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Ken Low

ken_lowKen is a man you can describe only by using a lot of cool words! A deep thinker, philosopher, map maker, human learning ecologist, inventor, lore keeper and author. He is the founder and president of the Action Studies Institute dedicated to mapping out the dynamics of adaptive intelligence in human systems and pioneering the development of a new discipline – human learning ecology. The driving motivation behind this research is the need to understand the underlying causes of adaptive and maladaptive development and behavior in individuals, organizations, societies, and cultures. The research he does draws on successes and failures of human learning and activity across cultures, sectors, disciplines and periods of history. The patterns of emerging adaptive intelligence found in the human story provide a structure for the human venture, a disciplined framework for understanding human progress, folly and resistance, including the systemic adaptive challenges facing humanity at our time and place in history, and what it will take to meet them.

Action Studies provides the curriculum and support for Leadership Calgary and Leadership Edmonton. Ken is currently working on developing a web-based global network to support initiatives on a human venture path. Ken is a former Director of Life Skills education and Action Studies research team for the Calgary Board of Education, Co-founder of the Calgary Council of Advanced Technology, Co-founder of the Calgary Crisis Center & Vice-chairman of A.A.D.A.C. [Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission] at its inception, Author of the national training manual on addictions prevention for Canadian Health & Welfare, Chief writer and researcher for the Alberta Commission on Tolerance and Understanding and Chief researcher and writer for the Nunavik Education Task Force [Inuit of Arctic Québec] assessing their education and manpower training systems. Ken currently lives in Calgary with his wife and 2 sons.

 

Ken Low at TEDxCalgary 2010


 

Events and items of note...

Timeraiser call for artists

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Our good friends at Timeraiser have announced a call for artists around their 7th Annual event in Calgary, closing on Tuesday, April 10th.

If you're a local artist who would like to be considered,.....

27/03/12
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TEDxYYC 2012 applications now open!

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Our friends at TEDxYYC have launched the application process for their flagship 2012 event, Inspiring Connections. From the glimpses we've been priviledged to see, it will be an exc

2/03/12
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Janice Tanton - The Language of the Creator

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Janice Tanton speaks from the soul of an artist, mom, and full time human being. In this heartfelt talk, she shares her exploration of the creative spirit through her native heritage and the many people she has brought together through art and

9/02/12
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Marcello Di Cintio - In the Shadow of the Wall

Posted in [ 8 seconds ] Highlighted in the most recent issue of the [ 8 seconds ] e-bulletin is the talk by TEDxCalgary 2011 speaker Marcello Di Cintio. We humans follow the strange behaviour of building lots of different barriers, which often turn out to be unproductive. L
24/01/12
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