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Chapter 7The Reach for Renewal

What could we do to bring our dreams to life in this organization? Or how could we make it more likely that our desired future will inform the present? Here are five answers to those questions, five renewal assertions elaborated on in this chapter:

  • Pursue life.
  • Commit to a compelling unknown.
  • Take a grand leap.
  • Face the future ready to learn.
  • Create irrational positive expectations.

Assertion 1Pursue Life

The world is changed by passionate, committed people creating better lives for themselves, their families, and future generations. This is what political revolution, the women’s movement, the civil rights movement, the reformation, the union movement, and educational reform have in common. Their source of ...

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