Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist - Yet: Framing a Second Enlightenment to Create Communities of the Future

Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist - Yet: Framing a Second Enlightenment to Create Communities of the Future

Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist - Yet: Framing a Second Enlightenment to Create Communities of the Future

Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist - Yet: Framing a Second Enlightenment to Create Communities of the Future

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Overview

Are you really ready for change? Are you prepared for a world changing as fast as you can read this sentence? Most leaders say they are prepared for the future, yet many organizations and communities are doing things in the same old way they’ve been working for decades. We’re living on the precipice of a new era in human history. Preparing For A World That Doesn’t Exist - Yet offers an approach to getting ready for an emerging society that will be increasingly fast paced, interconnected, interdependent, and complex. In Preparing For A World That Doesn’t Exist - Yet, you will learn about an emerging Second Enlightenment and the capacities you’ll need to achieve success in this new, fast-evolving world. Higher education, health and wellness, governance and the economy are transforming in ways few of us could have imagined ten or even five years ago. In this book, you’ll get the skills you need to ride the wave of the future and the perspective you’ll need to be ready to catch the next wave, too. Planners, physicians, government and higher-education leaders are using the principles and capacities described in this book to create better organizations, and best of all communities of the future that will lead to a planet that can thrive. Join them in looking at the future with excitement and anticipation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785354519
Publisher: Collective Ink
Publication date: 05/07/2016
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rick Smyre is an internationally recognized futurist specializing in the area he helped originate called “community transformation.” Neil Richardson is a strategist and a public servant who specializes in smart government advocacy and integral thinking.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Prologue 4

Chapter 1 Emerging from the Mist: The Rise of a Second Enlightenment 12

Chapter 2 Master Capacity Builders for Community Transformation 60

Chapter 3 Transformational Learning: The Foundation for Future Colleges and Continuous Uplearning 82

Chapter 4 Building a Creative Molecular Economy 113

Chapter 5 The Emergence of Poly centric Democracy and Mobile Collaborative Governance 146

Chapter 6 pH Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Approach to Community-based Preventive Healthcare 175

Epilogue 208

Glossary 212

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