- TEDx Chiang Mai - November '21
Humanity's Choice: Paradigm Shift or Bust
The Big Picture
I help communities and organizations shift towards the circular economy via Linear to Circular and our brand Morph Bags, as well as the Circular Design Lab. I’m also a writer and the publisher of the Wicked Problems Collaborative, a fellow and global ambassador of The RSA, and a lecturer at Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies in Bangkok, Thailand, where I teach active-learning courses on topics like social innovation and advocacy.
Along with driving circular economy-related efforts, I design and facilitate a variety of workshops. I also give keynotes and moderate panels. Please reach out if that's of interest.
I believe that we've put ourselves in a bad spot with our treatment of the planet. We need a paradigm shift in the way we view and interact with it and the life forms we share it with. If you'd like to hear more about that, please check out the talk above, Humanity's Choice: Paradigm Shift or Bust.
What I do
It's all connected
Linear to Circular
Helping People, Planet, & Business
L2C helps firms analyze their waste streams, design programs tailored to create financial and environmental benefits, and implement related programs to move towards the circular economy. We also design and implement workshops and training, and we have deep experience translating research into actionable insights via things case studies and articles targeted at relevant audiences.
Morph
Carried by Purpose
Morph rescues useful materials from becoming waste and uses them to develop bags made for daily use as we work to improve the livelihoods of our collaborators. We aspire to a broad definition of economic utility as we work to help foster the circular economy and bring everyone we can along with us.
Wicked Problems Collaborative
Books are Good Food
The WPC focuses on humanity’s biggest challenges.
Check out our books:
Circular Design Lab
Systemic Design for the Masses
The CDL teaches communities to work on major social and environmental challenges. We design and lead workshops using systemic design-an approach that marries design and systems thinking-to help community members address wicked problems where they are. We’re also creating a framework and toolkit for systemic design.
Matters will not improve of their own accord
Why I Teach
Wicked Problems Collaborative
Books are good food
Wandering thoughts
Essays and whatnot
The RSA
21st century enlightenment
On the Problem of Growth
On the Plastic Problem
- Digging into plastic waste in Thailand
- Socioeconomic Factors of Plastic Waste Collection in Thailand and Beyond
- Gaps and Benefits in Thailand’s Informal Waste Collection System
Serving Others
Circular Design Lab
The Future of Work
Our Treatment of Refugees
Supporting Social Innovations
THINK
Ideas and innovative solutions to today’s most pressing problems
THINK 10: Reorganizing the Future of Work
THINK 8: East Meets West in the Pandemic
THINK 6: The Necessity of Circularity
THINK 2: The Evolving Nature of Labor
The Week
All you need to know about everything that matters
World Health Network
Protecting health and minimizing harm to individuals and society
Towards Recentering Public health
End Coronavirus
A multi-disciplinary effort to eliminate COVID-19
Sustainable Brands
Systems thinking in action
On the Role of Sustainability Leaders
Advocacy, Purpose, and Engagement
Impact Assessment
Inclusive Business
Changing Business From Within
Harvard Business Review
Ideas and advice for Leaders
The Circular Economy is Good Business
SALT Magazine
Compassionate business thinking
Challenging Your Beliefs
On Driverless Cars
Avoiding Corporate Calcification
Social Space
Innovation + impact
Questioning Tech
Re-envisioning Schools
The Nation
Thailand's Independent Newspaper
The Sufficiency Economy
SDG Helpdesk
A one-stop shop for SDG-related tools, knowledge, & more
aFFILIATIONS
Partner organizations
The RSA
21st century enlightenment
As a Global Ambassador of the RSA, I have hosted events like the Bangkok Talks series in collaboration with the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. The RSA has also provided grant money to help support the Circular Design Lab.
Thammasat University - School of Global Studies
Innovators for sustainable solutions to complex global issues
I'm a former faculty member and current adjunct at Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies (SGS). I teach courses designed for active learning on social innovation, advocacy, and social enterprise in the ASEAN context.
Circular Economy Club - Bangkok
Local action. Global impact.
As Thailand’s Organizer for the Circular Economy Club, I host events that bring together circular economy proponents for collaborative learning and to develop possibilities.
The Pledge on Food Waste
Time to save food
I’m a member of the Board of Advisors for The Pledge on Food Waste, where I’ve provided guidance for the certification program’s creation and ongoing evolution.
Story-Based Systemic Design
Sit with the problem
Story-Based Systemic Design (SBSD) helps people design change with sustainability being central to the process.
SBSD is a participant-driven framework for systemic design that integrates systems thinking and storytelling in seeking community-developed solutions to wicked problems.
Learn more about SBSD over at the Linear to Circular site.
