rEvolution: How to Thrive in Crazy Times

by Bill Lucas

Overview

We have reached a turning point in our development as a species. In the coming decades we face significant global challenges in terms of climate change, biodiversity, food and water resources and violent extremism. At the local level, these seem like crazy times, with the speed of change accelerating faster than ever.

In rEvolution, best-selling author Bill Lucas suggests some of the ways we can all succeed in toda&ygrave;s complex world. 150 years after Charles Darwin invented the concept of natural selection, Bill argues that the rules of evolution are changing. To thrive in our current crazy world we need a new kind of 'mind-warè. Specifically we need to develop our adaptive intelligence.

Drawing on new and emerging sciences and using approaches previously applied in other domains, this book describes some of the practical steps you can take at home, at school, in the workplace and in the wider community to ensure that you can constantly adapt to new circumstances.

Bil&lgrave;s analysis, optimism and suggestions for practical learning make this an essential addition to the book shelf of all thoughtful questioning members of the species!

rEvolution was named as category winner for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the CMI Management Book of the Year Awards, hosted by the British Library.

The competition seeks to uncover the U&Kgrave;s best books on management and leadership. Professor Cary Cooper, a workplace psychologist based at the University of Lancaster, and one of the competition judges added: 'I found this book the most interesting to read. Change is both an interesting and hugely applicable topic for a management text in the current climate.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845901295
Publisher:	Crown House Publishing
Publication date:	11/20/2009
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Professor Bill Lucas is Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester and, with Ellen Spencer, the originator of a model of creativity in use in schools across the world. A global thought-leader, Bill was co-chair of the PISA 2022 test of creative thinking and curates the Creativity Exchange website.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Rule 1 Change is changing Crazy times 1

Rule 2 Real change is internal not external: It's all about us 48

Rule 3 Slow down: Life in the fast lane 66

Rule 4 We can all change the way we see the world: Pioneers and stay-at-homes 92

Rule 5 We can all learn how to change more effectively: Adaptive intelligence 116

Rule 6 No one can make you change: It's a free change 166

Rule 7 Sometimes it's smart to resist: The algebra of change 166

Rule 8 Use the brainpower of those around you: Six degrees and a flat world 192

Rule 9 Make up your own rules: End piece 218

Selected Bibliography 225

Index 231