{"id":2083,"date":"2018-07-18T17:44:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T17:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dgen.net\/0\/?page_id=2083"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:06:30","slug":"threads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.dg1th{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;padding:0 2rem}\n\n\/* Section scaffold *\/\n.dg1th-sec{border-bottom:1px solid #e4eaf0;padding:1.25rem 0}\n.dg1th-sec:last-child{border-bottom:none;padding-bottom:0}\n\n\n.dg1c-sec{border-bottom:1px solid #e4eaf0;padding:1.25rem 0}\n.dg1c-sh{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin-bottom:.9rem}\n.dg1c-note{background:#f7f9fb;border-left:3px solid #cdd5dd;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;padding:.75rem 1rem;margin-top:.5rem;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;color:#4a6070;line-height:1.6}\n@media(max-width:600px){\n  .dg1c-sg,.dg1c-fg{grid-template-columns:1fr}\n  .dg1c-hero,.dg1c-body{padding:1.25rem}\n   }\n\n.dg1th-sh{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin-bottom:.9rem}\n.dg1th-lbl{font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#911c35;font-weight:500;white-space:nowrap}\n.dg1th-rule{flex:1;height:1px;background:#fad0d8}\n\n\/* Typography *\/\n.dg1th-p{font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;color:#2a3a4a;margin:0 0 .75rem}\n.dg1th-p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}\n.dg1th a{color:#911c35;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #fad0d8;padding-bottom:1px}\n.dg1th a:hover{border-bottom-color:#911c35}\n.dg1th-hint{font-size:12px;color:#7a95ae;font-style:italic}\n\n\/* Intro, logo floated left *\/\n.dg1th-intro{overflow:hidden}\n.dg1th-logo{float:left;width:180px;height:auto;margin:0 1.5rem .75rem 0;border-radius:6px;display:block}\n\n\/* Subscribe card *\/\n.dg1th-subscribe{background:#1e3a5f;border-radius:8px;padding:1.1rem 1.25rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:1rem;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:.75rem}\n.dg1th-subscribe p{font-size:14px;color:#f0f3f6;margin:0;line-height:1.6}\n.dg1th-subscribe p span{font-size:12px;color:#8fa8be;display:block;margin-top:.2rem}\n.dg1th-subscribe a{font-size:13px;color:#f0f3f6;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid #8fa8be;border-radius:6px;padding:.45rem 1.1rem;white-space:nowrap;transition:background .15s;flex-shrink:0}\n.dg1th-subscribe a:hover{background:#253d52;border-color:#e8edf2}\n\n\/* Thread archive cards *\/\n.dg1th-threads{display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:0;margin-top:.5rem}\n.dg1th-thread{display:grid;grid-template-columns:60px 90px 1fr;gap:.5rem 1rem;padding:.75rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid #f0f3f6;align-items:start;text-decoration:none}\n.dg1th-thread:last-child{border-bottom:none}\n.dg1th-thread:hover .dg1th-thread-title{color:#7a1830}\n.dg1th-thread-num{font-size:18px;font-weight:500;color:#1e3a5f;line-height:1}\n.dg1th-thread-date{font-size:12px;color:#7a95ae;padding-top:3px}\n.dg1th-thread-title{font-size:14px;font-weight:600;color:#1d2a39;margin:0 0 .2rem;line-height:1.3;transition:color .1s}\n.dg1th-thread-tone{font-size:12px;color:#546a7b;line-height:1.55;margin:0}\n\n\/* Arc summary *\/\n.dg1th-arc{background:#fdf6f8;border-left:3px solid #911c35;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;padding:.85rem 1.1rem;margin-top:.75rem}\n.dg1th-arc p{font-size:13px;font-style:italic;color:#1d2a39;line-height:1.7;margin:0}\n\n\/* Tone pills row *\/\n.dg1th-tones{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px;margin-top:.75rem}\n.dg1th-tone{font-size:12px;background:#f0f3f6;border:1px solid #cdd5dd;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 12px;color:#1d2a39}\n\n@media(max-width:680px){\n  .dg1th{padding:0 1rem}\n  .dg1th-logo{width:120px;margin-right:1rem}\n  .dg1th-thread{grid-template-columns:44px 80px 1fr}\n}\n@media(max-width:480px){\n  .dg1th-thread{grid-template-columns:1fr}\n  .dg1th-thread-num{font-size:14px}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"dg1th\">\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 About \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"dg1th-sec\">\n    <div class=\"dg1th-sh\"><span class=\"dg1th-lbl\">About Threads<\/span><span class=\"dg1th-rule\"><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"dg1th-intro\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dg1th-logo\"\n           src=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dgen-threads-w.png\"\n           alt=\"Dgen Threads newsletter logo\">\n      <p class=\"dg1th-p\">Threads is Gavin&#8217;s occasional newsletter, infrequent updates, reflections on projects, private event invitations, and wide-ranging thinking on data, innovation, culture and society. The six Threads document the transition from leaving the Open Data Institute through the creation and launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/ib1.org\">Icebreaker One<\/a>. They are 100% human-written.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"dg1th-subscribe\">\n      <p> <a href=\"https:\/\/eepurl.com\/cAJzoD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a> to receive updates and private event invitations.\n        <span>Infrequent, quality over quantity.<\/span>\n      <\/p>\n     \n\n\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"http:\/\/dgen.us14.