“Art that actively uses technology to involve the audience”
#BEYONDconf
“Art that actively uses technology to involve the audience”
#BEYONDconf
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Gotta say that Verity’s choice of language throughout the prez about “Immersive Arts” is fabulous. Simple. Straightforward. People-focussed. Not too abstract or academic. And their definition of immersive is fab:
“Art that actively uses technology to involve the audience”
#BEYONDconf
“Art that actively uses technology to involve the audience”
#BEYONDconf
Bit of bricks-n-mortar chat at #BEYONDconf now, after a day and a half on creative strategy waffle! Launching today:
transforminghomes.org.uk
transforminghomes.org.uk
November 27, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Bit of bricks-n-mortar chat at #BEYONDconf now, after a day and a half on creative strategy waffle! Launching today:
transforminghomes.org.uk
transforminghomes.org.uk
Bit of a Big Brother start to day 2! #BEYONDconf
November 27, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Bit of a Big Brother start to day 2! #BEYONDconf
Andy Burnham did a great gag! He was briefed that this edition was the first for #BEYONDconf outside a capital but 😎 Manchester is the capital when it comes to culture! He’s a charming man, I like him
November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Andy Burnham did a great gag! He was briefed that this edition was the first for #BEYONDconf outside a capital but 😎 Manchester is the capital when it comes to culture! He’s a charming man, I like him
Hey AI — please analyse this image and tell me the state of the UK’s psyche…
The ratio of footballs to plastic bottles is kinda heartbreaking and brilliant
The ratio of footballs to plastic bottles is kinda heartbreaking and brilliant
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Hey AI — please analyse this image and tell me the state of the UK’s psyche…
The ratio of footballs to plastic bottles is kinda heartbreaking and brilliant
The ratio of footballs to plastic bottles is kinda heartbreaking and brilliant
I loved how the hang on this wall matched his letter to his bro 🥰😩
November 19, 2024 at 3:48 PM
I loved how the hang on this wall matched his letter to his bro 🥰😩
The StoryFutures Cluster summary (for a child)
November 18, 2024 at 11:59 AM
The StoryFutures Cluster summary (for a child)
Here's the summary!
November 18, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Here's the summary!
Another interesting thing from "Self-sabotaging innovation": the way so many of us do things we think we ought to. As in, does the greengrocer really need a YouTube channel? zine.kleinkleinklein.com/p/self-sabot...
November 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Another interesting thing from "Self-sabotaging innovation": the way so many of us do things we think we ought to. As in, does the greengrocer really need a YouTube channel? zine.kleinkleinklein.com/p/self-sabot...
Post a picture of yourself to let the newbies know what they're dealing with
November 16, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Post a picture of yourself to let the newbies know what they're dealing with
(9) "Be more Diana of the Dunes" - in 1915, Alice Mabel Gray fled busy Chicago and took up residence in a shack on the dunes. A simple life. Bathing in the lake. Trekking for supplies. She said:
November 14, 2024 at 3:46 PM
(9) "Be more Diana of the Dunes" - in 1915, Alice Mabel Gray fled busy Chicago and took up residence in a shack on the dunes. A simple life. Bathing in the lake. Trekking for supplies. She said:
(6) "Do the cute stuff" - at GoodFest we all went for a mid-conference sea swim. In the evening, we ducklinged our way down a muddy track to a cosy barn-cum-bar where Naughty Nonna’s fed the conference horde. Very Cornwall, very communal, very special.
November 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
(6) "Do the cute stuff" - at GoodFest we all went for a mid-conference sea swim. In the evening, we ducklinged our way down a muddy track to a cosy barn-cum-bar where Naughty Nonna’s fed the conference horde. Very Cornwall, very communal, very special.
(5) "We are the ancestors of the future" - said by guerrilla gardener Kalpana Arias. Which, put another way, is the same as this provocation:
November 14, 2024 at 3:32 PM
(5) "We are the ancestors of the future" - said by guerrilla gardener Kalpana Arias. Which, put another way, is the same as this provocation:
(2) "Product thinking" - a tactic, also Hugo, for organising / mobilising people around common goals. E.g. beach clean up kits, conferences, citizen science projects and campaigns. Like “Shit Man”. PS tension & conflict is more appealing than the collab & compromise of actual solutions
November 14, 2024 at 3:27 PM
(2) "Product thinking" - a tactic, also Hugo, for organising / mobilising people around common goals. E.g. beach clean up kits, conferences, citizen science projects and campaigns. Like “Shit Man”. PS tension & conflict is more appealing than the collab & compromise of actual solutions
Impressive Banagrams tessellation from Father in Law here
November 12, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Impressive Banagrams tessellation from Father in Law here
The big lessons from Hugo Tagholm (former CEO at Surfers Against Sewage) #GF24 #SurfersAgainstSewage #Oceana
September 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM
The big lessons from Hugo Tagholm (former CEO at Surfers Against Sewage) #GF24 #SurfersAgainstSewage #Oceana