The Ceffyl Dŵr is a creature from Welsh folklore, known as the “Water Horse”, a ghostly horse-like being which haunts rivers, lakes, and misty moors, luring unsuspecting victims to their doom. It’s often described as an ethereal, shape-shifting entity that can appear solid one moment and then dissolve into mist or water the next. The […]
“The Spectre Bride” by Friedrich August Schulze comes from German Stories (1826), translated by Robert Pearse Gillies. You can read it today and tomorrow on my Patreon.
Dulle Griet, literally “Mad Meg,” is a figure from Dutch folklore and art, often depicted as a terrifying figure leading an army of women into Hell. In the most famous depictions, she is shown as a woman dressed in ragged clothes or clad in armour; she often wields a weapon such as a sword or […]
“Wan the maiden was, Of saintly paleness, and there seem’d to dwell In the strong beauties of her countenance Something that was not earthly.” Southey’s Joan of Arc. “The clock has toll’d; and, hark! the bell Of death beats slow.” — Mason’s Elegies. The novel comes from Tales of the Dead (1813), translated by Sarah Elizabeth […]
The Gwrach y Rhibyn, also known as “The Hag of the Mist,” is a figure from Welsh folklore often compared to the Irish Banshee. She is a harbinger of death, as her shrieks and wails warn of impending doom for those who hear them. She is described as a grotesque, ghostly figure with long, matted hair, often dark […]
Effective policy management is crucial in participatory and integrated planning processes, ensuring that the strategic frameworks guiding development projects align with both local regulations and broader goals. This involves not only understanding and navigating existing policy landscapes but also actively shaping and adapting policies to support the participatory approach. By fostering collaboration between institutions, stakeholders, […]
Any good workshop starts with one simple question: is the workshop needed and would it be beneficial? The “Enabling Inclusive Cities” toolkit developed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides an invaluable framework to explore the needs of specific populations or regions through two basic pillars: policy and planning, and a sectoral assessment on the […]
The Three Horizons Model is a strategic framework that aids organizations in managing the present while preparing for future opportunities and challenges. Originally developed by Mehrdad Baghai, Stephen Coley, and David White in their book The Alchemy of Growth (1999), the theory provides a structured approach to balancing short-term goals with long-term innovation and emphasizes […]
I don’t know who picks acronyms for Agile frameworks, but I know I’d like to keep my distance from them. Anyway, in my effort to propose methods and techniques that aren’t old enough to drink, today I’d like to show you these three frameworks, all born around 2011. What do they have in common? They’re […]
The theory of Organizational Improvisation focuses on responsive processes and how understanding them provides an alternative to the idea of an opposition between “strong” (endogenous) and “weak” (exogenous) ways of thinking about processes in human action. This dichotomy originally related to how actions are initiated and controlled and stemmed from cognitive psychology and neuroscience: Strong […]