Engaging Emergence : Turning Upheaval into Opportunity.
Title:
Engaging Emergence : Turning Upheaval into Opportunity.
Author:
Holman, Peggy.
ISBN:
9781605096049
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (191 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: FROM CHAOS TO COHERENCE -- PART 1. The Nature of Emergence -- 1. WHAT IS EMERGENCE? -- 2. What's the Catch? -- PART II. Practices for Engaging Emergence -- 3. STEP UP: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU LOVE -- 4. PREPARE: FOSTER AN ATTITUDE FOR ENGAGING -- 5. HOST: CULTIVATE CONDITIONS FOR ENGAGING -- 6. STEP IN: PRACTICE ENGAGING -- 7. ITERATE: DO IT AGAIN . . . AND AGAIN -- PART III PRINCIPLES FOR ENGAGING EMERGENCE -- 8. WELCOME DISTURBANCE -- 9. PIONEER! -- 10. ENCOURAGE RANDOM ENCOUNTERS -- 11. SEEK MEANING -- 12. SIMPLIFY -- PART IV THREE QUESTIONS FOR ENGAGING EMERGENCE -- 13. How Do We Disrupt Coherence Compassionately? -- 14. HOW DO WE ENGAGE DISRUPTIONS CREATIVELY? -- 15. HOW DO WE RENEW COHERENCE WISELY? -- IN CLOSING WHAT'S POSSIBLE NOW? -- SUMMARY OF KEY IDEAS -- ABOUT EMERGENT CHANGE PROCESSES -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Abstract:
Change is everywhere these days-at times it seems like barely controlled chaos. Yet within this turmoil are the seeds of a higher order. When a new system arises from the ashes of the old, science calls the process "emergence." By engaging it, you can help yourself and your organization or community to successfully face disruption and emerge stronger than ever. In this profound book, Peggy Holman offers principles, practices, and real-world stories to help you work with compassion, creativity, and wisdom through the entire arc of change-from disruption to coherence. You'll learn what to notice, what to explore, what to try, and what mindset opens new possibilities. This work can be challenging but also tremendously rewarding. It enables new and unlikely partnerships and develops breakthrough projects. You become part of a process that transforms the culture itself.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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