The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here’s a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
“So we bleat on….”, or Q &A/P&A; the pathological meetings of academics, activists etc
This article outlines the very familiar pathological pattern of meetings at which dialogue is lauded and then slaughtered, the usual attempts to fix the pathologies, and then describes why they usually fail. It closes out with what COULD be done, and why it won’t be (it’s a conspiracy!!) The pathological meeting We have all been there... Continue Reading →
DILC and the Problem Lady; Phase 3, the State
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here’s a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 3, the industry
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
Our #climate – personal stories, global change; #excellent art on despair and hope
At its best our species does courage, creativity and trust. At its worst it excels at greed,stupidity and violence. Last night Melbourne Playback Theatre Company (MPTC) displayed enormous quantities of the former to illuminate one symptom of the latter - climate change. The event's format captured our dilemma nicely. The first half was taken up... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 3, the activists
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 2, the state
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 2, the industry
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
Porky pies about costs of emissions cuts nothing new #climate #Howard #Abbott
Australian journalist Lenore Taylor has been reporting incisive climate stories for a very long time. In two recent (this and this) 'must-read' articles she has explained how the rubbery figures that Tony Abbott and others throw about are simply tosh. Abbott is a tenth (at best) generation photocopy of John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister... Continue Reading →
DILC and the ProblemLady; Phase 2, the activists
The Dialectic Issue LifeCycle Model (DILC) is a very cool heuristic for thinking about how some societal problems become issues, what industry does when the problems climb the political agenda and how the issues are (or aren’t) ‘resolved’. Here's a video starring its progenitors. The DILC has five phases, and looks at three categories of actors in... Continue Reading →
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