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AAP Quarterly: Psychosynthesis and Creativity
Contribute to the June 2021 issue of the AAP Quarterly journal. Firm Deadline for Submissions is May 1, 2021 Creativity and Psychosynthesis with Guest Editor Peter Stewart “The seed germinates in the night”. Joseph Conrad, novelist Creativity and Psychosynthesis have...
Letting Go
For some weeks now, I’ve felt like I’ve been holding onto a rock with waves breaking over me, not quite sure what to do next. This feeling relates to a holiday memory from when I was a young man: I had been on a long swim, the weather turned windy, and I ended up...
Values of the Workspace
The Economist magazine's online event Innovation@Work reflected the extraordinary changes in work practices that have resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. But I was left with a big question-mark over whether attitudes to staff have really changed at a deeper level....
Driving Lessons
Short poem by Peter advising his daughter on her 17th birthday how to approach driving lessons.
Purpose and Meaning
“This volume should be considered as a beginning, and not as an end,” Roberto Assagioli, the founder of psychosynthesis, wrote in “The Act of Will”. My own copy of the Act of Will, published by Turnstone Press in 1984, is dog-eared, covered in pencil notes, and its...
The Lotus: A Creative Symbol
The lotus is an ancient and powerful symbol. The close connection between spiritual growth and creativity makes it a potent symbol for artists. But the metaphors that give it symbolic depth are also relevant for contemporary leadership challenges. I have a personal...
Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth presents an laternative vision of the purpose and scope of economics.
Coaching The Pilgrims’ Way by Glyn Owens
This is one of those rare books that begins with a story that blows your mind, and then continues on a magical, mystery tour that some will find inspiring , but others may take with a metaphorical pinch of salt. The Pilgrims’ Way runs from four locations in...
The Seven Types by Kenneth Sorensen
The Seven Types Kenneth Sorensen’s book takes what I believe are some less well-known aspects of Roberto Assagioli’s theories, and works these into a colourful and compelling book for self-analysis. I am a colour addict, and I found this an easy read, full of...
5DL by Roger Evans
5DL Roger Evans wrote the Creative Manager in the 1970s, putting a focus on the human dimensions of leadership that at the time was revolutionary. The Five Dimensions of Leadership are Self-Awareness, Awareness of Others, Systemic Awareness, Being Strong but...