to invoke magic

artwork: artist unknown

I've been engaging with Emergent Strategy and realized that this book is not only changing the way in which "shaping change, changing worlds" can happen - it's also a deeper pathway into my own divination work. Our divination work. Collective divination to open pathways of liberation.

Without further ado - a few words from the book and a spread I created, inspired by the book. (spread at the end of the post)

"In the study and practice of emergent strategy, there are core principles that have emerged and that guide me in learning and using the idea and method in the world. I gather them here with the expectation that they will grow.

  • Small is good small is all. (The large is a reflection of the small.)

  • Change is constant. (Be like water)...(thank you bruce lee)

  • There is always enough time for the right work

  • There is a conversation in the room that only these people at this moment can have...(idea articulated by Taj James) Find it. 

  • Never a failure, always a lesson. (Rhianna has this concept tattooed on her chest.)

  • Trust the People. (If you trust the people, they become trustworthy)

  • Move at the speed of trust. Focus on critical connections more than critical mass- build the resilience by building the relationships. 

  • Less prep, more presence. What you pay attention to grows."

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