rEvolution: How To Thrive In Crazy Times

by Bill Lucas

In rEvolution , best-selling author Bill Lucas puts forward suggestions on some of the ways we can all succeed in today's complex world. In the coming decades, we face significant global challenges in terms of climate change, biodiversity, food and water resources and violent extremism. 150 years after Charles Darwin invented the concept of natural selection, Bill argues that the rules of evolution are changing. To thrive in our current crazy world we need a new kind of 'mind-ware.' Specifically, we need to develop our adaptive intelligence. Drawing on new and emerging sciences and using approaches previously applied in other domains, this book describes some of the practical steps we can take at home, at school, in the workplace and in the wide community around us to ensure that we can constantly adapt to new circumstances. Bill's analysis, optimism, and suggestions for practical learning make this an essential addition to the book shelf of all thoughtful questioning members of our species.

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2009

About the author

Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). He founded CRL in 2008, together with Prof. Guy Claxton.

In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as co-chair of the strategic advisory group for the 2021 PISA test of Creative Thinking which will draw on the work of the CRL. Bill is an international adviser to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in Australia, to Vinnvard in Sweden and to the OECD/CERI research into critical and creative thinking in France. Bill is Director of Learning for the Fellowship Programme of THIS, the new Healthcare Studies Institute at the University of Cambridge.

Bill is known internationally as a speaker on the subjects of learning, change, creativity, healthcare improvement and leadership. He travels extensively to present keynotes, most recently in Sydney, Philadelphia, Helskinki, Qatar, Stockholm, Melbourne, Auckland, Belfast and Dubai. He is a prolific, award-winning writer, and has authored and co-authored over forty books and chapters and many peer-reviewed papers.

With Guy Claxton he is the creator of one of the biggest teacher researcher groups in the world, the Expansive Education Network.

Reviews

[Callum Penn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this book would be great for anyone who hasn’t had some kind of education in business management

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is probably the most ive concentrated on a book since i left school, and that was quite a while ago! A really interesting book but i felt like i should have perhaps read others of the type first as the author kept mentioning other authors and books as if i should know who and what he was refering to.
I found it a very interesting read and it has certainly made me question a few areas of my life where better decisions could have been made and ive plodded on regardless instead of having the courage to change my path and take the route i had wanted to.