I spent the latter part of today in Pontio at Bangor University. I was there to attend a lecture on innovation and then attend a dinner with some of the key players involved in the centre. This picture shows the new building which is a bridge (Pontio in welsh) between the University and the War Memorial, linking academic life with harsh reality through aesthetics. I like the concept and also the execution, but not the hideous sculpture (not shown) which looks like something salvaged from a 1960’s Doctor Who set – many of those were filmed nearby in Snowdonia. I worked to make sure the picture didn’t include it.
One of my tasks at the moment is to get ready for the launch of the Centre for Applied Complexity (CfAC) on the 2nd March when I have to deliver a guest lecture of my own. I’ve been thinking through some of the key theoretical elements, themes, or ways of thinking that can define CfAC, and which will form the basis for the lecture. The list below is very much early thinking and I very much doubt it will survive the next month. It is in part about CfAC, but also about linking to other activities in the University and Wales.
Underpinning a lot of these is the recognition that the world can no longer wait for linear solutions, or live with the consequences of current thinking. CfAC is all about starting this type of change, building on the last ten years of work in Cognitive Edge
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