Triarchy Press Braving Uncertainty: Maps for the Journey

Jim Ewing started his professional life as a rocket scientist, but itsoon became evident that his real passion was for people. He sawthat life is about navigating change - braving uncertainty, livingwell at our ‘ learning edge’ .He set out to develop a way to support others, “ a conversational,casual, no-frills and no-waiting intervention to be a first responderfor individuals and for groups when steep change and life redesigncome calling” .Over time he grew a successful consulting business, working withcompanies and organisations innovating through change ortackling ‘ wicked’ problems. He designed a family of maps tosupport this work - simple frameworks for transformativeconversations for use with individuals, groups, communities,organisations.Here Jim introduces the maps and the thinking that lies behindeach of them, plus the conversational craft that brings them all tolife. For those interested in pursuing the practice further, he pointsin the final chapter to Executive Arts, the small circle of colleaguesand fellow practitioners to whom he entrusted the furtherdevelopment and spread of his work. Autorid: Jim Ewing