Oliver Ding

Oliver Ding

Founder of CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab), information architect, knowledge curator.

Slow Cognition: The Development of AAS (August 21, 2021 - August 26, 2022)

One diagram with nine moves. This is the historical development of the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) in the past 12 months.

The AAS framework for Life Strategy and Service Knowledge Management

The AAS framework for Life Strategy and Service Knowledge Management.

The ARCH Diagram

In 2020, I used the ARCH diagram to curate Alan P. Fiske's Relational Models Theory and Clay Spinuzzi’s typology of Activity.

Andrew Abbott: A Typology of Methods

Andrew Abbott introduces a typology of methods in his 2004 book Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences.

The Slow Cognition Project and related methods

I use Slow Cognition to describe my favorite methods such as Howard E. Gruber’s evolving systems approach to creative work.

Running A Developmental Project

Running A Developmental Project is a project-oriented possible practice.

Developmental Project Model

The background of the Developmental Project model and its advanced modules for research and reflection.

Activity System Plus

Based on Yrjö Engeström's Activity System Model, I added the concept "Resouce" to explore a new possibility.

Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) and A Possible Book

The Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework is an abstract model for understanding the "Self, Other, Present, Future" complex.

Platform-based Service

How do ambitious creators use digital platforms to host their own services?