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Flexible Complexity

Ben Callahan
April 27, 2013
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Flexible Complexity

Slides from my short and sweet keynote at Converge SE in April of 2013 down in Columbia, SC.

Ben Callahan

April 27, 2013
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Transcript

  1. @bencallahan
    FLEXIBLE
    COMPLEXITY
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  2. Photo Credit: Rich Niewiroski Jr.
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  3. http://www.youtube.com/
    watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  4. Engineer it to death
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  5. Photo Credit: Jay Maisel
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  6. Group improvisation is a challenge.
    Aside from the weighty technical
    problem of collective coherent
    thinking, there is the very human,
    even social need for sympathy from
    all members to bend for the
    common result.
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  7. Group improvisation is a challenge.
    Aside from the weighty technical
    problem of collective coherent
    thinking, there is the very human,
    even social need for sympathy from
    all members to bend for the
    common result.
    Saturday, April 27, 13

    View Slide

  8. Group improvisation is a challenge.
    Aside from the weighty technical
    problem of collective coherent
    thinking, there is the very human,
    even social need for sympathy from
    all members to bend for the
    common result.
    Saturday, April 27, 13

    View Slide

  9. Group improvisation
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  10. Photo Credit: Jürgen Fauth
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  11. Master your craft
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  12. Create guidelines,
    not rigid process
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  13. Consider the greater good
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  14. Share your experience
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  15. Make something beautiful
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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  16. THANK YOU
    @bencallahan
    Saturday, April 27, 13

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