<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Robin Cornish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robin Cornish]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:47:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.robincornish.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Transcendentalism For Today - modern lessons of self-reliance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up on the South-West coast of Australia, I considered Tim Winton’s “An Open Swimmer” my bible as I explored how to understand risk and identity through my relationship with the natural world - and my church was the Indian ocean. Then I came across this piece of writing attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson from the 1860's: "To laugh often and much, To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/modern-lessons-of-transcendentalism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691a512c47774a8fb01d2be8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:36:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_0c540d56506a45bdbc668650669289d2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making The World A Little Smaller - celebrating another side of Bourdain's complicated legacy in an age of hyper-nationalism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As portrayed in the latest biopic "Tony", Anthony Bourdain spent the first half of his career in restaurant kitchens shining the spotlight on the underbelly of the hospitality industry. The second half of his career was spent in nearly every country willing to let a television crew in. Across A Cook's Tour, No Reservations, and Parts Unknown, he built a body of work that, on its surface, was about food and travel. Underneath, it was doing something more consequential: quietly dismantling the...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/makingtheworldalittlesmaller-bourdainscomplicatedlegacy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6917b5911f276a0fa61e080e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:04:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_e2441af306e74a0f9efd80fe16f76ae0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_836,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yirramugadoo - synthesizing Mollison, Gotsch and Nelson to support life finding a way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern regenerative agriculture has produced no shortage of vocabulary. Walk into a conversation about sustainable land use and you may hear passionate arguments for permaculture or syntropic farming, or you may even hear someone referring to themselves as a biospherian. While each of these schools of thought has emerged from a different problem and a different decade, they are three answers converging on the same core conviction: that agriculture works better when it cooperates with natural...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/yirramugadoo-synthesizingmollisongotschandnelson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6917b5970dbc57ddd09894c3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 23:04:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_cf2a9eb0d6984faabcaf2ac42c35ec0e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_778,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Built Form That Adapts - matching kinetic energies]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the British Virgin Islands, the eave lining of a premium Villa rotates slowly via gravity and compression to reposition itself as a shield for the floor to wall glazing from an impending hurricane. In New York’s Catskill Mountain Forest, a roof sprinkler system automatically activates in response to perimeter fire detection to dampen the façade shutters with water. In Rotterdam, a public library adjusts its glazed facade in real time as storm clouds gather, stiffening against wind loads...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/builtformthatadapts-matchingkineticenergies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691a653d80f146b984df3685</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:02:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_4d77c21255ed4dfab55e2d6e5fba1530~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art For Innovations Sake - the genius of Cleese's observations on creativity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Innovation is usually described as a problem of intelligence - get enough smart people in a room, give them enough data, and a breakthrough will eventually follow. That model has produced plenty of incremental progress, but it has also produced decades of products that are technically impressive and humanly forgettable. It also ignores the importance of the role of creativity, as exemplified by the research conducted by psychologist Donald Mckinnon in the 70’s at Berkeley, and then...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/art-for-innovations-sake-the-genius-of-cleese-s-observations-on-creativity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f4cd42aa0dd3fa167fef3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_7e17b572a27047789fcb971b9b533f01~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From The Kimberley To The Sonoran - convergent evolution as the argument that nature has already solved this]]></title><description><![CDATA[Convergent evolution is the phenomenon in which genetically unrelated organisms, facing similar environmental pressures in completely different locations, independently arrive at the same structural solution. The same patterns show up again and again at every scale of biology: unrelated organisms building strut structures for lightweight load-bearing strength, suture-like joints for flexibility, and helicoidal fiber arrangements for impact resistance, each solution rediscovered independently...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/from-the-kimberley-to-the-senoran-convergent-evolution-has-already-solved-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691a4fe147774a8fb01d293c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:36:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_921a5a290b4d4baea9fc242782c2c78a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Space Between - multidisciplinary collaboration as a tool for keeping pace with today's challenges]]></title><description><![CDATA[“A good city is like a good party – people stay longer than really necessary because they are enjoying themselves” A quote borne out of a wonderful example of multidisciplinary collaboration - Jan Gehl, an architect, and his wife Ingrid Gehl, a behavioral psychologist - who together focused on what they called the borderland between sociology, psychology, architecture, and planning - territory that belonged to no single discipline and was therefore largely unexamined prior to the 70’s. The...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/the-space-in-between-multidisciplinary-collaboration-as-a-tool-for-keeping-pace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691a50efc045932321b5c564</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_21a28855a1fd4728a605973059ef4d25~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Maslow Take On The Importance Of Housing Affordability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, first proposed in 1943, is usually taught as five stages stacked in a pyramid: physiological needs at the base, then safety, then belonging, then esteem, then self-actualization at the top. While it doesn’t specifically use the current catchphrase of housing affordability, it contains some important insights. Shelter is a physiological need - it sits at the very base of the pyramid alongside food, water, and rest, the literal biological requirements for...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/a-maslow-take-on-the-importance-of-housing-affordability</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f476f16cff318c184e2f5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_e3b48d8dca4a4bafa6ca6d8f226a5044~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Missing Circle - ikigai's inclusion of an important dimension]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ikigai - a Japanese compound of iki (life) and gai (worth) - has become one of the most widely cited concepts in modern conversations about purpose. The word itself, as used in Japan, describes something closer to "a reason for getting up in the morning" - often small, often unglamorous: a quiet cup of coffee, tending a garden, a conversation with a grandchild. It doesn't come pre-packaged as a four-part framework. The now-famous Venn diagram - the overlap of what you love, what you're good...