Digital Product Passports 101
The EU's new Digital Product Passport system will require data on products. The data, consumer demand, and the tech exists. We're just missing the systematic effort to connect them. Let's discuss.
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Invisible supply chains and increasing need for data awareness
Through investigating my own everyday items, I thought about how deliberately invisible modern supply chains are, despite mounting consumer demand. The data exists, but connecting it to consumers remains a challenge.
System change through multi-level perspectives - sticky graphs
Another stick graph - a framework showing how complex systems actually change through three interacting layers. It's messy, non-linear, and (but) useful for understanding system change.
Modularity dividends - Why standardisation beats customisation in IT
An Oxford study reveals that IT projects have uniquely infinite risk and the data suggests why. I want to propose another reason standardisation isn't limiting but the key to reliable success.
The gap between good intentions and systematic delivery
Every impact organisation I've worked with faces the same challenge: they know exactly what change they want to make, but the gap between good intentions and systematic delivery keeps tripping them up. Here's why this pattern exists and what systematic execution could look like.
Why I'm starting StudioRhys
After helping organisations like Earth Action, Ubuntu, and South Pole bridge the gap between vision and execution, I'm starting StudioRhys to focus on solving the execution challenges that mission-driven organisations face.
Solar capacity - sticky graphs
This, is my friend Mentorās favourite graph:
It shows that between the years 2006 and 2018, when the International Energy Agency (IEA) made projections about the future capacity of photovoltaic cells (PVs) - solar panels - in their report āWorld Energy Outlookā, they were, year after year, very wrong.
Graphs to stick on your wall
I have a friend called Mentor (his real name), and many months ago now he was showing me around his new apartment. When we were in his office, he pointed out a graph that he had stuck on his wall, this was that graph:
I loved this. Iāve written
A day between
A day between is a day for inspiration. Itās something I think our species has always needed, and had, whether they meant to or not.
Adoption of technology and AI
It's good and okay to be slow in adoption of technology, just be intentional about what you do adopt.