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# Jack Martin Leith

Vital resources for rigateurs

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- [Home](https://jackmartinleith.com/) - Formed of two hemispheres, seven powers and one heart, the rig is our equipment for imagining possibilities and bringing world-enriching creations into being
- [Site Index](https://jackmartinleith.com/site-index/) - A comprehensive and structured index to Jack Martin Leith’s website, with every page attributed to one of 12 categories.
- [The imperative of faith and believing without believing](https://jackmartinleith.com/faith-and-believing-without-believing/) - Believing without believing means proceeding as if you believe something is worthwhile, possible or true and abandoning the belief if it becomes redundant
- [Briefing notes for rigateurs](https://jackmartinleith.com/briefing-notes/) - A collection of briefings to prepare rigateurs for transcending the mundane, imagining possibilities, creating the new and enriching the world
- [The rig, our natural-born create-the-new capability, explained, explained](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-rig/) - The rig is our natural-born equipment for imagining possibilities, creating the new and enriching the world with value, meaning and joy.
- [The rig explained in 36 slides](https://jackmartinleith.com/slideshow/) - The rig is our natural-born equipment for magining tantalising possibilities, creating the new and enriching the world with value, meaning and joy
- [The radio analogy. Not “Is it true?” but “Is it useful?”](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-radio-analogy/) - What if we’re something like those old radios that required an aerial (antenna) and an earth (ground) connection in order to function?
- [Edward Matchett, industrial design teacher and author of Creative Action](https://jackmartinleith.com/edward-matchett/) - Edward ‘Ted’ Matchett (1929–1998) was a pioneer in the field of industrial design and in the wider create-the-new arena, as well as an influential author.
- [Real-world create-the-new challenges selected from my casebook](https://jackmartinleith.com/project-examples/) - Example: A global food manufacturer wants to create — overnight — a concept for a new product, inspired and evaluated by potential customers. How can this be achieved?
- [Enriching the world: Is it good business practice?](https://jackmartinleith.com/enriching-the-world-is-it-good-business-practice/) - As you scroll down you will come to the video of the five-minute talk Jack gave some years ago at an Ignite event held in Bristol some years ago. Topics covered by Jck in his talk Similar in its form to – and probably inspired by – PechaKucha, Ignite started in Seattle, spreading to 350+
- [Testimonials](https://jackmartinleith.com/testimonials/) - Paul Levy, Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, University of Brighton (view profile), and founder of Rational Madness Theatre Company, FringeReview and consulting firm CATS3000: “Jack is an innovation consultant who walks the talk. He is constantly innovating his own business activity, its design and aims. He is ‘the person’ to talk to for
- [About Jack Martin Leith](https://jackmartinleith.com/about/) - The rig is our natural-born equipment for imagining tantalising possibilities, creating the new and enriching the world with value, meaning and joy
- [Resources for people exploring Iain McGilchrist’s work](https://jackmartinleith.com/iain-mcgilchrist-resources/) - The Iain McGilchrist resources page covers books, papers and articles, Substack, videos, audio recordings, transcripts, events, and Channel McGilchrist.
- [Iain McGilchrist and his brain lateralisation hypothesis](https://jackmartinleith.com/iain-mcgilchrist/) - Dr McGilchrist is best known for his book The Master and His Emissary and for his work on how the brain’s hemispheres differ in the way they attend to the world
- [The Rigateur’s Glossary](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-glossary/) - Compiled by Jack Martin Leith, The Rigateur’s Glossary provides definitions of terms that may be unfamiliar or used in an unconventional way
- [The rigateur’s seven powers and three superpowers REDIRECT](https://jackmartinleith.com/seven-powers-and-three-superpowers/) - The seven powers that enable the rigateur to transcend the mundane, create the new and enrich the world
- [How to transcend the mundane and awaken natural imagining](https://jackmartinleith.com/how-to-transcend-the-mundane/) - Newcreators can transcend the mundane and awaken natural imagining by means of a simple breathing technique, which can be combined with walking in nature.
- [Talking with Angels: origins and themes](https://jackmartinleith.com/talking-with-angels/) - Talking with Angels is a collection of esoteric oral teachings voiced by Hanna Dallos in Hungary during the Second World War and transcribed by Gitta Mallasz.
- [Why I reject brainstorming](https://jackmartinleith.com/why-i-reject-brainstorming/) - Brainstorming proponents believe that idea conception is a group activity and that quantity of ideas begets quality. Jack thinks otherwise and explains why.
- [Woodrow Wilson’s “enrich the world” address in full](https://jackmartinleith.com/woodrow-wilson-address/) - A full transcript of the address in which US President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed “You are not here merely…to make a living. You are here to enrich the world.”
- [What does holistic mean?](https://jackmartinleith.com/what-does-holistic-mean/) - A meaningful definition of holistic must itself be holistic. The limitations of language make this impossible, but here are some clues.
