People in Society

Overlapping with books in our other subject areas, ‘People in Society’ could be an umbrella term for all Triarchy titles. It’s a reminder that it’s never helpful to see individuals or organisations as separate from their wider context and that a systems approach is the most rigorous and productive way of remaining aware of the wider context. ​
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Beyond Threat ~ Nelisha Wickremasinghe

Unless we are in physical danger few of us think we are living ‘under threat’. Yet our brains believe we are at risk many times a day. Nowhere is this more true than at work, where our response to deadlines, budget cuts,  abrasive managers, competitive colleagues and dissatisfied customers is too often controlled by a part of our brain that’s better suited to detecting, devouring or running away from predators. This is our threat brain, and on its own it is little help in dealing with the complex challenges of organisational life. In Beyond Threat, business psychologist and international leadership and organisational change consultant Dr. Nelisha Wickremasinghe takes us beyond the threat brain and describes the workings of our evolved Trimotive Brain which can respond with intelligence and compassion to unwanted, unexpected and unpleasant life experiences – if we learn how to manage it.
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The Garden of Equal Delights - Anni Kelsey

​the garden of equal delights is written for anyone who is dreaming of, thinking of, planning or actually gardening in a forest garden.

But it also challenges our whole idea of what it is to be a human in nature and the way we understand the idea of 'gardening'.

That makes it a book for anyone awake in a climate and environmental emergency.
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Clay in Common: A project book for schools, museums, galleries, libraries, and artists and clay activists everywhere 
Julia Rowntree & Duncan Hooson

Clay in Common starts by offering passionate arguments for the vital role of clay in passing on craft skills and fostering knowledge of the material world -- skills and knowledge that are vital for creativity, social engagement and the mental and physical wellbeing of (especially) younger people today. Beautifully illustrated and packed with case studies and detailed project examples, Clay in Common is a hands-on project guide explaining how to set-up and run a clay project from start to finish - in school, in community, civic and many other kinds of space.
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Small Arcs of Larger Circles: Framing through other patterns​​ ~
​Nora Bateson
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This is an important first collection of essays, reflections and poems by Nora Bateson, the noted research designer, film-maker, writer and lecturer. The book offers important advice and new thinking on issues like immigration, systems thinking, new economic and financial models, future thinking and strategic planning, sustainability and governmental ethics, agency in organizational leadership, the education system and organizational governance.
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Thrivability: Breaking Through to a World that Works 
Jean M. Russell

The book sets out to challenge the ‘breakdown thinking’ [conThink] that focuses only on defensive reactions to the economic, social, political, and environmental crises and catastrophes we face. In its place she proposes ‘breakthrough thinking’ [altThink]: an approach that recognizes the gritty reality but enables us to envision and co-create a world of wellbeing and health. The  book is peppered with references, practical questions and exercises to bring thriving to your organization and way of life. 

You might also be interested in our other subject areas ...
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Education, Health & Public
Sector Management

Fiction, Drama & Poetry
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Leadership, Innovation &
​Organisation Management
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All People in Society titles ...

A First Idioticon
Anywhere
​Arranged by Flowers
​Before the Curtain Opens
Beyond Threat
Clay in Common
​Designing Regenerative Cultures
​Ecolonomy
Economies of Life 
Enchanted Things
​Encounters with the "Other"
Garden of Equal Delights (The)
Humanising Healthcare
In Search of the Missing Elephant
Local Money
Mythogeography 
On Walking
​Small Arcs of Larger Circles
Ten Things to do in a conceptual emergency
​​The Architect-Walker
The Failure Files
The Footbook of Zombie Walking
The Forward March of Children's Justice  
The Future of the Mind
The Garden of Equal Delights
The Mythical Organisation
The Wisdom of Not-Knowing
Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope
Thrivability
Towards the Third Modernity
Windows Kiss the Shadows of the Passing Thirty Million