X : You talked about perspective at MapCamp?
Me : Yes, it's very important. Always try to look at landscape from multiple perspectives. Even simple ones.
X : Simple ones?
Me : Like zooming in / resolution
X : Example?
Me : What's unusual about the following lung scan?
#MapCamp was a blast. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees. The next one will be in Sept 2026 ... remember, it's every two years. It will probably be virtual, we will look at running a physical event ...
Hoy en la charla informal del MapCamp Roger Martin ha dicho q la planificación estratégica domina el panorama empresarial, la estrategia como ente no existe
Él se refugia en resolver problemas difíciles tomando opciones bien diferenciadas.
There were many important lessons at #MapCamp but my favourite was ... if you don't like the system, change the system.
There's not point in just grumbling about things.
Really enjoyed #MapCamp today ... so many good talks. It was a privilege to be there. I've loved my fireside chat with @RogerLMartin, @snowded and the amazing @CatSwetel
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Desde hace unos años, los conceptos detrás de estos modelos de pensamiento están muy unidos al día a día
En Septiembre, algo interesante ocurrirá,
MapCamp este año terminará con una charla informal entre @RogerLMartin, @snowded y @swardley
Tickets 👇
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funnily enough I’m doing a talk on it at MapCamp this year
antifragile / small forest fires prevent big ones is the theme.
specifics: embracing the turmoil / lows of business building and seeing that they are the thing that improve me / the business.
I will be doing some public speaking, I'll obviously be working on mapcamp, I will provide some advisory work around mapping and I'm open to partnerships ... however ...
I am revisiting work I did for Mapcamp 2021, summarized here:
melconway.com/Home/pdf/ZipfC… .
Now I’m exploring the larger consequences of what I’ve called there “Zipf’s Law”.
cc: @lucasgonzalez
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dX : Still focused? After 30 years of failure?
Me : Yeah ... but this time, if we just fiddle with this metric, then ... oh, no ... it didn't work ... but what if we fiddle with ... and on, and on, and on. Trying to solve the problem by mostly maintaining what exists.
Over the next months, I'll start building a company. I'm already in the process of organising speaking events / masterclasses on mapping for next year. I will be looking for sponsorships for research & mapcamp activities. I'm at early stages of a study tour ...