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by Bryan Coffman
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RDS capability is one of the most
important in the MG Taylor System and Method. The
RDS was conceived in 1983 and has
been used for commercial deployments on a regular
basis over the last ten
years. Its primary purpose of helping communities,
in catastrophic circumstances, rebuild themselves
into healthy and sustainable cultures is yet to
be realized. Recent deployments, and other developments,
indicate that this primary use is about to become
realized. At the same time, the commercial use of
the system is also increasing. Taken together, this
opens the possibility for creating a full environment
and
technology system
optimally designed to support a series of rapid and complex deployments. |
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Index provides links to various URLs that describe
the RDS history and various aspects of its purpose,
methods and application. |
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on each Masthead Graphic [0n left]
to go
to
its URL page |
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1983
CONCEPT
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Boulder era Notebook pages and current annotations,
the original concept is presented including
the story of the first RDS deployment for
the FAA. There is a great deal of history
in this telling and the seeds of many things
that followed can be found in these original
documents. This idea was birthed “whole”
and I think there is little to be changed
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1988
CONCEPT PAPER
| Version
1.5 of the RDS Concept Paper, with new notations,
defining mission, roles, partnerships, typical
deployments, budgets,
measures of success. This is the most updated
description of the CONCEPT. |
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The
Davos
WorkSpace
The
RDS was designed to be set
up in the Aspen Room of the Davos
Congress
Center for the
05 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.
It will played a key role in bringing
interactive, collaborative work sessions
to the meeting.
The
result of this Annual Meeting
was to establish a WORLD AGENDA, for the first time that
contained actionable steps to
be taken over the next few years to
address chronic, systemic global issues. Significant progress was made. |
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DAVOD
05 Images
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05 RDS deployment to DAVOS is history. It was a rich experience and a
challenging one. The RDS performed
well for the first time out considering
it was designed and built in 90 days. This essay conveys a sense of the space, process, and engagement of participants . |
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RDS
@ Club of Madrid
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March 05 the Club of Madrid gathered
world leaders to address how we can
have democracy and security in today’s
world. The RDS was scheduled to leave
Davos and go to Madrid to support this
event. A last minute change retracted this plan. |
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EUROPE
RDS 05
| Opportunities,
challenges and configuration of the European
RDS. |
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RDS
ValueWeb PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
| ValueWeb
structure for deployments, governance processes
and program sponsorship are described. Business
and social contracts are outlined. |
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RDS
FAQ
| There
are always questions. This section
attempts to anticipate and answer them.
Additional
questions can be sent to me by e-mail
[link]. I will answer them directly
and/or post them in the FAQ as is appropriate. |
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Building
RDS Armature
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process of realizing a piece as complex
as the RDS Armature
requires multiple work iterations between
design, engineering and shop fabrication
people. Time was short and passions
ran high over the 04 holidays. |
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Building RDS Shell
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next step is to build the entire RDS shell so that deployments can be made
with full NavCenter capability and
be independent of the what site conditions
may exist. See also the Snowflake Compound
[link]. The RDS has to become self sufficient. |
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| These
eight articles, together, constitute a fairly comprehensive
introduction to the RDS concept,
its history and present opportunities. They also
indicate a PROGRAM,
a path, for bringing the RDS into
full reality as envisioned in 1983. This capability
is central to the MG Taylor agenda and for creating
solutions for Worthy Problems [link] and
to fully realized it’s mission [link] on
a global scale. |
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is a project, however, that is far bigger than myself
and MG Taylor. It will take a ValueWeb to make this
happen and to sustain it. Gail and I conceived the
idea back in the early days of MG Taylor’s
birth. MG Taylor has kept this THERE in
mind and brought some piece of it to HERE at
every opportunity that has presented itself. Now,
a level of critical mass is building. A window of
opportunity exists. Quo Vatis? |
| Like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the extreme designed-in frailty of our society. Like 9/11, we have not acted appropriately. The Article, below, outlines this vulnerability and suggests how a sustained use of the RDS can relieve the hurt of disaster while starting a systemic response to a social design that contains so many inherent flaws. |
click on each Masthead Graphic [0n left]
to go to its URL page |
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Responding to Katrina
| A criticism of the social architecture that renders us so vulnerable to the kinds of disasters most probable in our future. This is a systemic issue that requires a systematic, long term response. |
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WEF version II
| The next generation RDS for the World Economic Forum. Light weight, modular, flexible with an Armature that reconfigures in real time with the rest of the WorkWalls and WorkFurniture. Debut scheduled for Spring 2006. |
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November 11 , 2005 Update |
| This new generation of RDS for the WEF is designed to support the Davos WorkPlace at the Annual Meeting and also deploy around the world to a variety of other WEF events. In doing so it will be supporting the resolution of complex global issues. 23 years after concept, the RDS vision begins to become real. Given its long history and commitment to making the world a better place, the World Economic Forum is a fitting venue for this to happen. We have participated in and supported the Forum since 2000. In preparing for the 2006 Annual Meeting with Forum members and engaging in the transfer of the Taylor Method to them we have had the opportunity to understand better the process by which the Forum develops themes and ideas and brings them to their members. This is a long an difficult process which requires a great deal of subtly, sophistication and creativity. The Forum continues to reinvent itself even as it continually goes back to its founding vision. A small insight into the inter workings of this process reveals what an astounding organization the Forum is. MG Taylor has a high expectation that the RDS will blossom in their hands. |
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| GoTo: Bootstrap Imto Space |
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| GoTo: Davos 2005 - IMAGES |
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| GoTo: Gaia Project - Who Represents Earth? |
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| GoTo: Master Planning Process |
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| GoTo: Money - the Tool that Became a God |
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| GoTo: Planetary Architecture |
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| GoTo: ReDesigning the Future |
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| GoTo: UpSideDown Economics - 12 Aspects |
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Matt
Taylor
Elsewhere
October 23, 2004
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SolutionBox
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INSIGHT • POLICY • PROGRAM
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Copyright© Matt
Taylor 1983, 1988, 2004, 2005
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