Confluence: Tools for Thinking about How Organized Plans and Self-organized Patterns Flow Together

by Cynthia Kurtz

A path winds its way through a forest. Why does it go the way it goes? Did someone design it? Or was the path made smooth by feet that chose the smoothest path? Maybe some of both? Confluence examines the many ways in which organized, intentional plans (like paths we design) and self-organized, unintentional patterns (like paths that emerge where we walk) intermingle (happen at the same time and place) and interact (influence each other). The book lays out seven “thinking spaces” that explore various aspects of the structures and relationships that flow together in our lives.

Confluence includes copy-ready materials for a group exercise you can use to think about how organization and self-organization flow together in situations that matter to your life, work, family, community, and organization. 

For printables, errata, and other information, visit cfkurtz.com/confluence.

457 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 18, 2021

Reviews

[Gary Chapin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Participating right now in a reading group on this.