Currently: Josh Penman works with KnowledgeWorkx, a Sharjah based consulting firm, Intentional Engineering, a construction solutions provider in Dubai, and is a founding partner of ThreeSolve.com, a web-based ICT solutions provider. Previously: Josh Penman worked with HISG's East Africa office in Nairobi. Click here for the complete Kenya report. Quick Links: Shop Amazon. Josh Penman's goal is to use creativity and innovation to bridge cultures and augment human capability in the developing world. He offers a global perspective that spans fifteen cultures, five academic disciplines, seven industries, and four continents.
Language & Culture Dubai, U.A.E., 02/2010 – Present Nairobi, Kenya, 02/2010 – 09/2010 Josh's Footprint:
La Mirada, California, 08/2006 – 08/2008, 01/2009 – 01/2010 Oxford, England 08/2008 – 12/2008. Khartoum, Sudan 08/2004 – 05/2006 Pretoria, South Africa 01/2004 – 06/2004 Dubai, U.A.E. 05/1992 – 10/2003 Amman, Jordan 06/1987 – 05/1992
Three Things The World Needs Right Now: (Or in the next 30 years.) Food Change From Agriculture to Eating Habits Eating is one of humanities most basic activities, yet the suspicion is growing on me that, in 25 years on the planet, I've never really learned how to eat. Here are my findings: A. My eating habits go against well documented best practices: I know this, and I still don't change them. B. The world I see is increasingly hooked on festival items as staples. C. The worlds poorest farmers don't use simple techniques that could feed them and their countries. I don't want to see China end up with the amount of used stuff that I see in dumpsters, garages, and Craigslist ads in Los Angeles. If we can not completely change from a consumer-based society to a knowledge-based society, I hope that we can transfer some conspicuous consumption to the digital realm (fed by power efficient data centers). A. Transfer consumption to digital goods where the marginal cost of physical production approaches "free". B. Value knowledge more than physical things. C. Apply our knowledge to long-term physical solutions (like permaculture residences and zero-till farming). Organizations run the world, but they do it inefficiently. Here are my thoughts: A. Organizations are inefficient because people interact inefficiently. Making them more efficient will require changing behaviors. B. You can't make the most efficient workforce without understanding simple human interactions. C. Jobs should be designed with a deep understanding of cognitive capabilities. Right now, I think that jobs designed for a human's capabilities (rather than an organizations perceived needs) would go a long way towards greater efficiency. Josh Penman, 2010-08-05 0223 Edited 2010-08-10 1604 |
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