{"product_id":"unreconciled-beinghumaninthe-21st-century-9781738448258","title":"Unreconciled: Being\u0026#8239;Human\u0026#8239;in\u0026#8239;the 21st Century","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUnreconciled: Being Human in the 21\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cstrong\u003est\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Century\u003c\/strong\u003e by Julian Stodd with Sae Schatz \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are fragmented. \u003c\/strong\u003eDistributed across digital and physical worlds, pulled between the local and the planetary, exhausted by the demand to be coherent in a world that no longer is. Something has shifted in how we lead, how we belong, how we understand ourselves - and the old frameworks are no longer enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnreconciled \u003c\/em\u003eis a bold philosophical exploration of what it means to be human today. Rather than offering false resolution, it proposes something more honest and more liberating: that we can stop exhausting ourselves in pursuit of impossible coherence and instead learn to inhabit our complexity through reconnection to the natural texture of our landscapes and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the heart of the book is the Planetary Philosophy, a framework built on three interwoven principles: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotion \u003c\/strong\u003einvites us to embrace change rather than resist it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoundaries \u003c\/strong\u003easks us to see the edges of our worlds not as barriers but as spaces of possibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnreconciliation\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book's central idea, proposes that we can hold contradictions without collapsing them, that fragmentation need not be loss, and that multiplicity can be a feature rather than a flaw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese ideas matter for all of us, but they carry particular weight for leaders.\u003c\/strong\u003e In a world of accelerating complexity, fractured institutions, and dissolving certainties, the capacity to hold tension-to lead without false resolution-may be the defining skill of our time. Part exploration, part meditation, part map, \u003cem\u003eUnreconciled \u003c\/em\u003eweaves together philosophy, research, poetry, and original illustration. It argues for reconnection - to the natural world, to embodied experience, to one another - not through a return to the past, but through a new kind of presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is for: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaders navigating complexity and organisational change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThinkers seeking frameworks for identity, belonging, and meaning in the 21st century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who feels fragmented by modern life and wants a path beyond exhaustion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhoever you are, and whatever you bring, there is common ground here.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the Authors\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Julian Stodd\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, researcher, artist, and explorer. Through 22 books spanning fifteen years, his work examines leadership, learning, culture, and identity at the intersection of the digital and the social. He founded Sea Salt Learning to partner with complex global organisations on leadership capability and strategic change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Sae Schatz\u003c\/strong\u003e is a designer of systems, strategies, and sense-making. Her career spans academia, business, and government, including leading the Pentagon's Advanced Distributed Learning programme. She advises organisations worldwide on emerging technologies and human-centred science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sea Salt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781738448258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.71d","brand":"Julian Stodd,Sae Schatz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750323187893,"sku":"9781738448258","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unreconciled-beinghumaninthe-21st-century-9781738448258","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}