Published in Careful Industries·PinnedWho owns the future(s)?Understanding the ingredients for a foresight commons When Careful Industries started to develop the Civil Society Foresight Observatory for the National Lottery Community Fund, a part of the brief was to work out what a Foresight Commons could look like — some kind of shared space and resource that might…Commons5 min read
Published in Careful Industries·Jul 2Systemic Digital CareExploring innovation as care work I read this post by Meg Conley this week and it stopped me in my tracks, particularly this sentence: “Care work is the anticipation of grief.” This post is a rumination on how that term applies to care in a very different context. Being care-full The research…Ethics5 min read
Published in Careful Industries·Jun 1A digital power glossaryWhat do the words we often use to talk about digital power really mean? This glossary offers definitions for and groups some of the terms commonly used to describe the intersections of power and digital technologies. In creating it, we found that some terms are more likely to be used…Ethics11 min read
Published in Careful Industries·Mar 15How to use the Civil Society Foresight reportA guide to how funders, civil society organisations and policymakers can use the Belonging, Care and Repair Foresight report. Who is it for? This report is for anyone making plans for the future. …Foresight4 min read
Jan 13Funding the Digital Policy LabPromising Trouble is seeking funding to support charities working with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to develop digital policy and campaigning skills Following on from the Community Tech Fellowship, supported by the Coop Foundation and Luminate, Promising Trouble has developed a Digital Policy Lab format to deepen the digital rights…Digital5 min read
Published in Careful Industries·Sep 16, 2021The Civil Society Foresight Observatory Discovery ReportCreating shared foresight infrastructure for funders and civil society organisations — Read the report Now is a good time to think about how we think about the future Careful Industries is piloting a shared Foresight Commons that will make it easier for funders to fund the future and help civil society organisations anticipate and adapt to changing conditions. …Foresight3 min read
Sep 13, 2021Community Tech in ActionWho is building Community Tech, and what are they doing with it? This blog post is the third of three outlining the research that Promising Trouble has undertaken for Power to Change, answering the question, “How can Power to Change inspire greater uptake of Community Tech?”. by Anna Dent In…Technology4 min read
Sep 13, 2021What is Community Hardware and Software?Exploring the risks and benefits of independently owned and made technologies This blog post is the second of three outlining the research that Promising Trouble has undertaken for Power to Change, answering the question, “How can Power to Change inspire greater uptake of Community Tech?”. Community Hardware and Software is…Technology5 min read
Sep 13, 2021Why Community Organisations need Community TechThe case for independently owned and made technology This blog post is the first of three outlining the research that Promising Trouble has undertaken for Power to Change, answering the question, “How can Power to Change inspire greater uptake of Community Tech?”. When digital experts talk about the non-profit sector…Technology4 min read
Published in Careful Industries·Jul 21, 2021A Careful Industries updateThis is not so much a weeknote as a “two-year note” — an attempt to pull together the different strands of work we’re doing at Careful Industries and our (very new) not-for-profit arm, Promising Trouble and explain why we’re doing it. …Year In Review5 min read
