CURATED RESOURCES
An essential part of our work is to curate and offer resources that help all of us navigate in these times. please explore these curated collections – Our Pandemic Resource Center, Afternow, Great Transition Stories and Essential Knowledge, as well as our blogs, below.
AFTERNOW
AfterNow: When We Cannot See the Future, Where Do We Begin? is Bob's story of engaging with people to discover what is after now? It's his story and the story of thousands in Japan. AfterNow offers insights about how change happens, NOW, when the old is crumbling and the new is beginning to emerge. The book shares perspective on how grief turns into action after overwhelming loss and how people create the new from a future that had disappeared. AfterNow provides a foundation for NewStories work.
Essential Knowledge
This Essential Knowledge is categorized both by topic and types to make it easy for you to find what you need quickly. AND, it is a growing collection and we welcome your additions! Come look at what we have available and select resources that can help you find meaning and make sense of these times.
GREAT TRANSITION STORIES


The Long View
These truly are perplexing times. Days and nights filled with confusion. When we are able to settle down a bit, there is also a sense of deep possibility. Please explore these powerful insights from our friends at Commonweal.

Community Resilience Planning Guide
The Berry Creek fire in Northern California in September, 2020 was heartbreaking. Not far from the Camp Fire of November 8, 2018 which decimated Paradise,

Finding Our Next Now
A momentous time in the Divided States of America. How will we find our way forward now? Diversity and difference are critical ingredients for creativity.
Most Recent BLOG Posts

Islands of Wholeness…
It’s been two years since the COVID-19 Pandemic began and my own life has been upended so many times that I can’t even remember them

Emergent Strategy
Recently, I was having a conversation with good friends Kathy Coffey from Leadership Snohomish County, Deb Needham from the City of Renton Emergency Services and

Steps for Launching an Eco-Friendly Business
Start Learning I’ve been intrigued with what I see at NewStories for some time now. I told them I would also like to see more practical suggestions