playbook for change
work in progress
overview
New structure
for the playbook for change to be filled in the coming months. Contributions and collaborations are welcome. Write to contact@charlie-alice-raya.org
A. Introduction
B. Basics
- Asking WHY
- Exploring together
- The brain
- Making thinking & rethinking/reshaping popular
- Press pause (including demand time to think)
- Learning/improving imagination
- Rethinking everything
- Science, Socrates & Da Vinci
- Debunk & rethink/replace narratives
- Change the story, shape the world
- Make it happen stories — MiHS
- Alternative realities
- A culture of storytelling
- Humour & ridicule
- Congratulations
- Words, rephrase
- Silence
C. Personal
- Self-reflection
- Face personal arrogance & condescension
- Exploring personal defensiveness
- Compassion
- Communication, in the dark, out of the dark
- Healing
- Connections, connecting, overcoming divides
- Mutual support networks
- Laughing
- Hope
D. Playfulness
- Let’s play, get out of the seriousness trap
- Story challenges
- more challenges
- Bets
- Fights for fun
- Distract for the future, making use of cute animal scrolling
- Fun
- Laughing
- QR codes
E. Online
- Intentional fake news — IFNs
- False alarm
- Trend what counts
- Being many voices
- Flood
F. Media
- Songs
- Comics
- Books
- Visual Arts
- Movies
- Series
- Shorts
G. Make a difference by
- focusing
- focusing / refocusing
- resisting generalisations
- being precise about truth
H. Building alternatives (communities/businesses/products/services)
- Villages
- Towns
- Cities
- Tourism
- Transport
- Businesses
- Business networks
- Raw material supply chains
- Internet
- Software
- Operating systems
- Devices
- Services
I. Building alternatives (coming together)
people networks
communities
political systems
nations
trade
J. Actions
- campaigns
- challenge laws
- boycotts
The playbook for change on bluesky: @playbookforchange.bsky.social
Charlie Alice Raya, 13 March 2025