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=98659f7dab2581ba8678a549f&amp;id=2e5955234b\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"required\" name=\"EMAIL\" size=\"60\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"email address\">\n<p><input id=\"mce-FNAME\" class=\"required\" name=\"FNAME\" size=\"60\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"first name\"><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"mce-MMERGE4\" class=\"\" name=\"MMERGE4\" size=\"60\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"if we're not already friends, what led you to sign up here?\"><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" size=\"40\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Quick subscribe\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\"><input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_98659f7dab2581ba8678a549f_2e5955234b\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 The threads \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"dg1th-sec\">\n    <div class=\"dg1th-sh\"><span class=\"dg1th-lbl\">Archive<\/span><span class=\"dg1th-rule\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"dg1th-threads\">\n\n      <a class=\"dg1th-thread\" href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/thread\/thread-1\/\">\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-num\">#1<\/span>\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-date\">Jan 2017<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-title\">Hello 2017<\/p>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-tone\">Optimistic but clear-eyed, some personal-reflection meets big-picture thinking. Wide-ranging with a call to action rooted, it&#8217;s the most exploratory of the series.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"dg1th-thread\" href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/thread\/thread-2\/\">\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-num\">#2<\/span>\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-date\">Jul 2017<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-title\">The Dgen Constellation<\/p>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-tone\">More structured and with a clearer sense of what is actually being built. The Constellation framing gives shape to previously diffuse ideas, and rich reader contributions add outside perspectives.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"dg1th-thread\" href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/thread\/thread-3\/\">\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-num\">#3<\/span>\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-date\">May 2018<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-title\">Joining the Dots<\/p>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-tone\">The most practically with concrete outputs: a published report, regulatory milestone, international open banking expansion, a new climate project. A closing note on diversity gives it moral directness.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"dg1th-thread\" href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/thread\/thread-4\/\">\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-num\">#4<\/span>\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-date\">Nov 2018<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-title\">Active projects &amp; your profile<\/p>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-tone\">The most project-dense and operationally focused: less a newsletter and more a progress report to a growing team of collaborators, with the Constellation model gaining traction across multiple domains simultaneously.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"dg1th-thread\" href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/thread\/thread-5\/\">\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-num\">#5<\/span>\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-date\">Mar 2019<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-title\">Icebreaker One<\/p>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-tone\">Short and urgent: a focused mobilisation notice rather than a wide-ranging newsletter. A sign that the Constellation model has moved decisively from concept to execution.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"dg1th-thread\" href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/thread\/thread-6\/\">\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-num\">#6<\/span>\n        <span class=\"dg1th-thread-date\">Nov 2019<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-title\">2019 Highlights<\/p>\n          <p class=\"dg1th-thread-tone\">Forward-moving: Threads have evolved into a tightly structured progress report, concise, evidenced, and oriented entirely towards what comes next.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"dg1th-arc\">\n      <p>The overall arc: from personal, philosophical exploration (Thread #1) through gradual crystallisation of ideas and structure (Threads #2\u20133), into an increasingly operational and institutionally confident voice (Threads #4\u20136), culminating in IcebreakerOne achieving UN-level recognition.<\/p>\n      <p>NB: Dgen.net (founded 1999) has been running Threads since <strong>January 2017<\/strong>, well before Meta launched its social platform of the same name. 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