Medard Gabel

Medard Gabel is the author of seven books, numerous articles and short films on global problems, resources and strategies, regeneration, the global energy situation, the global food situation, the U.S. food system, problem-solving/strategic planning, and multinational corporations.
He is the Executive Director of the non-profit research and development organization EarthGame, the producers of the Global Solutions Lab (now in its 20th year) and the new AI-assisted platform NewWorld Game.
He worked directly with Buckminster Fuller for over a decade on the development of the World Game, plus a regenerative resource industry, and other projects. The AI-assisted strategic planning platform NewWorld Game is the ongoing culmination of his work with Fuller.
He has worked as a consultant and/or run workshops for the UN, U.S. Congress, the governments of the Netherlands, Tanzania and Spain, as well as World Bank, UNEP, GM, Motorola, IBM, Chase Manhattan Bank, AT&T, DuPont and other major multinational corporations.
Working with Fuller he learned the power and utility of whole systems thinking, global perspectives, spiritual growth, and a good sense of humor.
Design Science: Thinking Like a Planet
Journal Article
Design science is different from other problem-solving and planning methodologies in its comprehensive, anticipatory, inclusive, and transparent approaches to the development of solutions. It takes a ‘whole to particular’ approach that is both global in perspective and in its examination of options. It seeks to build capacity rather than merely solve problems and to develop solutions that are transformative rather than merely the reforming of already inadequate systems.
In the dream, my father reprimanded me for wearing earmuffs indoors | For My Son
Journal Article
What does life have in store for you?
Sometimes, you drift for long moments
into your own imagination.
Regenerative Development: Going Beyond Sustainability
Article
Sustainable Development is a half-vast approach to vast problems. Its purpose, to make life on this planet sustainable, is a […]