{"product_id":"relationality-how-moving-from-transactional-to-transformational-relationships-can-reshape-our-lonely-world-9798889840541","title":"Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eTogether\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Gathering\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow moving from transactional to transformational relationships and organizations can save our democracy, nurture our connections, and make us happier and healthier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful institutions, from schools to tech and social media companies, create breeding grounds for isolation by failing to invest in relational work. This obstacle stands in the way of our fight for racial equity, economic justice, and climate resilience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelationality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, leading asexuality and relationship activist David Jay brings clarity to the crisis with a fresh perspective that expands upon the fundamental idea that all entities in the universe are connected. Jay draws from a range of vivid personal experiences, including his time spent helping tech workers and policymakers reform social media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is for people who believe in the power of relationships and want to see increased investment in relational work. Its scientifically grounded framework will help readers foster conversations about relational work, establish conditions for relationships to thrive, and quantify the impact of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEquipping professionals and activists involved in nonprofit, political, and other types of relational work with the knowledge they need to fight for and utilize resources, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelationality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e shares valuable insight on: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe history of why institutions fail to invest in relationships \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReimagining ROI calculations to account for relational work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing tools of prediction and emergence theory to build communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow stories and data about relationships can help us direct resources toward relational work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelational economics and the redistribution of wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith isolation and loneliness on the rise in a post-lockdown world, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelationality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers a roadmap to nourish our connections toward a better, more liberated world--personally, organizationally, and in community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, David Jay is a community organizer with a background in physics. From founding the Asexual Visibility and Education Network to working in the heart of the tech reform movement, David has centered the work of building relationship as a tool of healing and driving social change. His research and writing centers on the reasons why these important relational tools so often go underappreciated and underfunded and on how that reality might change. David is regularly invited to speak at conferences and universities on topics that include asexuality, movement organizing, tech reform, and queer family structure. He lives with his two co-parents and two children in Oakland, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878246584594,"sku":"9798889840541","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc351cad-b3be-4c92-87b4-25515b462533.jpg?v=1738266654","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/relationality-how-moving-from-transactional-to-transformational-relationships-can-reshape-our-lonely-world-9798889840541","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}