Dave Snowden on dispositionality says:
“Identify the energy gradient associated with existing dominant patterns and what adjacent possible states to any undesirable pattern present themselves”.
TRIZ on applying concepts says:
“look at a successful solution, identify the concept and look at how you might apply that concept to your problem”
Reviews of the incredibly successful and highly rated Small Prophets series say (almost identical to my feedback):
“combines humour, magic, and poignant storytelling”, “explores magical adventures and everyday human connections in surprising ways”. “clever storytelling memorable characters and a series full of unexpected delights”.
So, Taking the concept of magical and mystical from Small Prophets, I turned up the ‘magic and mystical’ dial a few notches on my Narrative Ecology offerings and asked the AI copilot several questions about what it might look like, and I was surprisingly impressed. Those answers will form a series of posts over the coming weeks.
And for the record the photo is genuine but only the beard has been AI enhanced.
I hope I don’t get sued for copyright but my working title for these posts will be ‘Small Profits’ as I will never make loads of money, but as ever, please get in touch if you are at all interested.
As an appetiser for the series here are the answers to:
Narrative Ecology is an immersive journey into the living landscape of story — a workshop where imagination, ecological thinking, and collective sensemaking intertwine.
Participants step into a generative field shaped by ritual openings, symbolic objects, nonlinear maps, and shared inquiry. Together we explore narrative attractors and affordances , trace the contours of personal and collective myth, and practice shifting patterns through story, embodiment, and participatory inquiry.
The experience invites productive disorientation, deep noticing, and emergent meaning-making, guiding groups to co-create new possibilities in the spaces where imagination, ecology, and transformation meet.
What’s all the fuss about hexxies?
All of my workshops use hand-made hexxies, cut from index cards. They became my tool of preference when I noticed that post-its dragged participants away from the centre of the room, whereas hexxies on a table attract more of a circle around the emerging maps and meaning-making.
A hexagonal post‑it feels like a sigil rather than a scrap. Its six equal sides echo the honeycomb—the architecture of alchemists, bees, and all creatures who understand that magic flows best through patterns of harmony. Energy moves in circles, not straight lines, and the hexagon is the closest a shape can come to a circle while still holding its edges with pride.
Where the rectangle marches in rigid, predictable rows, the hexagon tessellates like a spell unfolding—each note linking seamlessly to the next, forming constellations of thought rather than mere lists. Ideas placed on hexagons don’t just sit; they interlock, whispering to their neighbours, weaving a tapestry of meaning.
A rectangular post‑it is a door. A hexagonal post‑it is a portal. One records. The other transforms.
#SmallProfits – To be continued
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