Jack Martin Leith | Now-to-New wayfarer

Now-to-New is a term I came up with in the early 1990s to denote a shift from the current situation (Now) to what’s need instead (New).

Read the story of how Now-to-New came into being

In the beginning, Now to-New was little more than an umbrella term covering innovation, change and problem solving work.

It evolved into a practical philosophy with associated methods for transcending the mundane, creating the new and generating abundant value for customers or users and other beneficiaries. Now-to-New wayfarers are value fixated.

Now-to-New principles and practices incorporate insights (example) gained during my extensive and ongoing inquiry into how the new comes into being and how this changes into that, beyond prevailing theories and methods.

I was able to put my discoveries to the test during three decades spent providing consulting services in the areas of breakthrough innovation, system-wide change and multi-stakeholder co-creation, working in the UK and internationally with a large and diverse group of businesses, government bodies and nonprofit organisations.

See the names of some former clients

Now-to-New wayfarers create the new — new products and services, new ways of working, new states of affairs — in the workplace, and in their personal lives, for example by establishing a YouTube channel, launching a campaign for restoring a former railway line, setting up a community radio station, revitalising a struggling community, starting a business, or founding a nonprofit organisation.

Dual torus image sourced from Michael C Grasso (explore further) and decoloured

Read about the embodied Now-to-New model

The way in which Now becomes New is not a model. It’s not a process, not a method. It’s the innovator, the changemaker, the problem solver, the passion project founder, himself or herself, deploying mind, body and spirit to transcend the mundane, create the new and enrich the world.

This website is where I share my findings with other Now-to-New wayfarers.

Please send me a note if you have any questions, observations or requirements.

About Jack Martin Leith

Making the transition from design thinker to Now-to-New wayfarer

Now-to-New: origin and evolution

Some actual Now-to-New projects selected from my casebook

Examine a typical Now-to-New project from start to finish

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