Ever felt like you’re the bottleneck — the one brain trying to juggle every moving piece until the whole thing collapses? In this episode, Pia shares a true story of running a chaotic innovation project in India… while accidentally locked in a toilet with no reception. That moment of enforced stillness led her to one of nature’s best system designers: the octopus. Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons live in its arms, allowing it to sense, decide, and adapt without waiting for head office — a s...
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Ever felt like you’re the bottleneck — the one brain trying to juggle every moving piece until the whole thing collapses? In this episode, Pia shares a true story of running a chaotic innovation project in India… while accidentally locked in a toilet with no reception. That moment of enforced stillness led her to one of nature’s best system designers: the octopus. Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons live in its arms, allowing it to sense, decide, and adapt without waiting for head office — a s...
Tips for Dam Good Boundaries You know you’ve hit rock bottom when you’re jealous of a rodent’s boundary skills. This week on Feral by Design, Pia Williams dives into the muddy brilliance of the beaver — nature’s original boundary engineer — to find smarter, saner ways to hold your own. Discover: Why most human boundaries snap under pressure (hint: we make them too rigid)How beavers build layered, flexible systems that bend instead of breakWhat "patch your leaks early" means for emotional ener...
Feral by Design
Ever felt like you’re the bottleneck — the one brain trying to juggle every moving piece until the whole thing collapses? In this episode, Pia shares a true story of running a chaotic innovation project in India… while accidentally locked in a toilet with no reception. That moment of enforced stillness led her to one of nature’s best system designers: the octopus. Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons live in its arms, allowing it to sense, decide, and adapt without waiting for head office — a s...
