Beyond Linear Thinking: Changing the Way We Live and Work

by Linda Seger

In this clear and accessible book, Dr. Linda Seger takes us on a journey through the images that represent the qualities of Linear Thinking, Circle Thinking, and Spiral Thinking. She arrives at the intricate images of Web Thinking, which combines the line, the circle, and the spiral. This is a metaphor for the elegant, complex bonds that are represented by the spider web, the interconnected model that makes up the World Wide Web, and our relational and social connections with each other.

Drawing upon science, history, archaeology, business models, aviation, the military, the arts, and theology, this insightful book shows us a path for the future. This model has been proven to be more joyful and more effective and can influence all aspects of our work and our relational, social, and spiritual lives.

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2022

About the author

Dr. Linda Seger has a Th.D. in Drama and Theology, and created her script consulting business based on her dissertation project about the elements needed to make a script work. She explored the integration of Drama and Spirituality during her five years in seminary. She holds three M.A. degrees: Drama from Northwestern University, Religion and the Arts from Pacific School of Religion, and Feminist Theology from Immaculate Heart College Center.
She has a broad religious background. She grew up Lutheran and did several years of spiritual seeking in her 20s. She became a Born-Again Christian and then joined the Quakers (Society of Friends) and is a member of The Colorado Springs Friends Meeting. Throughout the years, she has meditated at a Zen Buddhist center, attended New Age conferences, has done the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignacious, and has read and taken classes in the religions of the world.
Dr. Seger's thoughts about how spirituality influences her work:

“Many readers are surprised and even confused when they see I’m the most prolific writer in the area of screenwriting, an international screenwriting consultant and a screenwriting teacher. Yet, I also do theology/spiritual books. Some of this comes from having an M.A. In Drama, 2 M.A.s in theology and a ThD in Theology and Drama. They seem to be separate, but they are actually integrated.

Drama shines a light on the human condition. It explores the conflicts, struggles, doubts, uncertainties, and possibilities for transformation and redemption. Even secular drama deals with hope and goodness and the struggle for authenticity and love.

When I consult on scripts, I am trying to help the writer reach deeper into the truth about who we are as humans and what are our possibilities. When I write books on spirituality, I am doing the same thing – digging deeply into our experiences and struggles, and then shining the light of Scripture and theology on making some sense out of what we see and feel. I am trying to get at The Truth and to dig deep into our experiences. So, I never look for easy answers, and I don’t try to pigeonhole either our stories or our spirituality.”