Stories are a calm anchor amid the storm of uncertainty. And in uncertain in-between times, the stories we tell ourselves are powerful frameworks that help us work out who we are in the present moment and what we value. They lure us into becoming our aspirational selves.

This has led some to feel that the moment of opportunity for a new story has passed, that the portal has closed. I don’t agree with that. The Consumer Story is fundamentally broken. The trigger might be this pandemic or another, the onset of the climate emergency or the next banking collapse, surges in energy from Black Lives Matter or Extinction R

The ideas in this book are based on the belief that our participation in the world really matters, and that collective ownership of our world can move us forward into an alternative narrative towards the common good.5 I am writing to all who are willing to participate in the transformation of our world, one narrative at a time.