PinnedWouter KerstenDealing with Complexity: The Art of And-And MosaicsWhen writing about ‘difficult’ topics such as complexity, the eternal dilemma is how to deal with the number 1 rule of writing: keep it…·3 min read·Oct 22, 2023----
PinnedWouter KerstenRoom for mourning as key to smoother transitionsResistance against a range of transitions finds its origins less in a fear of having no viable future than in the (de)pressing feeling of a…·6 min read·Mar 7, 2023----
Wouter KerstenVoltaire 2.0: disagreement, but decently, as new political normPolarisation in the political arena and society at large go hand in hand. Somewhere around the globe (early) elections and other power…·6 min read·Jul 30, 2023----
Wouter KerstenMobilising for a better future: Turn it on, not offMobilising people (, companies, governments) to take climate change, and all other system-related crises for that matter, seriously and…·3 min read·Nov 27, 2022----
Wouter KerstenHomo Resiliencus: thoughts on thriving in modern societyIt’s been a while since I wrote a blog here. I have been busy enough, also reading other contributions. I have many thoughts, and opinions…·7 min read·Mar 2, 2022----
Wouter KerstenActually agree with many points and the basic jist of the whole article.1 min read·Jan 3, 2022----
Wouter KerstenCertainly agree with the gist of the article, i.e.Perhaps the starting point is indeed this seemingly trivial but all the easier framing: a circular society. I.e. do not throw away the good…1 min read·Mar 12, 2021----
Wouter KerstenCreativity and the Art of ListeningMaking new connections, for real·5 min read·Nov 4, 2020----
Wouter KerstenOn the Bearable Unheightness of Being (in) The NetherlandsA mini visual summary of a (pre)summer of 5000 km of cycling, after corona-induced rediscovery of using a bicycle for leisure, and staying…·2 min read·Sep 3, 2020----
Wouter KerstenPost-lockdown: stop the simplistic scenarios, be more curious and less binaryIn the emerging plethora of predictions about the near future of a world recovering from the corona-pandemic, many people seem to be very…·5 min read·May 21, 2020----