Ryszard Praszkier

Working Wonders

How to Make the Impossible Happen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents ways to perceive seemingly insurmountable challenges as doable, using case studies, verified theory, and practical hints.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 183mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781108450720
• ISBN-10: 1108450725
• Artikelnr.: 55514090

Autorenporträt

Ryszard Praszkier is an emeritus professor at the Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. He has merged decades of practical experience in the field of social innovation with his passion for academic research and connecting theory with practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Those Who Made the Impossible Happen: 1. 'The purpose of work is to feel good about life'
2. Bringing empathy to schools
3. 'Moving the world with one hand'
4. Those who made the impossible happen: drawing conclusions
Part II. Entrenching and Defending the Fortress: 5. Brain unmalleability
6. Keep it consistent
7. Majority influence
8. Connections that close the mind
9. Personal book on shared reality
Part III. Opening the Mind: Possibilitivity: 10. They did it!
11. Brain plasticity
12. Creativity opens closed doors
13. Complexity, inconsistent thinking and paradoxes
14. Minority influence
15. Networks that boost creativity
16. Sync your mind with others
17. Opening the mind: possibilitivity
Part IV. Do-It-Yourself Tips: 18. Precondition one: building a supportive ambience
19. Forest for the trees
20. The opening value of allegories, metaphors and paradoxes
21. Games and simulations
22. Joy and dancing: a royal way to opening the mind
23. A flexible body opens the mind
24. Imagination as a key to the impossible
25. Summary: training possibilitivity
Précis
Appendix: measuring possibilitivity.