(Youtube) The recording of a crucial discussion about ‘net zero’, moderated by Fiona Harvey, and featuring Farhana Yamin, Tzeporah Berman, Richard Black, James Dyke, Jennifer Morgan, Nigel Topping, Gonzalo Munoz and Tom Hale.

“An afternoon of talks and conversations exploring how we define, grow and resource Imagination Infrastructuring, and the importance of collective imagination.”

On the relationship between Culture Change work and Strategic Comms, covering “narrative structures, archetypes, and a whole-system ecological approach to transforming cultural norms for social change.” Brilliantly clear and shareable.

“Distancing people from systems also distances people from their power. We accept dominant narratives if the stories they tell and challenges they present seem insurmountable.”

“Created to provide better access to impartial information about how the UK tax system works, the effects it has on different people and businesses, and the options for reform.” (see coverage)

A rallying cry to unite spirit and science, with a crisp overview of sense-making, warm data, embodied cognition, and the role science has played to date in separating us from nature.

“...that we all need to survive and thrive, in an age teetering between breakdown and breakthrough...crucial for helping us become a larger us rather than a them-and-us.”

‘As ever with Johnson, it’s hard to discern true belief from narrative skill’...“People live by narrative,” he told me. “Human beings are creatures of the imagination.”’

‘“The truth” about any government is itself a narrative, not merely a set of facts. In public discourse, “the truth” is an argument, and one that has to be made often, consistently and persuasively for it to stick.’

Coverage of last week’s event, where Ella Saltmarshe, Carlota Sanz, Kumi Naidoo, Immy Kaur and Andres Roberts, discussed how our stories can help us design an Economy in Service to Life.

‘Contrary to early hopes that a win-win narrative might stimulate sufficient voluntary action to constitute ‘enough sustainability’, the learning has emphatically been that win-win cannot scale to deliver enough ecological improvement, fast enough.’

A share of the Stories for Life project, plus presentations from guests, exploring new stories that are emerging to help us design an economy in service to life.