Category: Decision Making
What is a Site Assessment, and Why Do One?
What is a Site Assessment? A site assessment is the thorough observation, recording, compilation, and organization of all of the existing conditions that are present at or affect the design and function of a piece of property. For a landscape, this includes not only the physical features of a site (like landshape and structures), but…
Abundant Water – Part 2: Designing Resilient Water Drainage Systems
Designing from first principles to create low-maintenance, low-cost water drainage systems that minimize erosion and maintain or restore functional hydrology.
Permaculture – Foundational Ethics & Principles
The prime directive of permaculture helps us apply the three ethics and the twelve principles to design our lives and work to align with the regenerative patterns found in nature.
What Is A Whole Site Design, and Why Do One?
What is a Whole Site Design? A whole site design is a visually illustrated, comprehensive plan that integrates all of the elements required to realize the vision for a particular landscape, whether that be held by an individual or a group of people, into a cohesive, self-supporting whole that exists in harmony with the innate…
The 4 Freedoms: Principles For Regenerative Lifestyle Design
The 4 Freedoms – Principle For Regenerative Lifestyle Design – Freedom in Time, Health, Wealth And Spirit.
Principles Of Right Livelihood And Eco-System Design
What makes an Eco-System? You’re probably reading this because you’re interested in finding a way to support yourself and those under your care (or that might be in the future) in a way that actually makes the ecosystem in which we all live healthier and more abundant. And you don’t just want to scrape by…
Cynefin: Making Sense Amidst Disorder
This post is an introduction to Cynefin Sense-Making Model. Cynefin: ‘habitat’ or ‘place’ – from Old Welsh, means a “place of multiple belongings; cultural, religious, geographic, tribal etc. We can only ever be partially aware of all these multiple belongings, but never all of them simultaneously. The Cynefin Model is useful in recognizing causal differences that…
Decision Making Process Flowchart
Contained in this post is the simple yet thorough decision making protocol put forth in Peter Drucker’s book “Decision Making For Effective Executives”. You can download and print my condensed version of
