There are some ideas that land in your mind like a quiet whisper… and others that arrive like a thunderclap.
Buckminster Fuller’s philosophy did the latter for me.

Somewhere between 1978 and 1983, in the middle of his global lectures on systems thinking and design science, Fuller said something profoundly simple and deeply disruptive. And when I first encountered it, I had the same reaction many of you will have right now:

“Yoh… he said this back then?”
Yep. He really did.

My First Encounter With the Dome

My own Bucky Fuller moment happened in 2019 during a visit to EPCOT.
There it was — the enormous geodesic dome, glistening in that unmistakable Disney spectacle. I stood there, staring up at the structure, and something in me lit up.

Naturally, the researcher in me — the one who can’t ignore a good mystery — dove straight into the rabbit hole. 🐇✨

What I discovered was much bigger than a beautiful building.

Fuller’s Legacy: More Than a Dome

Buckminster Fuller wasn’t just architecturally creative — he was intellectually fearless.

He:

• Invented, popularised, and mathematically formalised the geodesic dome
• Reframed architecture through the lens of efficiency, ecology, and elegant design
• Saw the dome not as a structural object, but as a demonstration of how design can solve global problems

To him, great design wasn’t an aesthetic luxury.
It was a form of responsibility.

A way to do more with less.
A way to rethink systems instead of repairing them.
A way to make the old model irrelevant — not by fighting it, but by outgrowing it.

And this… is where the magic lies.

Why This Matters — 40+ Years Later

We are living in a moment where almost every system we rely on — work, leadership, education, entrepreneurship, wellbeing, creativity — is under pressure to evolve.

Fuller’s philosophy feels like a message whispered across time:

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old one obsolete.”

This applies to everything:

• Your business model
• Your leadership style
• Your habits
• Your identity
• Your goals
• The way you think, decide, create, and show up

We spend so much of our lives fixing things that were never designed to support the future we want.

Fuller invites us to step out of the repair mindset…
and step into the redesign mindset.

Your Courageous Inquiry Prompter

Because innovation always begins with reflection.

🌀 What part of the current system are you trying so hard to fix — and what would happen if you stopped fixing… and started redesigning?

🌀 What old identity, role, belief, or habit must become obsolete for you to evolve?

These are not just coaching questions.
They are invitations to a different way of being — one that requires courage, imagination, and a willingness to let the outdated parts of your life retire with grace.

A Closing Note From My Heart to Yours

Happy Friday, lovelies.
A sprinkle of wisdom from my 💕 to yours 💖
May you grow.
May you redesign.
May you rise into the version of yourself that the old systems can’t contain.

Grow, grow, grow… 😘

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