I love being an auntie to many, many nibblings in the world. I mostly write and publish non-fiction even though non-fiction is the hardest for me to read. In my heart, I actually feel like I'm a fiction writer who is dabbling in non-fiction. Facilitating is about creating a space for people to do something, while teaching is about passing knowledge directly. Facilitating is very, very different from teaching. And now I'm becoming a teacher too, which isn’t something I’ve really identified as before. My facilitation work supports black liberation. I'm attracted to magical humans in all forms. I'm also queer, pan-sexual, play-sexual-that’s constantly shifting, too. So, the first part of my identity is that I am a black, mixed-race woman. They work together and they love each other. They were married three months later and they're still together. They met in a library and my dad made eyes at my mom. What are some of your hyphens, identities, professions, skills?ĪMB : Well, the original hyphen, or the original multiple identity, is that I come from a black father and a white mother who fell in love at first sight. But, as it turned out, the majority of the book is the introduction, and there's only a small toolbox.ĪG: You’re a very multi-hyphenated person. A funny thing to me about the book is that I meant to have the introduction be quite concise and the rest of the book be a toolbox. How can we understand that change is non-linear? How can we understand that change happens through relationships? For this reason, the book provides strategies for how to adapt with intention. For most of us who strive to create change, we love that first part-“all that you touch, you change”- yes! But the idea that we're also being changed is much harder for us to contend with. So much of emergent strategy is inspired by Octavia Butler and the idea that all that you touch, you change, and all that you touch also changes you back. The question is, how does one transform oneself in order to bring about that transformation? It's also about creating the right relationship to change. They see that there's injustice, imbalance, and that deep transformation is needed. Emergent strategy is focused towards people who have a desire to change the world. Right now, emergent strategy is how we can intentionally get into the right relationship with the planet and with each other. What do you tell them?Īdrienne: My answer has shifted over time. Many people must ask you what emergent strategy is. Emergent Strategy has resonated so much for Deem it has truly been a guide for us in launching this publication. This book is often described as being about radical self-help: personal help, social help, global help, ecological help. Alice: In 2017, you published the now highly acclaimed Emergent Strategy.
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