"Adam has over 30 years of experience facilitating breakthroughs and helping transform systems at the highest levels in government and society. His own breakthrough facilitation moment came with an invitation to host the Mont Fleur Scenario Planning Exercises he facilitated in 1990s South Africa at the dawn of that country’s transition towards democracy and the twilight of apartheid.

One delight of this book is the recognition that transforming systems can be long and hard work. It’s not the work of a day, or a week or a month. It’s the work of seasons!

Adam helpfully grounds this long journey of transformation in everyday habits - which is such an effective way to help us all continuously refocus our energies on the work, the perseverance (and commitment to rest) at the core of habit number seven. After all, winter, a time of slowing down and reflection, is one of the seasons of this work. A shout out to my podcast conversation with artist and teacher Kate Quarfordt where we unpacked her four seasons model, which is one of my favorite frameworks for designing any experience."

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