A pattern language for knowledge co-creation By Yuko Onishi How can pattern language be used to share tips for knowledge co-creation in transdisciplinary research? What is pattern language? Pattern language Pattern language is an idea that or…

Interested in patterns for addressing #co-creation in #transdisciplinary research i.e. hints that can be adapted to particular needs & situations, rather than specific procedures or manuals? Revisit the great 2023 i2Insights contribution by Yuko Onishi at i2insights.org/2023/03/28/p...

The government is buying AI faster than it is assigning authority COMMENTARY | Federal AI governance will become credible when agencies can answer a simple question before deployment, not after failure.

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Inside “Learning Designers in Context”: Chapter 9 Isabel in the Government Sector Abstract: Isabel, a learning design professional in Peru’s government sector, transitioned into instructional design 20 years ago while working as an agronomist on a…

Inside “Learning Designers in Context”
Chapter 9: Isabel in the Government Sector

Isabel, a learning designer in Peru’s government sector, transitioned into instructional design 20 years ago while working as an agronomist on a multidisciplinary team.

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Understanding and diagnosing when feedback loops become resistant to external evidence By Lachlan S. McGill. Why does better evidence sometimes fail to improve decision making? How can we tell if this is caused by feedback loops becoming resistant to external evidence? Understanding …

Check out the Recursive Disclosure Index in this week’s two great new i2Insights contributions by Lachlan McGill at i2insights.org/2026/04/21/e... and i2insights.org/2026/04/21/l...

In red states, anti-immigrant bills are failing as businesses push back Most of the roughly 200 bills targeting immigrants around the country this year have stalled or died, with help from business and Christian groups.

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The Human Agency Paradox: Why More Technology Options Can Mean Less Real Choice, Part 1 napawash.org/news/the-hum...

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

“That far-fetched theory would allow the Justice Department to scrutinize in a single case matters that would normally be barred by the five-year statute of limitations.”

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Top-down redesign and reorganization is more successful when it’s supported by bottom-up boundary spanning.
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Dave Chappelle on investing in his Ohio town and backing its local public radio station For more than 25 years, comedian Dave Chappelle has called the small village of Yellow Springs, Ohio, home. Amna Nawaz traveled there to meet with Chappelle and understand why he’s invested millions o...

Dave Chappelle on investing in his Ohio town and backing its local public radio station www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term In his second administration, President Trump’s family, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and sons Eric and Don Jr., are expanding their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions of dollar...

Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Labor Dept. Investigates Texts Among Secretary’s Family and Staff

Labor Dept. Investigates Texts Among Secretary’s Family and Staff www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u... Just Ick - these people don’t understand governing and aren’t focused on working for the people.

9 Colorado hospitals at risk of closing due to Medicaid cuts The $900 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade could threaten the viability of more than 400 hospitals nationally and at least nine in Colorado, a new report has found. The hospitals span the ...

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“Colorado hospitals are at risk because the White House cut health care to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest, all while families are paying double or triple for care.”

Pension Reforms Are Working. Leave Them Alone. Public plans’ finances have been recovering, helped by changes enacted after the 2008 financial crisis. Lawmakers should resist the temptation to roll back these reforms.

Pension Reforms Are Working. Leave Them Alone. www.governing.com/finance/pens...

Forest Service shake-up will boost states’ role — but even supporters have concerns • Stateline A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.

The closure of 57 research stations, some agency partners fear, will threaten critical science that states and other forest managers rely on to learn about wildfire behavior, timber production and a host of other issues.
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Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy President Donald Trump last year commuted the prison sentences of 12 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy wapo.st/4cOOPVx

Colorado forged American ski mountaineering. The state’s athletes continue to shape skimo’s global future. From rowdy endurance races to strolls up ski resorts, the uphill trend is growing in Colorado as skimo begins its ascent as a worldwide sport

Colorado forged American ski mountaineering. The state’s athletes continue to shape skimo’s global future. coloradosun.com/2026/04/15/c... via @coloradosun.com

The Myth of Correcting in Private - GovLoop Learn about workplace situations that require leaders to immediately correct employees without making things worse.

The Myth of Correcting in Private www.govloop.com/community/bl... Adeline Maissonet via Govloop

ERASING HISTORY: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Proud Boys leaders Ethan Nordean & Joseph Biggs, despite jury findings of coordinated efforts to stop the transfer of power.

Illustrator R.W. Alley on how he brings Paddington Bear to life The origin of Paddington is one worth noting on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Michael Bond recalled seeing Jewish children arriving in Britain during World War II with name cards around their necks and s...

Illustrator R.W. Alley on how he brings Paddington Bear to life www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

An effective way to organize research coordination meetings By Gemma Jiang, Diane Boghrat and Jenny Grabmeier How can large cross-disciplinary science institutes consisting of multiple teams working on multiple research projects overcome significant challen…

Interested in conditions for successful research coordination of multiple #crossdisciplinary teams by balancing structure and flexibility? Find out more in this great 2023 i2Insights contribution by Gemma Jiang, Diane Boghrat and Jenny Grabmeier at i2insights.org/2023/03/21/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Fed chair nominee is pushing a myth The Fed chair nominee says Alan Greenspan trusted anecdotes over data. That’s not true.

Trump’s Fed chair nominee is pushing a myth wapo.st/41wP02w

How Hungary’s vote to oust Viktor Orbán could have global implications The incoming prime minister of Hungary struck a hopeful tone on Monday. Peter Magyar called for a swift transition of power and began to chart an ambitious course to reverse central pillars of Viktor ...

How Hungary’s vote to oust Viktor Orbán could have global implications www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92 Two-time grammy nominee was one of Bollywood’s most versatile and celebrated voices The Indian singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and 80s, has died aged 92, her family said. The two-time Grammy nominee had been admitted to hospital in Mumbai with complaints of “extreme exhaustion” and chest infection. Continue reading...

Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92

Asha Bhosle Live 'In Aankhon Ki Masti' at BBC Studio YouTube video by Prateek Luthra

RIP Asha Bhosle
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Boundaries as opportunities for learning By Roger Duck and Jane Searles. Think of a time when you noticed how different ‘they’ are from ‘us’. In that moment, did the relationship become more interesting and alive? Or did it flatten into w…

Interested in improving #teamwork by seeing how identifying differences in relationships can as act as opportunities for #learning, rather than as boundaries? Check out this week’s great i2Insights contribution by Roger Duck and Jane Searles at i2insights.org/2026/04/14/b...

Thank you, Sharon. I’m looking forward to great conversation with interested readers!

Amid air traffic controller shortage, this Colorado college is fast-tracking the next generation At Aims Community College in Windsor, a newly FAA-approved curriculum offers students a shorter — and affordable — path to the in-demand positions

Amid air traffic controller shortage, this Colorado college is fast-tracking the next generation coloradosun.com/2026/04/12/a... via @coloradosun.com