About the Author

GRAHAM Leicester is Director of International Futures Forum. He is a former member of HM Diplomatic Service and has subsequently developed a special interest and wide experience in areas of governance, innovation, education and the arts. He is the author, with Maureen O'Hara, of Dancing at the Edge: Competence, Culture and Organization in the 21st Century. KEIR Bloomer has been a Director of Education and Chief Executive of a local authority. He is now an educational consultant, chair of the Court of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and chair of the Tapestry Partnership. DENIS Stewart is a former research chemist in UK universities and a science teacher in Northern Ireland. He has worked in executive leadership positions in national educational development agencies in Wales and Scotland and latterly as co-Director of an educational consultancy, CELT Associates. Now in his 'post-professional' phase of life, he divides much of his time between personal study, travel and various voluntary commitments. JIM Ewing has worked in industry for over thirty years articulating design, learning, and transformation as one whole rather than three separate endeavours. His current suite of practices arose from guiding individuals and their tribes through intense, inner and outer driven change, as they reinvented themselves and their work. Jim's early career as a systems engineer and rocket scientist left the marks of efficiency. His practices assist the upside by materially reducing the downside of wasted angst, time and resources as people confront, resist and get to grips with the change of their minds, their choices and their stories. Jim has consulted in scores of large corporations and taught his methods widely. His Tallpine Community of learners, practitioners and professionals is a portal to his artful guidance for transformative living, innovation and leadership.