Margaret J. Wheatley, Deborah Frieze

Walk Out Walk On (eBook, ePUB)

A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At a time when most communities' resources are stretched past the breaking point, how is it possible to deal with the enormous challenges that families, neighborhoods, cities, regions, and nations face today? This inspiring book takes readers to seven communities around the world where the people have walked out of limiting beliefs and practices that precluded solutions to major social problems, and walked on to discover bold new ways to meet their needs. This book is a true learning journey, filled with intimate stories and portraits of the people and places the authors came to know through years of working together to transform their communities. The journey begins in Mexico, then moves to Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Greece and the U.S. The authors' lives and ways of thinking have been transformed by these experiences and relationships - an experience they hope to recreate for the reader through vivid prose and photos. The reader will experience first hand how a change of beliefs about people results in new capacities and the possibility of a more healthy future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781605097336
• Artikelnr.: 38328087

Autorenporträt

Margaret Wheatley cofounded and led the Berkana Institute, a global foundation that partners with people developing healthy and resilient communities. Margaret is the author of five other books, including Leadership and the New Science and Perseverance.

Inhaltsangabe

Our Invitation for How to Read this Book
Part I: Leaving Home
Walk Outs Who Walk On
Why We Visit These Communities
Your Hosts (The Authors)
Seven Healthy and Resilient Communities
The Role Walk Outs Play in Creating Change
Preparing to Leave Home
The Courage to Quest
A Few Questions For You
Packing For the Journey
Part II: Journeying
Mexico: From Scaling Up to Scaling Across
Brazil: From Power to Play
South Africa: From Problem to Place
Zimbabwe: From Efficiency to Resilience
India: From Transacting to Gifting
Greece: From Intervention to Friendship
United States: From Hero to Host
Part III: Returning Home
Will You Walk On?
Stepping On to the Invisible Path
Part IV: Reflections
Choosing to Act
We Never Know Who We Are
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Credits and Sources
Website
About the Authors
About Berkana