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# Jack Martin Leith

Vital resources for fruitful Now-to-New work

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- [Home](https://jackmartinleith.com/) - 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 existence Back then, Now to-New was just an umbrella term covering innovation, change and problem solving work. It evolved into a
- [Making the transition from design thinker to newcreator](https://jackmartinleith.com/from-design-thinker-to-newcreator/) - Design thinking would generate more value for customers or users and other beneficiaries if combined with Now-to-New principles and practices
- [Some actual Now-to-New projects selected from my casebook](https://jackmartinleith.com/now-to-new-project-examples/) - Jack Martin Leith originated the term Now-to-New to denote a shift from the current situation (Now) to what’s need instead (New). Here are project examples.
- [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).
- [About Jack](https://jackmartinleith.com/about/) - Grew up in an east London funeral parlour. Entered the world of work aged 16 with stints in telecoms, music publishing, magazine publishing, fashion, retail, sales and advertising before founding Leith & Price, a business development consultancy serving the advertising, marketing and media sectors. Embarked on an inquiry into how the new comes into being,
- [Home Talkabout](https://jackmartinleith.com/home-talkabout/) - Jack is a veteran producer of big meetings for understanding and collaboration, namely Talkabout 101, Talkabout 360 and Talkabout Go.
- [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 11 categories.
- [The three Now-to-New action modes — Part 1](https://jackmartinleith.com/now-to-new-action-modes-part-1/) - Fruitful Now-to-New projects require a judicious blend of three action modes: Creating alone, creating together, and helping others create. Part 1 of 2.
- [The three Now-to-New action modes — Part 2](https://jackmartinleith.com/now-to-new-action-modes-part-2/) - Fruitful Now-to-New projects require a judicious blend of three action modes: Creating alone, creating together, and helping others create. Part 2 of 2.
- [Rethinking Open Space sessions to observe the Max4 Principle](https://jackmartinleith.com/how-to-modify-open-space/) - 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.
- [The Max4 Principle](https://jackmartinleith.com/max4-principle/) - Five studies reveal that the maximum group size for a proper conversation is four, with profound implications for those running meetings and events.
- [The embodied Now-to-New model](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-embodied-now-to-new-model/) - Newcreators embody the model they use to create the new and generate significant downstream value
- [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.
- [Some open source and proprietary Now-to-New methods](https://jackmartinleith.com/now-to-new-methods/) - The article presents various methods including design thinking, Osborn Parnes Creative Problem-Solving Process, Theory U, DesignShop and Open Space Technology.
- [The newcreator’s seven powers and three superpowers](https://jackmartinleith.com/seven-powers-and-three-superpowers/) - The article features a table showing the seven powers, their bodily location, the function of each power, and how the powers combine to form three superpowers.
- [What is value and how is it generated?](https://jackmartinleith.com/what-is-value/) - Jack reminds readers that people create the new in order to generate value. He outlines the three main types of value and introduces the concept of anti-value.
- [Readiness work sets the Now-to-New project in motion](https://jackmartinleith.com/readiness-work/) - Readiness work primes Greatcreator project team members for the conception of a high potential idea by becoming immersed in the project’s demands and dynamics
- [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.
- [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.
- [Examine a typical Now-to-New project from start to finish](https://jackmartinleith.com/now-to-new-project/) - If you are embarking on a Greatcreator project in your workplace or in your personal life, this article shows you the main activities you will 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.
- [Briefing notes for aspiring newcreators](https://jackmartinleith.com/slide-notes/) - A collection of briefings to prepare aspiring greatcreators for creating great products, services, facilities, campaigns, educational programmes, events etc
- [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.
- [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
- [The Glossary](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-glossary/) - The Glossary provides definitions of terms that may be unfamiliar or used in an unconventional way. In creating the pages of this website I’ve employed everyday language wherever possible, but sometimes the right word simply doesn’t exist. The ♥ symbol indicates that I’ve repurposed an existing term or invented a new one. 147 ♥ A synthesis
- [Privacy Policy](https://jackmartinleith.com/privacy-policy/) - Who we are Suggested text: Our website address is: https://jackmartinleith.com. Comments Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a
- [Privacy Notice – Comment Cookies](https://jackmartinleith.com/privacy-notice-comment-cookies/) - When you leave a comment on this website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for 12 months. No other cookies or tracking technologies
- [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.”
- [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
- [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.
- [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 newcreators. A downloadable version is also provided.
- [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 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.
- [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.
- [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 when it has become redundant
- [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 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 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.
- [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.
- [Resources for people exploring Iain McGilchrist’s work](https://jackmartinleith.com/iain-mcgilchrist-resources/) - Sections: Books, Papers and articles, Substack, Videos, Audio recordings, Transcripts, Events, and Channel McGilchrist.
- [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?
- [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.
- [How our worldviews are evolving](https://jackmartinleith.com/evolution-of-worldviews/) - “A worldview is the set of beliefs about fundamental aspects of reality that ground and influence all one’s perceiving, thinking, knowing and doing.” – Ken Funk
- [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.
- [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 — 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.
- [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.
- [Jill Bolte Taylor | My stroke of insight](https://jackmartinleith.com/jill-bolte-taylor/) - Neuroscientist Dr Jill Bolte Taylor considers her stroke a blessing. She now advocates for replacing anxiety with feelings of joy and deep inner peace.
- [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
- [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.
- [The Parable of the Ox](https://jackmartinleith.com/the-parable-of-the-ox/) - A parable by Zhuang Zhou, translated by Thomas Merton. The parable can be downloaded as a pdf document.
- [Synthetic imagination and natural imagining](https://jackmartinleith.com/imagination-two-forms/) - Greatcreators deploy either synthetic imagination (yielding derivative ideas) or natural imagining (truly novel ideas) as befits the situation
- [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.
- [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
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [How I identified the newcreator’s seven powers](https://jackmartinleith.com/how-i-identified-the-seven-powers/) - Jack Martin Leith describes how he identified the seven embodied powers: Openness, Imagination, Conceptualisation, Materialisation, Realisation, Groundedness.
- [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?
- [Beneficiaries, beneficiary groups and beneficiary sets](https://jackmartinleith.com/beneficiaries/) - Beneficiary— someone who benefits or is expected to benefit from something—is often preferable to stakeholder when discussing value-focused Now-to-New work
- [Contact](https://jackmartinleith.com/contact/) - Location: Bristol, United Kingdom Phone & text: 07583 601234 / +44 7583 601234 Email: LinkedIn: View profile Send Jack a message The information you provide will only be used for responding to your message. You will receive a reply within 24 hours. Sales approaches will be ignored. Search the site Not case sensitive. Do not to hit return.

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