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Where the (new) Jobs are
The industrial age is fading. A capability economy is emerging. The old economy trained people to fit into machines. The new economy needs people who […]
Articles by Creative Director
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Politics is NOT the Solution
Why Politics Is Not the Solution It Is the Problem. By Steven Jay Executive Producer and Co-Founder, MobilizedNews.com We are told, over and over again, […]
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Africa’s Renewable Leap: The Continent May Skip the Old Energy Model
Across Africa, renewable energy is moving from “alternative power” to the most practical path for homes, mines, factories, farms, schools, clinics, and communities still waiting […]
Interviews
Lessons from a Systems Thinker
Tom Bosschaert is the founder and director of Except Integrated Sustainability, a Netherlands-based innovation, design, and development consultancy focused on building systemic solutions for a sustainable […]
Interviews
David Amram: Music as a way of describing how we could all do our share to create a better world
In a concerted effort to spark the imagination in all of us, Mobilized News is honored to begin our series “Imagination in Action” with musician, […]
Uncategorized
The Bigger Picture
The Systems Are Converging: Energy, Food, Cities, Mobility, Finance, Democracy, Cybersecurity, Circularity and Health Are Becoming One Story Date window: May 26–31, 2026 The world […]
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Redesigning Information, Communications, Technology + Cyber Security
Digital Systems Should Serve People — Not Watch Them The question: How can we redesign ICT systems that serve people everywhere without surveillance — while […]
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Redesigning Thru Interdependent Systems
The Myth of Independence Is Breaking Our Systems The question: What happens when we design society around independence — while reality itself is interdependent? The […]
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Redesigning Productions through Materials and Resources
Extraction Is the Old Operating System. Circular Design Is the Upgrade. The question: How are extraction, exploitation, and colonization systems harming people, communities, and the […]
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Democracy as a Living System
Democracy Is Not a Performance. It Is a Public Service. The question: How can we redesign democracy so it works for people again? The answer: […]
Activism
Former U.N. Foundation leaders reminds us what we can do, now:
Chuck Woolery has spent decades working at the intersection of hunger, child survival, global health, peace, and international cooperation. Through his work with various organizations, […]
GPS BY SECTOR
Updates: Permaculture + Whole System Design
Circularity moved from “recycling as an environmental fix” toward infrastructure, industrial strategy, verification, materials intelligence, and community-scale system redesign. The week’s strongest signal: circularity is […]
GPS BY SECTOR
Updates: Food Production + Distribution
The strongest signal of the week: food is becoming infrastructure. Production, protein, distribution, soil health, ingredient manufacturing, and supply-chain resilience are being redesigned as connected […]
GPS BY SECTOR
Updates: Smarter Cities
The week’s strongest signal: smart cities are evolving from technology showcases into living operating systems for resilience, energy, mobility, climate adaptation, infrastructure maintenance, housing, water, […]
Ideas in Action
Hit the Reset Button
MobilizedNews.com Feature Hit the Reset Button Why Industrial-Age Systems Can No Longer Solve 21st-Century Crises TL;DR: The systems running our world were built for a […]
Ideas in Action
The Energy Transition Needs Hands
The Energy Transition Needs Hands The Workforce Behind the Transition There is no energy transition without workers. Not just engineers, founders, financiers, and policymakers. The […]
Ideas in Action
How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Upgrade the Quality of Life for All Life
Mobilized News Feature AI Is a Tool. The Question Is: Who Is Holding It — and Why? How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Upgrade the Quality […]
Ideas in Action
Digital Democracy That Actually Works
Mobilized News Feature Democracy Is Not Just Voting. It Is Participation Design. Digital Democracy That Actually Works Democracy is not only what happens on Election […]
Ideas in Action
The Living Infrastructure: Nature
Mobilized News Feature The Infrastructure We Forgot Was Alive Nature as Infrastructure TL;DR: Wetlands, mangroves, forests, reefs, soils, tree canopy, dunes, grasslands, and watersheds are […]
Ideas in Action
The Most Important Climate Leaders May Be City Staff You’ve Never Heard Of
Mobilized News Feature The Most Important Climate Leaders May Be City Staff You’ve Never Heard Of The Local Government Innovation Beat TL;DR: The future is […]
Ideas in Action
Understanding the New Climate Denial: Attacking Solutions
The Fight Has Moved From Denying the Crisis to Discrediting the Tools The New Climate Denial: Attacking Solutions TL;DR: Climate misinformation is changing. The old […]
Ideas in Action
Interdependence Was Never a New Idea
Mobilized News Feature Interdependence Was Never a New Idea Indigenous Knowledge as Systems Intelligence TL;DR: Indigenous knowledge is too often treated as a quote, blessing, […]
GPS BY SECTOR
Update: Clean + Renewable Energy Systems
The strongest signal of the week: clean energy is no longer just replacing fossil fuels — it is becoming the operating system for electricity, transportation, […]
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Update: I.C.T.
The strongest signal of the week: cybersecurity is no longer an IT department issue. It is now public infrastructure, business continuity, national security, and democratic […]
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Updates: Personal + Digital Democracy
The week’s strongest signal: democracy is now being fought, weakened, protected, and redesigned inside digital systems. AI, platform accountability, civic tech, facial recognition, youth participation, […]