The Solutionary Way · Transform Your Life, Your Community, and the World for the Better by Weil, Zoe -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Page Epigraph Contents Foreword Preface: A Better World Is Possible Introduction: Bad and Better at the Same Time Chapter 1: A Solutionary Mindset for Next-Level Change

What I’ve Learned from Improv Comedy

Build relationships Embrace “Yes, and...” Bring the love Help others shine

Cultivating a Solutionary Mindset What Is a Solutionary Lens? Solutionary = Next-level Changemaker

Chapter 2: Most Good, Least Harm (MOGO)

Would You Kill a Cousin for a Full Head of Hair? The MOGO Principle Do Our Personal Choices Really Matter? Why the Superlative? The 3 I’s

Inquiry Introspection Integrity

MOGO for Whom?

Which birds? Which sea animals? Which people?

Make MOGO Choices, But Don’t Stop There

Chapter 3: Thinking Like a Solutionary

Be Aware of Assumptions and Judgments Resist Judgmentalness What Is Solutionary Thinking?

Critical thinking Systems thinking Strategic thinking Creative thinking

Challenge the Ten Instincts

Chapter 4: Preparing for Your Solutionary Practice

What Is the Story and Path that Led You to This Process? What Are You Good At? What Do You Love to Do? Did You Know? Strive to Be a Campfire Rather than a Forest Fire

Chapter 5: The Four Phases of the Solutionary Process

Phase I: Identify

Select an issue to learn more about Identify the problem you want to solve Write down a problem statement

Phase II: Investigate

Phase III: Innovate

Phase IV: Implement

Implement your solution Assess and share your solution Celebrate and iterate

Chapter 6: Solutions

Food Solutions Population Solutions Economic Solutions Production Solutions Political Solutions Criminal Justice Solutions Biomedical Research and Drug Testing Solutions Education Solutions

Conclusion: The Solutionary Way Is Good for You Notes Appendix 1: The Solutionary Framework and Solutionary Scale Appendix 2: The Five Key Questions Appendix 3: The MOGO Questionnaire Appendix 4: Chart of Problems, Impacts, and Local Manifestations Acknowledgments About the Institute for Humane Education Index About the Author About New Society Publishers