Augusto Cuginotti

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The Container is Borrowed

This reflection was triggered by Mark’s essay The Geometry of the Vanishing Container. Owen As many other participatory methods, Open Space has…

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Tracing back: influences, communities, and lived experience

This is a tentative weave of the core experiences and influences in my work, inspired by colleagues. I hope my memory serves…

Traditional Chinese ink landscape: riverbank with trees, a small boat, distant hills, and calligraphic text on the right side.

On Distinctions and the Here-and-Now

This piece explores two premises and what they mean for my own practice. I am not against frameworks and thinking in systems,…

How Language Shapes Organizational Reality: Insights from Maturana’s Theory

A Different Lens on Language and Organizations Chilean biologist Humberto Maturana, working with Francisco Varela, offered a compelling perspective on how language…

Can We Create Order in the World?

It is undeniable that we transform the world and create order On a first-order observation of human intervention, we transform materials from…

Observant-Dependant Social World

There has been some discussion about the world being complex in all instances or if we could consider some things simple. Most…

Intention and Concern – Why Re-Interpret Stories and Not Change Mindsets

Let’s make a new distinction together. We’ll look at ourselves as human beings acting in the world and ask what is behind…

Reality Bias: How Our Tendency to Simplify Causes Us to Miss Out

We all tend as human beings to generate a coherent explanation of events that simplify reality to reduce anxiety and allow decision-making…

Another Set of Data for Complex Systems: Why Knowing Reality is Not Enough

The world’s reality might be a significant constraint, but it is not enough to clarify what is going on.

The reason is that we don’t see the world as it is but see it as we are. And although I believe the world eventually catches up with our illusions, this does not bring clarity but chaos. Even so, this eventual clarity does not come within a workable timeline, and it might be too late to change….

Mastering Emotions in the Workplace: How to Pay Attention to What You’re Feeling and Make Moves Based on That

Many of us have been taught that being emotional is like being out of control. And since control and predictability are vital…