- [Unconditional service](https://jackmartinleith.com/unconditional-service/) - Unconditional service is selfless action taken by an individual or group for the benefit of others, motivated by a heartfelt desire to enrich the world
- [Think and Grow Rich! — a bestselling book by Napoleon Hill](https://jackmartinleith.com/think-and-grow-rich/) - Think and Grow Rich! was written in 1937 and promoted as a self-improvement book, but it’s one of the best books about creating the new and enriching the world
- [Synthetic imagination and natural imagining](https://jackmartinleith.com/imagination-two-forms/) - Rigateurs deploy either synthetic imagination (yielding derivative ideas) or natural imagining (truly novel ideas) as befits the situation
- [Readiness work sets the create-the-new project in motion](https://jackmartinleith.com/readiness-work/) - Readiness work immerses create-the-new project team members in the project’s demands and dynamics
- [Pure perception — what it is, why it matters and how to attain it](https://jackmartinleith.com/pure-perception/) - Pure perception is how we experience reality when we are situated in primal world, where there are no things, no names, no definitions and no descriptions.
- [Making the transition from design thinker to rigateur](https://jackmartinleith.com/from-design-thinker-to-rigateur/) - Design thinking would generate more value if its practitioners were rig-aware
- [Jobs-to-be-Done Theory and the Value Proposition Canvas](https://jackmartinleith.com/jobs-to-be-done-value-proposition-canvas/) - A concise introduction to Jobs-to-be-Done Theory and the Value Proposition Canvas, with a practical video, downloadable canvases and other invaluable resources
- [Intent — the generative impulse](https://jackmartinleith.com/intent-the-generative-impulse/) - “It would be quite good to consider media [aka intent] along the lines of something seeking to manifest through us.” – Anthony Blake, The DuVersity,
- [Intent’s dual aspects: the originating aspect and the fulfilling aspect](https://jackmartinleith.com/intents-dual-aspects/) - The originating aspect is concerned with initiating the new. The fulfilling aspect is concerned with bringing to fullness that which has been created.
- [Some other create-the-new systems](https://jackmartinleith.com/create-the-new-systems/) - Jack Martin Leith provides a rich introduction to design thinking and Theory U / Presencing
- [The Max4 Principle](https://jackmartinleith.com/max4-principle/) - Four studies reveal that the maximum group size for a natural conversation is four, with profound implications for those running meetings and events
- [The Matter with Things — one videoed conversation per chapter](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-matter-with-things-chapter-by-chapter/) - Dr Iain McGilchrist and Dr Àlex Gómez-Marín discuss each of the 28 chapters of McGilchrist's book The Matter With Things. Videos are embedded in the page.
- [Meetings for initiating and advancing create-the-new work](https://jackmartinleith.com/create-the-new-meetings/) - The three featured meeting formats are designed for (1) promoting basic understanding, (2) promoting deep understanding, and (3) initiating collaborative action
- [More quotes about imagination](https://jackmartinleith.com/imagination-quotes/) - “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will.” – George Bernard Shaw
- [Notable people in the field of developmental psychology](https://jackmartinleith.com/developmental-psychologists/) - This article features Erik Erikson, Jane Loevinger, Susanne Cook-Greuter, Bill Torbert, David Rooke, Robert Kegan, Clare Graves, Don Beck and Chris Cowan.
- [Jill Bolte Taylor | My stroke of insight](https://jackmartinleith.com/jill-bolte-taylor/) - Neuroscientist Dr Jill Bolte Taylor writes and talks about what she experienced when her left hemisphere shut down
- [The Parable of the Ox](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-parable-of-the-ox/) - The Parable of the Ox was written by Zhuang Zhou and translated by Thomas Merton. The parable can be downloaded as a pdf document.
- [Now-to-New: origin and evolution](https://jackmartinleith.com/now-to-new-origin-evolution/) - Now-to-New is an umbrella term for innovation, change and problem solving work, denoting a shift from the current situation (Now) to what’s need instead (New).
- [Create-the-new action modes | Part 2: Practice](https://jackmartinleith.com/action-modes-part-2/) - Fruitful create-the-new projects require a judicious blend of three action modes: creating alone, creating together, and helping others create
- [Create-the-new action modes | Part 1: Theory](https://jackmartinleith.com/action-modes-part-1/) - Fruitful create-the-new projects require a judicious blend of three action modes: creating alone, creating together, and helping others create
- [The Tell–Sell–Test–Consult–Co-create model](https://jackmartinleith.com/tell-sell-test-consult-co-create-model/) - Jack Martin Leith first encountered this model in 1994 as part of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. It remains relevant and deserving of a much wider audience.
