This book concerns six challenging mid-21st-century conditions (VUCA-Plus) and some unique ways in which to view and act upon these challenges. It is available free of charge as a downloadable pdf file.

My review of developmental research suggests that the first half of life is devoted to expanding and extending the use of new skills and knowledge. However, phase two development concerns shifting priorities and perspectives occurring during the second half of life. We don’t so much develop by gaining new knowledge and skill; rather, we are seeing the world in new …

It is at this point that Essentials and Essence join hands. What are the Essential steps to be taken in establishing the Essence of Trust?

We are now ready to begin identifying ways in which to best manage polarities associated with Trust. Barry Johnson writes about the “optimization” of polarities.

I describe the nature of a lens through which one can view Essence. In providing this more detailed description, I attend to one of the most important forms of Essence. This is the Essence of Trust.

I focus in this essay on the ways in which turbulence can be transformed to engagement, and contradiction can be transformed to integration.

A reflection on the nature of Essence and ways in which Volatility is transformed to recognition of patterns, uncertainty is transformed to maintenance of patterns, complexity is transformed to emergent self-organization, and ambiguity is transformed to Illumination.

This essay concerns ways in which contradiction is transformed to prioritization. We can deploy one of two strategies. The first one is often recommended when addressing the challenge of prioritization. It concerns valuing and sequencing. The second is a bit more novel and of more recent origins. It concerns the management of polarities.

Ways in which complexity is transformed to enablement, ambiguity is transformed into an appreciation of perspective, and turbulence is transformed to learning and contradiction is transformed to prioritization

Given the timeliness and existential importance of matters regarding True Freedom, Dr. Bergquist is offering a digital version of A Pathway to Freedom at no charge.