The Mapping Strategic Moves Method (v1, 2024)
This article, originally written on October 15, 2024, was featured in my 2024 book draft, Strategic Moves: Mapping Knowledge Engagement and Structural Choice.
Oliver Ding
Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.
Strategic Life Narrative (Possible Book, v1, 2025)
This possible book is not only an exploration of the twelve types of Strategic Life Narrative practices but also serves as a comprehensive review and presentation of my creative work over the past several years.
Frame for Work (possible book, v1, 2024)
A book draft about Knowledge Frameworks, Predictive Models, and the World of Activity.
The Geometry of the Activity System Model
I present real-world examples of applying the Activity System Model using the Creative Diagramming method.
Knowledge Discovery (Possible Book, 2022)
An Introduction to Oliver Ding's 2022 book draft: Knowledge Discovery: Developing Tacit Knowledge with the Thematic Space Canvas.
Creativity, Curativity, and Theoretical Activity
In this article, I will introduce the Weave-the-Theory framework to discuss a special type of activity: Theoretical Activity.
Activity Analysis Network #3: Activity, Enterprise, and Weave-the-Life
Over the past two weeks, I have taken "Enterprise" as a thematic focus of my work, especially the distinction and connection between "Enterprise" and "Activity."
Life-as-Activity: The Weave-the-Life Framework (v2.0)
This article presents the complete Weave-the-Life Framework as a new addition to the Life-as-Activity Approach.
Appropriating Activity Theory #3: Means, End, and Creative Chaos
On February 22, 2022, I stayed in a room to conduct a self-dialogue to resolve a creative challenge. It resonated with the Means-End principle in Activity Theory.
Activity Analysis Network #2: Identity, Narrative, and Creative Life
This is the 2nd issue of the Activity Analysis Center's newsletter