Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World

by F. David Peat

How do we build a better world for our children, our businesses, our society and ourselves? F. David Peat's latest book provides a clear How to exercise more effective, creative and non-invasive action from the local to the international level. Gentle Action shows ways in which businesses can respond more effectively to a changing market How organizations, policy groups and communities can grow more flexible, responsive and sensitive to the world around them. he book will be an invaluable resource for everyone from CEOs, policy makers, community leaders, opinion makers, aid organizations, business groups, consultants and politicians as well as teachers and parents. It shows just how and why things can go wrong when well meaning but inappropriate actions are taken. It provides a wide variety of highly successful examples of Gentle Actions in operation and how the creative intervention of a single person can end up being more effective than an aid program organized by a multimillion-dollar organization. Each chapter presents a series of questions and challenges for the readers leading to ways in which they can bring creative change to their community or organization.

174 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2008

About the author

He has worked actively as a theoretical physicist in England and Canada.

But Peat's interests expanded to include psychology, particularly that of Carl Jung, art and general aspects of culture, including that of Native America. Peat is the author of many books including a biography of David Bohm, with whom Peat collaborated, books on quantum theory and chaos theory, as well as a study of Synchronicity. Since moving to the village of Pari in Italy, Peat has created the Pari Center for New Learning.

Reviews

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[Melanie Blau McDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think it's important to read the entire book. Some of the initial examples did not speak to me, but later ones did.

[Janice]

Many fascinating stories that can lead us all to a more positive engaging life and community

[Javier Villar · Rating 2 out of 5]

I agree with the interconnection of all things. But if such worldview is consequently applied, no action is needed to improve the world, for the world is able to take care of itself.