> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.kevinrichard.ch/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Curious Exploration Through Deep Collaboration - URL: https://www.kevinrichard.ch/curious-exploration-through-deep-collaboration/ - Published: 2021-04-24T15:51:53.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-24T15:51:53.000Z - Author: Kevin Richard - Tags: Community Dear readers and fellow Design & Critical thinkers, I hope you are all well & safe! 🙏 Making sense of the complex and generating the time & space for opportunities are exercises tightly linked to innovation and design. ****Senseframing***, [as introduced here by Daiana Zavate](https://krasi.substack.com/p/sense-framing-sessions-the-untold), is an important aspect of how we approach what we do, impacting our **sensemaking* and the **type of opportunities* we’re able to foresee: > **Are we observing what truly emerges from the field or do we seek for anticipated patterns through the lense of some pre-determined paradigms?* Recently, following several discussions with the [Design & Critical Thinking community on Slack](https://join.designcriticalthinking.com/?ref=kevinrichard.ch) and during our [Virtual Chalet sessions](https://www.meetup.com/design-critical-thinking?ref=kevinrichard.ch), I extended the concept of [****humble, curious exploration***](https://blog.designcriticalthinking.com/?ref=kevinrichard.ch) as a way to make sense of the world and discovering emerging patterns. [Curiosity can mitigate our own bias](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160907-how-curiosity-can-protect-the-mind-from-bias?ref=kevinrichard.ch). But this is not enough. We often see innovation and design as a solitary endeavour, lead by one individual and followed by many, despite themselves. This Eastern approach, as **Zavate* explains, is akin to the role undertaken in developing the “civilized world”: **change* or **be changed*. Collaboration and co-creation through participatory design can bring the necessary diversity of minds, thinking styles, and perceptions of reality to generate a different space for opportunities. ## The community as a playground for experimenting together [Next Tuesday, 27th April](https://www.meetup.com/design-critical-thinking/events/slxxfsyccgbkc/?ref=kevinrichard.ch) we will run our 2nd community workshop meetup. With ****Daiana Zavate** and **Krasi Bozhinkova** from [****Owtcome**](https://owtcome.com/?ref=kevinrichard.ch), we will explore **deep collaboration* through ****Collaborative Drawing** on the topic of “support”. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_ON8E5_P8cLQExRTYYW80NA.png) The number of seats is limited to 15 participants, [so don’t hesitate to register now!](https://www.meetup.com/design-critical-thinking/events/slxxfsyccgbkc/?ref=kevinrichard.ch) ## Making sense together through debates & discussions ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_k6HC-owqkjYE_Oxq2USw1Q.png) Following our collaborative drawing session, [next week on Thursday 29th April](https://www.meetup.com/design-critical-thinking/events/277715957/?ref=kevinrichard.ch) we will be testing a new format, the Community Debates, to help make sense of specific, preselected topics. --- ## Discover The Explorer’s Metaphor Series ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_Nrf69ahKfx1yk-ebORaXhw.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_Ye2Kd_WmTBQz62EOtSfTEw-3.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_YUWsGTeJ6P7zPkdRFi4slA.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_ukIH--EA-5q0l49-d69i0A.png) ****The explorer’s metaphor** is a series of articles that aim to provide an introduction to **sensemaking* and **complexity management* to designers, innovators, and changemakers. Get introduced to some key **concepts*, **ideas*, and **principles* through the use of metaphor that you can transpose to your context, allowing you to go beyond the shortcomings of problem-solving, transform your context and work towards new opportunities: **become a* ****curious explorer!*** ### Part 1 — Sailing Complexity [The Explorer’s Metaphor — Part 1: Sailing ComplexitySailing Complexity: introduction to sensemaking & complexity for designers, managers, and decision-makers.![](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/favicon.png)Kevin Richard – Island of thoughtsKevin Richard![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/03/the-explorers-metaphor-cover.png)](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/the-explorers-metaphor-part-1/) ### Part 2 — Discovering Islands [The Explorer’s Metaphor — Part 2: Discovering IslandsDiscovering Islands: Seeing problems/challenges as islands & archipelagos.![](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/favicon.png)Kevin Richard – Island of thoughtsKevin Richard![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/03/island-topography-map--1--1.png)](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/the-explorers-metaphor-part-2/) ### Part 3 — Mapping islands: context topography [The Explorer’s Metaphor — Part 3: Mapping islands through context topographyMapping islands through context topography.![](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/favicon.png)Kevin Richard – Island of thoughtsKevin Richard![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/03/2MinTakeaways_Topography_20170630_Banner-1.jpg)](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/the-explorers-metaphor-part-3/) ### Part 4 — Energy, Sensors, and Triangulation [The Explorer’s Metaphor — Part 4Energy, Sensors, and Triangulation.![](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/favicon.png)Kevin Richard – Island of thoughtsKevin Richard![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b5/84/b5842abb-69ac-4d01-a1a1-0948682b5abb/content/images/2021/04/1_Ye2Kd_WmTBQz62EOtSfTEw-1.png)](https://www.kevinrichard.ch/the-explorers-metaphor-part-4/) --- Thanks for reading, following, participating, and simply being there! Stay safe, **Kevin*