Members Only Strategic Plan Putting the Puzzle Together and Developing Its Antenarrative Transformation into Vision, Mission, and Strategy by David Boje, October 25, 2025

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Summary of David's From Pain to Paradise Story

My pain story: The puzzle has been coming together since April 2^nd, 1968, when I was drafted in Brooklyn, New York. I had a year added, making it three, in exchange for erasing and sealing my juvenile record, and took tests that showed I had lots of talent and skill that no one mentioned to me growing up at home or in High School.  I was put on a train to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to receive Basic Training. In Basic, I called my girlfriend, took a lot of quarters in the pay phone, and she said, “I’m pregnant, and hung up when I did not instantly propose. I called back and did the right thing.  Another miracle: I became selected, because of high abilities in math and logic in tests I toke when drafted, to be a supply sergeant and had to learn to type, then was promoted to company clerk, like “Radar” in the movie MASH in Fort Lee, Virginia, and of course, was sent to the Vietnam War, 1969-1970, and was assigned to be company clerk in Saigon, at the USAHAC special services unit, and was exposed to Agent Orange infiltrated into the water, soil, air and food. Fast forward to New Year’s morning of 2022, I was peeing blood, and I was diagnosed with a terminal Stage IV cancer (28 on a usual scale of 10), which meant an aggressive cancer had left the prostate gland, colonized four lymph nodes, and was prepared to colonize all that remained. I was fortunate to find my way to MD Anderson, and they determined that I was eligible for a Stage 2 clinical trial. With a new application of a pharma medicine, hormone shots to bring testosterone to zero, 28 rounds of radiation, and today, I stand here cancer-free. Which means about six years it will take to get my strength in my legs back as a runner, and I am in rehab with my wife, who just had a stroke.

My paradise story: I got out of the Army four months early, while stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, if and only if I attended Burlington Community College, full-time. I was the first in my family tree to ever go to college, and my parents thought their idiot son would never do it.  But the Army taught me leadership and discipline. So I worked harder than most and graduated 1^st in class, which got me a scholarship to Rider University, where I tied for 1st place in that class and was forced to give a Commencement Address with shaking knees. This got me a fellowship to the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana MBA program. As my dad’s business failed again, and the next one too, I stayed at U of I, and got my PhD in Organizational Development (OD). Turned out I excelled in storytelling theory and how to use it in OD. But a problem became apparent at my first Assistant Professor job at UCLA: the pay was so low —$19K —and my family expanded to two children. I had to take on extra jobs as a grant writer and an assertiveness trainer at Hughes Aircraft (Building 17). I could do academic theory, but translating it into publications eluded me, and OD practice was not possible until I went to Loyola Marymount (LMU), a teaching university. All my UCLA colleagues said, ‘David, you will fail, you failed at UCLA, a published place, and you will fail to make it at a teaching university.  The failure to get tenure at UCLA and prophecies of failure at LMU prompted me to apply my discipline, perseverance, and military clerking skills to becoming a teacher and doing volunteer work in public housing, Nickerson Gardens in Watts. I met Laura King, the resident leader and president of the community council, and she taught me lessons in leadership and consulting.

Fast forward to 2025: remarried, living in New Mexico, early retired after 23 years at New Mexico State University; when their funding dried up, I was forced out by 2021.  Where’s the paradise in that, you ask?  It is in two weekly Zoom sessions that have been a lifesaver, GrowthOD, and Enthinkment.

Introduction

Skipping to the Vision, Mission, and Purpose of the puzzle coming together.

SHARED VISION, MISSION & PURPOSE

Vision

To transform organizational development through quantum storytelling, PERVIEW coaching, and the five pillars of GrowthOD—creating workplaces where gratitude, wisdom, and authentic narratives drive sustainable growth while funding free services for veterans and their families.

Mission

To translate cutting-edge academic research into practical OD tools through weekly Zoom sessions, building a community of practitioners who apply GrowthOD principles. Revenue from executive training ($75/seat) funds PERVIEW Inc. 501(c)(3) to provide free HorseSense equine-assisted therapy and PERVIEW coaching to veterans and their families dealing with PTSD and trauma.

Purpose

GrowthOD exists to:

·       Train executives, HR staff, consultants, and coaches in transformative OD approaches

·       Build a sustainable model where paid professional development funds free veteran services

·       Create a bridge between academic theory (antenarrative, quantum storytelling) and practitioner application

·       Develop a global community through LinkedIn (267+ newsletter subscribers, 4,000+ Storytelling Organization group members)

·       Demonstrate that organizational wisdom can create social impact—from corporate boardrooms to veteran healing

Storytelling Organizations, called Tamaraland.

