Jim Ewing started his professional life as a rocket scientist, but it soon became evident that his real passion was for people. He saw that life is about navigating change - braving uncertainty, living well at our 'learning edge. He set out to develop a way to support others, "a conversational, casual, no-frills and no-waiting intervention to be a fi­rst responder for individuals and for groups when steep change and life redesign come calling".

He designed a family of maps to support this work - simple frameworks for transformative conversations for use with individuals, groups, communities, organisations. Here Jim introduces the maps and the thinking that lies behind each of them, plus the conversational craft ‑ that brings them all to life.