This abode is to share some of the ideas with a small network of fellow humans. And also share something about our book titled “Meditations of a 21st Century Hunter Gatherer”.
Betty Sue Flowers: Futurist; Fmr Editor-Shell Scenarios; Fmr Associate Dean-Graduate Studies-University of Texas; Editor-The Power of Myth; Co-Author: Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future.
Foreword
Some books leave you with new ideas. Others impress you by how they are written. And then there are those that spark ideas in yourself that you’ve never had before. That’s what reading this book does for me. It is unlike any other book I’ve read.
The authors invite the reader to “hunt and gather” with them through 700+ pages of experiences, thoughts, ancient wisdom from various traditions, modern business management advice, and quotations, stopping frequently to offer two-by-two grid structures for thinking about the issue under discussion.
The #twobytwogrid is a simple but effective device to take opposites into account – to “wreak havoc” with “always.” As the authors say, “While on the path, one has to cultivate further the skills of unsettling oneself deliberately . . . to lose one’s ground on one’s own.”
While the book has three authors, it’s written in one singular voice—a seeker, a hunter gatherer of truth and wisdom, whose quest is not just an individual journey but on behalf of the community of seekers. “While looking for ‘always,’” he says, “I kept coming across ‘sometimes.’” There’s one sort of knowing that binds and one that liberates. There are so many ”sometimes”—how to “see them, stitch them, negotiate them” is the yearning that motivates this journey.
The journey for the reader of 21 st Century Hunter Gatherer is an experience of wandering through a rich landscape alive with drawings and doodles and photos and stories and grids. Ah, those grids! They’re simple and in many ways obvious in their presentation of binaries. But if 21 st century humans stopped to test their judgments using a discipline of thinking from all points of view, they might develop the capacity to include diversities of thought, feeling, speech and action—and perhaps help create a 22 nd -century world more evolved towards generosity and kindness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Sue_Flowers
Betty edited the book and acted as a consultant to the 1988 documentary, The Power of Myth, a series of interviews between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers.
In the corporate world, Flowers has had a notable career as a veteran practitioner of scenario planning (a strategic foresight method) at Royal Dutch Shell.
She also coauthored the influential book Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future (2004) together with Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer and Joseph Jaworski - a predecessor to Theory U: Leading From The Future As It Emerges.
She lives with former New Jersey Senator and NBA star Bill Bradley.
A tiger is a hunter in the forest. Ideas and metaphors of elements of the universes are hunted and someone has gathered the hunters to create a garland. Every sentence is a life form. They speak, sing and compose in silence. Its for all of us to sit and worship.
https://www.nims.go.jp/nanophys6/Anirban%20Bandyopadhyay/site/Inventions.htm
Dr Anirban Bandyopadhyay-Sr Scientist, NIMS-Japan; Author-Nanobrain, the making of an Artificial Brain from Time Crystal
These scribbles will bring a smile to your face, challenge you, make you think, and make your day, sometimes all at once. It’s rare to see such intelligent creativity that ponders issues large and small across such a range of insightful topics. I enjoyed seeing these original musings and I am sure you will too.
Matthew draws insights from working with 5 militaries across the world. He has been senior advisor with organisations like Toyota, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Canon. He has worked with or studied under many of the world's leading thinkers including Drs Robert Kaplan and David Norton, Jim Collins (author of Good to Great), James Moore (author of The Death of Competition), Francis Goulliart (author of Transforming the Organisation and a contributor to Blue Ocean Strategy), Venkat Ramaswamy (co-writer with CK Pralahad of the Future of Competition) and Dr. Harry Lasker, a leading thinker in new media and knowledge management.
Matthew Tice, CEO, The Insurgence Group, Australia; Author: Insurgence: How Established Incumbents Can Operate Like Nimble Insurgents in Fast Changing and Volatile Markets
Hemant in his book “21st Century Hunter Gatherer” has captured the universal truth that any situation has multiple perspectives. He has ably explained the same through the use of two by two grids. This will make us reflect deeply before we jump to a conclusion. We will be able to appreciate others views. This can ultimately lead to World Peace. I strongly recommend this book to persons concerned with Civilizational Good and serious students of Philosophy.
Dr. Nohria is a successful technocrat with B.E. (Elect.) from Banaras Hindu University, and post-graduation in Management studies at Manchester Technical College, UK. He has earlier been on the board of IIM (Udaipur) and many other Indian companies. He has over 50 years experience in the Electrical and Electronics Industry.
Dr Kewal Nohria-Fmr President-AIMA (All India Management Association); Fmr Chairman-Crompton Greaves; Trustee-Indian Cancer Society; Governing Council Member-SOIL (School of Inspired Leadership)
