My grandmother and mother were both radical Quakers, and I seem to be channelling them.; so what happened? In 1969 I dropped out of an economics degree after one term of mounting fury, and spent most of the next 20 years supporting community initiatives associated with the environment, the arts, and homelessness. The Open University introduced me to systems thinking, and I went on to do a couple of masters degrees (philosophy / world development) and a Ph.D. on The Equitable Construction of Social Institutions. After that excursion, it was back to community work, including some time in Lesotho and Mozambique, though I was also able to pick up a couple more masters' in business and tertiary education along the way. I've synthesised all that has been shared with me over those years into a way of looking at viable complex adaptive human systems, and I'd quite like in turn to share what I've learned before I become a candidate for reincarnation. (I'm hoping for tortoise next time around.)
