Accidental Conversations
ISBN 0-9661703-2-6
2002 DesigningLife Books
Paperback, 182 pages
Retail $14.95 US
Unpredictability, surprise, and luck.
As it turns out, these are the constants in our communities of work.
In Accidental Conversations, author Jack Ricchiuto proposes that since the best things in life tend to evolve unpredictably, we have the best chance of discovering what’s new in equally unpredictable conversations. Accidental conversations are prime media and metaphors for managing life’s continuous evolution of new possibilities.
According to Ricchiuto, “We fall in love, begin our best adventures, and discover our most significant resources in informal, quite unplanned conversations. They are expressions of life’s infinite capacity for surprise … However much we try to surprise-proof the world with our goals, beliefs, and plans, life sustains change as its prime constant.”
Practicing a bias for agility over fixed agendas, more organizations are engaging people in new conversations energized by questions reflecting this bias:
What does planning and leadership look like when our most enduring constant in our work is change?
How would we design our organizations if we treated surprise as prime opportunities for getting new things done?
Why is that luck is such a constant companion in all new discoveries and connections and is it possible that we actually create the conditions for our own luck?
Weaving an engaging fabric of new science applications, personal anecdotes, and Zen wisdom from a wide cross-section of thought leaders, Accidental Conversations explores the new requirements for thriving in a dynamic information environment. Joining the emerging genre of manifestos for organizational transformation, Accidental Conversations presents an A-Z format addressing 26 dimensions of freedom that unleash the power of serendipity in communities of work.
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Index Chapter 1 and Quotes
- Collaborative Creativity / Oakhill Books 1997
- Project Zen / Designing Life Books 2003
- Appreciative Leadership / DesigningLife Books 2005
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