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Daniele Catalanotto
Focus on No- or Low-Tech Solutions
These days, everyone wants to slap some AI on a project. A few years ago, it was all about making a mobile app. Before t...
Daniele Catalanotto
Celebrate Ending Things and Not Doing Things
We started this big project at a large NGO, and guess what? We decided it wasn't worth continuing. So, when I went to th...
Daniele Catalanotto
Ask yourself What Would God Do?
Imagine this. You're about to do something pretty stupid, and as your hand reaches for your smartphone or wallet, you se...
Daniele Catalanotto
Do the Deathbed Test
Picture this scene from the future: you’re on your deathbed. Your grandkids and great-grandkids are right there, holding...
Daniele Catalanotto
Make people affected by your decision part of the decision
Imagine this. A friend you haven’t seen for months, decides where your family will live. He’s making the final call. Fla...
Daniele Catalanotto
Refuse to help people isolate themselves
"I hate this!".
"That's the whole point!"
I was at a service idea presentation by a learner from the Master of Service De...
Daniele Catalanotto
Start with What You Already Have
Often when I run workshops with communities to imagine new futures, they first always focus on what's missing. We're so ...
Daniele Catalanotto
Use less digital resources
We all know that we have to turn off the light when we go out of the room to save some energy. We all know that we don't...
Daniele Catalanotto
Do the “edge of the mattress check”
When you have a hard time going out of bed or doing some work, it’s often the signal of something deeper.
It can mean we...
Daniele Catalanotto
Don’t be a dick while saving the world
There are important things we need to change in our way of living. And it’s urgent. So it’s natural that we might get an...