Principles of Life Affirming Leadership
In the first decade of this century, NewStories and The Berkana Institute worked close with people and communities throughout the world and primarily in the
Bob Stilger
October 26, 2020
Food for Thought Tag: Community
Collapse and Regeneration
Walking the Line Between Denial and Despair A couple of months ago, I received an email from Jenn Meilleur, our soon to be new Executive
Bob Stilger
March 14, 2020
Sustaining Change in a Market Economy
Hanimin Liu offers the inescapable conclusion is that change is gradual and generation and requires persistence in patience. How do we take this truth on in our impatient world?
Bob Stilger
September 9, 2018
Developmental Evaluation Primer
Developmental Evaluation is the one of the most developed “complexity-aware” evaluation approaches. This PDF, developed by Canada’s McConnell Foundation provides an excellent overview.
Bob Stilger
September 7, 2018
Methods for Dialogue and Conversation
How do we design and host conversations that matter? This PDF shares the approaches Bob Stilger used in Japan for five years after the the Triple Disasters of March 11, 2011.
Bob Stilger
August 13, 2018
FutureSessions
At NewStories we have decades of experience in helping communities and organizations and businesses have conversations that matter — conversations which explore possibilities, strategize new action, deepen learning and …
Bob Stilger
August 13, 2018
AfterNow: Introduction
In the summer of 2017 NewStories will publish Bob Stilger’s Book AfterNow: When We Cannot See the Future, Where Do We Begin. The book is his story of how he entered in to the intense field of collapse. It is the stories of how people found their way forward to create a new normal — a new NOW.
Bob Stilger
May 6, 2017
Disaster as A Springboard
Bob Stilger describes his learning and experience from the first three years of work after the triple disasters in Japan on March 11, 2011.
Bob Stilger
October 7, 2015
The Way It Is
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to
Bob Stilger
June 30, 2015
The Soul of Place
Michael is an extraordinary artist with deep sensitivity to nature, leadership and community. This book is a wonderful exploration of the powers of place and how they can inform our lives.
Bob Stilger
December 31, 2014
Warriors Without Weapons 2011
GSA is a 32-day immersion, which is based on the daily life of 60 young people from all over the world, who learn and apply different social technologies together in order to realize collective dreams of 3 different communities.
Michele Stern
December 30, 2014
