Cover & Table of Contents — Being Spherical

Everything inside

SECTION 1 — SEE THE SPHERE

Rolling Toward Sphericity2

1.Spherical Transition10

2.The Death of The Box12

3.The Box vs. The Sphere14

4.The Sphere Appears16

5.Meet The Sphere18

6.Meet the SMT20

7.Well Roundedness22

8.Emergent Advantages24

9.Why Be Spherical Q&A26

SECTION 2 — THE MID-MILLENNIUM CONSILIENCE

10.Jumping Together32

11.A Mindset is Born34

12.The Clockwork Universe36

13.Mastering the Machine38

14.Social Re-engineering40

15.Economic Mindset Q&A42

16.Science of Sweat44

17.Inferior Machines46

18.Reinforcing The Box48

19.The Good Life Cubed50

20.Something’s Happening Here52

21.Partmentalization of the Soul54

22.In the Shadow of the Box Q&A56

SECTION 3 — THE NEW-MILLENNIUM CONSILIENCE

23.Shaping the Future62

24.Misperceived Marvels64

25.Emerging Awareness66

26.Light and Form68

27.Fields and Particles70

28.Knit One, Purl Two72

29.Consilient Patterns Q&A74

30.Patterns of Disruption76

31.Weather Patterns78

32.Time and Distance80

33.Patterns of 1’s and 0’s82

34.Weaving Relationships84

35.Out of Bounds86

36.The Shape of Things Q&A88

SECTION 4 — THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

37.From Sphere to Eternity92

38.The Sphere Also Rises94

39.Character Study96

40.Shape Shift Q&A100

41.Field Studies102

42.Awareness104

43.Nascency106

44.Attraction108

45.Energy Flow110

46.When Spheres Tango114

47.Sphere-Common Emergents116

48.Sphere-Specific Emergents120

49.Variations on a Sphere Q&A124

50.Music of the Spheres128

51.Quantum Leaps130

52.The Universal Sphere132

53.The Big Picture Q&A134

SECTION 5 — THE BIGGEST PICTURE

54.The World Turns140

55.Letting Go142

56.The Spheres of Our Lives146

57.The Spherical Modeling Tool148

58.The Personal Sphere150

59.The Personal SMT152

60.The Organizational Sphere154

61.The Organizational SMT156

62.The Global Sphere160

63.The Global SMT162

64.Seeking Sphericity Q&A164

65.Seeing Anew168

BACK MATTER

Appendix171

Author Bios180

Index182