With time, we can invite subscribers and Storytelling Organization Group members to the Monday (GrowthOD) and/or Tuesday (enTHINK Tank) Zoom meetings depending n their interests.
See our Zoom Webinars

We have a weekly newsletter on LinkedIn which drew 267 subscribers in one day, and reactivated LinkedIn Group the is 10 years old called 'Storytelling Organizations that has about 3,900 members

Goal invite Newsletter subscribers and the members of the Storytelling Organization group on LinkedIn to take

1. the PMQ (Personal Mindfulness Quotient), and

2. the DHA (Dialogue Health Assessment).

Both assessments are free at get at different aspects of Storytelling Organizations, called Tamaraland.

With time, we can invite subscribers and Storytelling Organization Group members to the Monday (GrowthOD) and/or Tuesday (enTHINK Tank) Zoom meetings depending n their interests.
See our Mon GrowthOD and our Tues enTHINK TANK Zoom Webinars

AMENDED SALES FUNNEL FOR GROWTHOD

LinkedIn-Focused, Veterans-Supporting Model

This funnel transforms LinkedIn Newsletter subscribers (267+) and Storytelling Organization group members (4,000+) into mission partners—learning GrowthOD while funding free veteran services.

The Vision: Every $75 Seat = Healing for Heroes

Executives, HR professionals, consultants, and coaches pay $75 for 90-minute training Zooms. This revenue flows to PERVIEW Inc. 501(c)(3), funding free HorseSense equine therapy and PERVIEW coaching for veterans and families dealing with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and family system stress.

STAGE 1: LINKEDIN ENGAGEMENT (Ongoing)

Target Audiences:

·       LinkedIn Newsletter subscribers (current: 267, growing)

·       Storytelling Organization group members (4,000+)

·       Conference attendees (Quantum Storytelling Conference, Dec 17-19, LA)

·       Referrals from current GrowthOD Monday participants

Newsletter Strategy:

·       Weekly issues featuring: case studies, pillar explanations, antenarrative translations

·       Every issue includes TWO CTAs: (1) Take the FREE PMQ, (2) Join Storytelling Organization group

·       Maintain 40%+ open rates through storytelling, not marketing speak

·       Share transformation stories from clients and participants

·       Highlight the veteran impact: Your $75 learning investment = 1 free veteran session

Group Activation:

·       Weekly posts in Storytelling Organization group with content from three books

·       Host live Q&A sessions in group: Ask David about Quantum Storytelling

·       Create discussion threads on Tamaraland, polyphony, antenarrative

·       Invite group members to Monday GrowthOD sessions as guests

Metrics:

·       Newsletter open rate: 40%+ (current baseline)

·       Newsletter to assessment rate: 10-20%

·       Group engagement rate: 5-10% active commenters

·       Guest attendance at Monday sessions: 3-5 new faces/month

STAGE 2: FREE VALUE DELIVERY

Free Assessment Tools:

PMQ (Personal Mindfulness Quotient): Measures quantum mindfulness, not breath-counting mindfulness. Reveals how individuals navigate the 90% hidden story reality.

DHA (Dialogue Health Assessment): For teams and organizations. Assesses Tamaraland dynamics, polyphony errors, and dialogue quality.

The sequence of LinkedIn contacts I will make on Day 3, 7, and 14

LinkedIn contact 1: Warm Intro + Storytelling Organization Hook (Send Immediately on Opt-In)

Subject Line: Tired of one-voice meetings? Say hi to Quantum Storytelling.

Preheader: Dr. David Boje here – let’s rewrite your team’s stuck stories. Body:

Hi [First Name], ever sat through a meeting where one loud voice steamrolls the rest, leaving your team drained and stuck? That’s monologue in action – and it’s killing your breakthroughs. I’m Dr. David Boje, founder of GrowthOD, and I’ve spent decades decoding how Storytelling Organization – the art of weaving past, present, and future narratives – transforms leadership. No more burnout or groupthink. Just vibrant, polyphonic teams where every voice sparks change. Here’s your first step: The Other Side of Mindfulness, a free guide that swaps generic “Zen” for a quantum approach to restorying your work. It’s built for coaches, consultants, and leaders like you to spot entangled narratives and unlock real shifts. Grab Your Free Mindfulness Guide Now – takes 2  or 3 minutes. Reply and tell me: What’s one “stuck” story in your team right now? To your quantum leap,

Dr. David Boje
Co-Founder, GrowthOD
P.S. This guide’s your intro to Quantum Storytelling. Expect tools, not fluff. CTA Goal: 10-20% click-through to guide. Track opens for segmentation.

LinkedIn contact 2: Pain Point + Free Resource Push (Send Day 3 After Email 1)

Subject Line: Why monologues are burning out your team.

