SUMMARY OF KEY IDEAS

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

—Sir Winston Churchill

A Pattern of Change

ImageDIFFERENTIATION teases apart useful distinctions:

What do we wish to conserve?

What do we wish to embrace that wasn’t possible before?

ImageCOHERENCE arises as disparate aspects cluster to create a complex, novel whole.

ImageDISRUPTION interrupts habitual activity.

Forms of Change

In order of increasing disruption:

STEADY STATE—Disturbance is ...

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