About Me

I'm GertieGordy (aka Lorraine Randell). I'm a lifelong designer and thinker who has spent the last 10 years thinking about and working on the future of education. I'm really curious to understand how we know what we know, and what kinds of learning we can do to support well-being and flourishing over time. My work spans boundaries - I value the traditions of academia and domain specific thought, but I also look for answers from non-traditional domains and knowledges. I deeply respect the many ways that humans learn, and I value knowledge that is generated through applied and practical thinking. I have big questions about the world - and I seek answers from varied domains and knowledges, including philosophy, systems thinking, design, anthropology, cognitive science, psychology, sociology, information theory, organizational development, strategy and business innovation. I work as a consultant and adjunct professor in the Strategic Foresight and Innovation Master of Design program at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, where I teach Understanding Systems and Strategic Development.