Books

These books contain games and exercises that we can use to help ourselves and others become more emotionally clear, creative, and capable of the big picture thinking necessary to transition to a life affirming culture.

Creative Conversations is a manual of games and exercises that arouse our spirit of play, and enable us to develop playful uses of the mind often used by great innovators. It’s based on a simple premise: by playing the games you develop the skills.

Teachers and home-schoolers can adapt the games to enable students to learn how to cross-connect ideas and develop deeper insight into maths, science and literature. This not only makes learning fascinating, it also improves memory.

Playing these games helps us become comfortable thinking out-of-the-box, and looking at things from many different perspectives. This flexibility is crucial for our collective well-being in a time where we must transition to a life affirming culture.

The Witness provides tools that enable us to become more emotionally resilient, creative, and effective in every aspect of our lives.

Most of us have had the experience of having our ‘hot buttons’ pushed. The do-it-yourself tools in The Witness provide us the means – if we are willing to do the work – to deactivate the hotspots… sometimes surprisingly rapidly.

In addition, we learn how to be present and observe more astutely. This improves both communication and creativity. It is sometimes said that to see reality is a great creative act.

In addition to our own self-development, many of the techniques can be informally introduced to people we know – friends and business colleagues. Doing this contributes to their personal well-being, and to our cultural evolution. We are becoming the kind of people who can create and enjoy a life affirming culture!

Einstein famously said, “You cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created it.”

Kitchen Table Conversations help ordinary people and influential decision-makers shift from silo thinking to systems thinking. They help people create a mental framework for grasping the big picture drivers of environmental deterioration, and understand the core values of a healthy society.

Having such a framework equips people mentally and emotionally to support transformative leadership when it emerges. It also positions people to exert transformative leadership within their own sphere of influence.

A unique feature of Kitchen Table Conversations is the use physical models. They help us keep track of complex conversations. Templates for making the models are available on the Resources section of www.greattransition.net.

Premade kits can be purchased here.

The PDF version has live links and full color graphics. The print version is just in black and white.