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/the-missing-circle-ikigai-s-inclusion-of-an-important-dimension</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f41a0bca6fdcb434cfcc8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:16:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_0462c63655a44daf89da53a0d1835e57~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Time And A Place – rethinking project-based land tenure for community benefit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Land tenure security is treated, almost universally, as a binary good: the more permanent and unassailable a claim to land, the better the outcome for the people who depend on it. This assumption underlies most housing policy, development finance, and land reform effort worldwide, and it is correct often enough to have earned its status as conventional wisdom. But it quietly breaks down in a specific and increasingly common case - project-based development of community assets that incorporate...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/a-time-and-a-place-rethinking-project-based-land-tenure-for-community-benefit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f493916cff318c184e688</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:44:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_34db7f52f0124299b319aef9b6507f13~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Built By, Not For - the case for community led design and blended capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[Community development has a long, well-documented failure pattern: a well-funded, well-intentioned project designed by outside experts, delivered on schedule, and then underused, resented, or quietly abandoned by the community it was built for. The technical specifications were sound. The construction was competent. What was missing was the community itself, present at the design table rather than consulted after the plans were already drawn. Community-led design isn't a procedural nicety...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/built-by-not-for-the-case-for-community-led-design-and-blended-capital</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f504f2aa0dd3fa168088f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:17:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_8ea88aa0a846414e92bc487c2f7784ae~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stronger Together - why integrated project delivery is fundamental to the climate resilience solution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most construction projects are still organized around a structure that guarantees fragmented decision-making: an owner hires a designer, the designer completes drawings, a general contractor bids on those completed drawings, and subcontractors are brought in even later, often after the design decisions that most affect their work are already locked in. Each party optimizes for its own contract and its own risk, information passes through formal channels rather than direct collaboration, and...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/stronger-together-why-integrated-project-delivery-is-fundamental-to-the-climate-resilience-solution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f4ed72aa0dd3fa16804b1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_1312b361c61f4f3ba9b325b8d824d419~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Critical Link In The Pathway To Productivity In the Age of AI - structured, workplace based transitional mentoring]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a well-documented gap between finishing an education and becoming genuinely productive in a job, and most institutions still treat it as someone else's problem. Schools and universities measure success by graduation rates and credential completion. Employers measure success by output and retention. Neither side owns the space in between - the months, sometimes years, where a capable graduate holds a diploma but not yet the judgment, habits, or confidence that make them valuable on...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/a-critical-link-in-the-pathway-to-productivity-structured-workplace-based-transitional-mentoring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f4a827c9dc5fb8e64a5b4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:55:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_382acf45b8574881a20cf55dc7464625~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industrialized Offsite Construction - why words, history and perception matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US housing affordability crisis has a solution sitting in plain sight, yet one explanation for its lack of traction seems to be less about engineering limitations than by vocabulary. Factory-built housing production is faster, cheaper, and higher quality than conventional site-built construction by every metric that matters. Yet the industry that produces it has never settled on a single name, and that failure has quietly cost it decades of policy momentum. Container homes. Modular...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/industrialized-offsite-construction-why-words-history-and-perception-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f51ce91e4553c3ca54b62</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:23:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_fb77ceb9b67241ad91598ecce4312ebb~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forest And The Trees - why systems theory still matters ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most professional training teaches people to solve problems by isolating variables - hold everything else constant, change one thing, observe the result. This works reasonably well for simple, linear problems where cause and effect are close together and consequences don't ripple far. It fails, often badly, for the complex problems that dominate modern work, eg, housing affordability, climate resilience, and public health. These problems resist isolation because they aren't collections of...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/the-forest-and-the-trees-why-systems-theory-matters-today</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f548fbca6fdcb434d287b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 14:34:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_7c119a7a29c34b4f93a58c401bfe229a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Static - contemporary risk management  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most organizations and projects manage risk with a familiar tool: a risk register, listing identified risks scored on a simple grid of likelihood and impact, typically color-coded red, yellow, and green. If you’ve ever sat through one of these workshops, it feels rigorous, produces a tidy document, a defensible paper trail, and a fleeting sense that risk has been accounted for. It is also, in today's world, a substantially inadequate way to actually understand and make informed decisions...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/beyond-static-contemporary-risk-management</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f568c2aa0dd3fa168169e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:44:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_44ead87bf5754ce5a6f48babe3c11c2d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danger As Opportunity - reconciling eastern strategic thought in relation to crisis ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a famous claim, repeated in countless speeches and business books, that the Chinese word for crisis, wēijī (危机), is built from two characters meaning "danger" and "opportunity" - proof, the story goes, that Chinese thought has long understood crisis as inherently containing possibility. It's a compelling idea. It is also, according to the sinologists who have studied the word closely, not entirely accurate. The first character, wēi, does mean danger. But the second, jī, does not mean...]]></description><link>https://www.robincornish.com/post/danger-as-opportunity-reconciling-eastern-strategic-through-in-relation-to-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691a4fadc045932321b5c2a4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:36:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc7e53_4b24a4eaf035467b981df6c504d72b40~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_714,h_350,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rob Cornish</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>