The Billy Madison Project

Immersing Community, Building Empathy

Inspired by the course with Otto Scharmer, I met with Shawn Cornally last Thursday to share with him what we were learning and the importance of emerging people in an experience, building empathy, and the “shopping cart” video from IDEO that captured this as a critical element of design. To that end Shawn and I developed an idea we are calling, somewhat tongue-in-cheek with a nod to pop culture, “The Billy Madison Project.” We hope this can become adapted as a general tool for Community Builders who may need to help communities come together and better understand experiences that they may not typically experience.

In short, here’s the project:

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