- [The totality of oneself: the tonal and the nagual](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-totality-of-oneself-the-tonal-and-the-nagual/) - This long excerpt from Carlos Castaneda’s 1974 book Tales of Power is essential reading for aspiring rigateurs. A downloadable version is also provided.
- [The truly new comes from nothing](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-truly-new-comes-from-nothing/) - Between the end of one moment and the beginning of the next, nothing exists, and the truly new comes from nothing.
- [How to specify the value your new creation is intended to generate](https://jackmartinleith.com/value-specification/) - Jack Martin Leith devised the Ecosystem Value Specification as a way of determining and appreciating the value requirements of each beneficiary group.
- [How to host a Knowledge Café and foster rich conversations](https://jackmartinleith.com/how-to-host-a-knowledge-cafe/) - Devised by David Gurteen, a Knowledge Café is a type of meeting in which participants engage in freewheeling conversations on a topic of common interest.
- [How I identified the rigateur’s seven powers](https://jackmartinleith.com/how-i-identified-the-seven-powers/) - Jack Martin Leith describes how he identified the seven powers: Openness, Imagination, Conceptualisation, Materialisation, Realisation, Groundedness
- [Experiencing divine wisdom in ordinary living](https://jackmartinleith.com/experiencing-divine-wisdom-in-ordinary-living/) - Industrial design teacher and Creative Action author Edward Matchett discusses some of the answers to his question: What is the experiencing of meaning?
- [Examine a typical create-the-new project from start to finish](https://jackmartinleith.com/create-the-new-project/) - If you’re embarking on a create-the-new project, this article shows you the main activities you’ll need to undertake
- [Design thinking critique](https://jackmartinleith.com/design-thinking-critique/) - Design thinking is widely adopted, but design firms and end-user organisations report shortcomings once it moves from workshops into real operating contexts.
- [Creative Victory | Reflections on the Collected Works of Carlos Castaneda](https://jackmartinleith.com/creative-victory/) - Creative Victory is a remarkable book written by a man using the nom de plume Tomas, based on his extensive study of the written works of Carlos Castaneda.
- [Create the new and generate maximum downstream value](https://jackmartinleith.com/value-generation/) - Whenever people create something such as a business, product, service, facility, musical composition or website, they do so in order to generate value.
- [A collection of quotes about meaning](https://jackmartinleith.com/quotes-about-meaning/) - Meaning is “that which makes life and work truly worthwhile”. – Edward Matchett, industrial design teacher and Creative Action author.
- [A collection of quotes about joy](https://jackmartinleith.com/quotes-about-joy/) - “There is only one certainty, and that is joy. Everything can be explained: joy has no explanation. We cannot explain why we are joyful. Joy is our task.”
- [A collection of quotes about intent](https://jackmartinleith.com/quotes-about-intent/) - “Intent is the force that creates and animates the universe.” – Don Juan Matus, as told by anthropologist, author and spiritual teacher Carlos Castaneda
- [A collection of quotes about brainstorming’s shortcomings](https://jackmartinleith.com/quotes-about-brainstorming/) - Idea conception is a solo act. The emphasis on quantity is misguided. Natural imagining is not deployed. Discussion is not permitted. Extroverts dominate.
- [Change is not a journey](https://jackmartinleith.com/change-is-not-a-journey/) - Looking to the future and implying a sequence of discrete stages, the metaphor limits our ability to create the desired state of affairs quickly and easily
- [Carlos Castaneda resources](https://jackmartinleith.com/carlos-castaneda/) - Carlos Castaneda is best known for his influential books that explore shamanism, particularly his apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian named don Juan Matus
- [Intent — an extensive collection of related terms](https://jackmartinleith.com/intent-related-terms/) - Intent is the generative impulse that streams from the unmanifest into the manifest through the gap in time. Its dual aspects are initiating and fulfilling.
- [The Idea-to-Concept Method](https://jackmartinleith.com/idea-to-concept-method/) - The Idea-to-Concept Method can be used by individuals and groups to convert a raw idea into a preliminary concept that is ready for further elaboration.
- [Songwriters, authors, playwrights etc. talk about a mysterious force that assists them](https://jackmartinleith.com/mysterious-force/) - Jack Martin Leith’s collection of quotes and stories about the mysterious force that assists songwriters, authors, composers, and other creative professionals
- [Contact](https://jackmartinleith.com/contact/) - Contact Jack Martin Leith by phone (please send a short text first), text, email or contact form message
- [How our worldviews are evolving - REDIRECT](https://jackmartinleith.com/developmental-psychologists/)
- [Rethinking Open Space sessions to observe the Max4 Principle REDIRECT](https://jackmartinleith.com/create-the-new-meetings/#hybrid-format) - Research studies reveal that the maximum group size for a proper conversation is four—the “Max4 Principle”—so Open Space meetings must take this into account.
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