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The concept of using the whole whole is an idea that looks at how we can treat data and technology the way that the Inuit used the whole whale as compared to the whalers of the 1900’s. More about creating a data culture in your organization.
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This is using the whole whale, a podcast that brings you stories of data and technology in the nonprofit world. my name is George Weiner, your host, and the chief whaler of wholewhale.com, thanks for joining us.
George: Hello this is George Weiner, and this is using the whole whale. Today we’re talking about the actual concept of using the whole whale. So right now it is March, and were in New York City, it is roughly 17 degrees fahrenheit, it’s absurdly cold, let me promise you. But it’s the perfect temperature to talk to you about using the whole whale and the inuit actually. The inuit about 7000 years ago, were the native people of arctic alaska and canada. And 7000 years ago it was also cold up north, and when the communities up there would go out whaling, which was their primary source of food and survival. When they go out whaling, they would go out on these open boats, and they go out on the water, and they work in teams in order to land a bowhead whale, they really had to work for it, we’re talking about things that would make Ahab look like he was on the jv team. They would pull back the whale and bring it into shore, they would have the whole village involved, using every single part of this whale, everything from the blubber to the bone. they were using the skin, they were using the bone for tools, they were turning parts of it into vitamins, they weren’t going to waste any part of it. When your house is made out of ice block you’re really trying to stretch every dollar, or bone in this case. So the idea here is something we’re seeing again and again, where scarcity breeds creativity, poverty breeds innovation.
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The concept of using the whole whole is an idea that looks at how we can treat data and technology the way that the Inuit used the whole whale as compared to the whalers of the 1900’s. More about creating a data culture in your organization.
Transcription
This is using the whole whale, a podcast that brings you stories of data and technology in the nonprofit world. my name is George Weiner, your host, and the chief whaler of wholewhale.com, thanks for joining us.
George: Hello this is George Weiner, and this is using the whole whale. Today we’re talking about the actual concept of using the whole whale. So right now it is March, and were in New York City, it is roughly 17 degrees fahrenheit, it’s absurdly cold, let me promise you. But it’s the perfect temperature to talk to you about using the whole whale and the inuit actually. The inuit about 7000 years ago, were the native people of arctic alaska and canada. And 7000 years ago it was also cold up north, and when the communities up there would go out whaling, which was their primary source of food and survival. When they go out whaling, they would go out on these open boats, and they go out on the water, and they work in teams in order to land a bowhead whale, they really had to work for it, we’re talking about things that would make Ahab look like he was on the jv team. They would pull back the whale and bring it into shore, they would have the whole village involved, using every single part of this whale, everything from the blubber to the bone. they were using the skin, they were using the bone for tools, they were turning parts of it into vitamins, they weren’t going to waste any part of it. When your house is made out of ice block you’re really trying to stretch every dollar, or bone in this case. So the idea here is something we’re seeing again and again, where scarcity breeds creativity, poverty breeds innovation.
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