Sunday, February 03, 2008

If I were to be a writer

So far I have written 2 postings on what I would to if I were to be a consultant and a PhD. But what if I would be a writer? What books would I want to write? Here’s a few books that I would be excited to research and write:

  • Revolutions. A book about the great revolutions of our societies. French Revolution, American Revolution, the fall of Apartheid in South Africa, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Soviet, Open Reform Policy in China under Deng Xiaopeng. The book would also contain a theory of social change and ideas for how positive change can be fostered in the future.
  • Human-centric organizations. An exploration of organizational principles and their practical applications. The book would focus on what kind of organizations would allow human beings to tap their full potential, and how these organizations can be nurtured. Would also contain different organizational applications to describe the different forms of organization needed to achieve a wide variety of goals.
  • Strategic foresight. A book about strategy based on the organizing principles of life, rather than the mechanical metaphors of Newton. What mindsets, frameworks, principles and practices are necessary to produce intelligent strategy in an organic world?
  • Mapping social reality. I am increasingly interested in the field of social reality. It would be interesting to creative a comprehensive theory and map of social reality. What are the basic building blocks of social reality? What are its most important principles and processes? What technologies can be used to facilitate social processes towards meaningful outcomes? This would be kind of a physics (or metaphysics) theory of the social world.
  • Social capitalism. Market economies proved to be superior to centrally planned economies. Yet, they have not been able to achieve some of the most pressing problems of the world: HIV/AIDS, environmental challenges, poverty etc. How would a new social capitalism look, that could address these issues? What institutions would we form, what thinking would be required?

Maybe these books have already been written. If that is the case I am looking for them! Maybe they have not been written, and then time will tell if it is my calling to write one of them. =)

1 Comments:

At 2:01 AM , Blogger Emad said...

.. And I promise to not buy a pirated version of the book! :)

 

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