The Challenge

The Mess

• What kind of trouble is our species and our planet in? What’s likely to happen next?
• How can we think creatively about and understand the interconnected problems (climate, health, energy, governance, economy, etc.) that we face without getting overwhelmed by their complexity and uncertainty?
• How can we get ready for whatever is coming next? What can we do practically, at local, national and international level, in business and in the community?
• What sort of help does resilience offer? How can we design resilience? What happens when we do?

Whether you help to run a country, a corporation, an NGO, a public service, a city, a school or a family… these are difficult questions.

In the face of such multiple challenges it is understandable that we can easily feel overwhelmed, lapse into cynicism, denial or despair, or simply limit our attention to the requirements of business as usual. Yet the real question is can we - individuals, families, communities, organiszations and nations - find the skill, courage and integrity to respond creatively to these powerful times and support others to do so? Can we harness the power of our human ingenuity to rise to the challenge and create a “good life” that is sustainable within the resources of our single planet?

To do this we need to be Ready for Anything.