"I do not dream of labor. But I do dream of my mere existence being beautiful and interesting enough for a small child to stare and wonder for hours."

Let's think about how our work differs from our labor. Let's think about how we build bridges and buffers and install drivers to ease communication between different people in our organizations, just like we use those devices to ease communication between different places and different machines. Also, let's talk about the true mother of invention: irritation.

Transcript and notes:

https://dev.intensivesinstitute.com/captivate-podcast/i-do-not-dream-of-labor

Links!

You can find Dr. Emily Garside and her substack here:

https://substack.com/@emilygarsidewrites

Marge Piercy's poem "To be of use":

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/to-be-of-use

The Rube Goldberg Institute for Innovation and Creativity:

https://www.rubegoldberg.org/

Recorded 5 December 2023.