Preheader: Free guide to flip stuck stories into dialogic wins. Body: Hey [First Name],

Picture this: Your team’s in a rut, recycling the same old ideas because one voice dominates. Sound familiar? That’s monologic leadership – and it’s a silent killer of creativity and connection. I’m Dr. David Boje, and my Storytelling approach at GrowthOD flips this on its head. Instead of silencing voices, we amplify them, using entangled narratives to transform chaos into collaboration. The result? Teams that thrive, not just survive. My free guide, The Other Side of Mindfulness, shows you how to ditch shallow fixes and start restorying:

• Spot monologic traps that stifle your coaching or leadership.
• Tap quantum narratives to spark polyphonic breakthroughs.
• Lead with dialogue, not directives, for lasting impact.

Download Your Free Guide Now What’s one monologue you’ve noticed in your work? Hit reply – I’m curious. To vibrant teams,

Dr. David Boje
Co-Founder, GrowthOD
P.S. Coaches love this guide’s practical steps for client transformations. Free, instant access. CTA Goal: Increase guide downloads; re-engage non-clickers with a Day 7 nudge (e.g., “Still stuck in monologue? This guide’s your way out”).

LinkedIn contact 3: Strong CTA to Assessment (Send Day 7 or Post-Guide Download)

Subject Line: Is your team’s dialogue healthy? Find out for free.

Preheader: 2-minute assessment to unlock your polyphonic potential. Body: [First Name], When was the last time your team’s meeting felt like a genuine dialogue – not a monologue dressed up as collaboration? If you’re sensing burnout or missed ideas, your team’s narrative health might need a checkup. I’m Dr. David Boje, and my Storytelling tools at GrowthOD help leaders like you turn flat meetings into polyphonic powerhouses. You’ve seen The Other Side of Mindfulness (or grab it here). Now, let’s get personal. The Dialogic Health Assessment is a free, two or three-minute tool to diagnose your team’s narrative flow. It reveals:

• Polyphony score: Are you fostering dialogue or stuck in a monologue?
• Quantum insights: Uncover hidden stories driving (or stalling) your team.
• Actionable steps: Elevate your coaching or leadership impact.

Take Your Free Assessment Now

Reply with your score – I’d love to talk next steps. Plus, want a deeper dive? Book a free 30-min Quantum Storytelling Audit here. To the ensemble leadership,

Dr. David Boje
Co-Founder, GrowthOD
P.S. This assessment’s a game-changer for consultants. See why Fortune 500 leaders swear by it. CTA Goal: 20% assessment completion; 20% of completers book the audit as a tripwire to paid offers.

More Follow-up

 Access t more free tools, gifts, and repositories at GrowthOD.org/tools

LANDING PAGES

1. PMQ landing page

2. DHA landing page

Post-Assessment Journey:

·       Automated email sequence (3 emails over 14 days)

·       Day 0: Assessment results + interpretation guide

·       Day 3: What your PMQ score reveals about your Tamaraland navigation

·       Day 7: Case study + invitation to FREE 30-min Quantum Storytelling Audit

·       Day 14: Last chance to book your audit + preview of Monday GrowthOD

·       Landing page: GrowthOD.org/audit (Calendly booking)

·       Audit call = 30 minutes with David or certified PERVIEW coach

·       Outcome: Identify breakthrough opportunity + soft introduction to paid offerings

Metrics:

·       Assessment completion: 10-20% of newsletter readers

·       Audit booking: 20% of assessment takers

·       Audit to next-step conversion: 50%+

STAGE 3: $75 ZOOM SEAT - THE CORE OFFER

The Value Proposition: 90-Minute Deep Dive Training Sessions with Dr. David Boje

·       Live interactive Zoom with Q&A

·       Rotating topics from three books (see schedule below)

·       Practical tools you can use Monday morning

·       Certificate of completion for professional development credits

·       Access to session recording + workbook

·       Connection to global GrowthOD community

·       Most importantly: YOUR $75 FUNDS FREE VETERAN SERVICES

Monthly Training Schedule (Example):

·       Week 1: Beyond the Echo Chamber - The 6 Polyphony Errors ($75)

·       Week 2: Quantum Storytelling - Navigating the 90% Hidden Reality ($75)

·       Week 3: PERVIEW Coaching - The 7-Step Restorying Method ($75)

·       Week 4: SEAM in Action - Finding Hidden Costs in Your Organization ($75)

The Veterans Impact Story (Always Included):

Every $75 seat directly funds PERVIEW Inc. 501(c)(3) to provide:

·       Free HorseSense equine-assisted psychotherapy sessions for veterans

·       Free PERVIEW 7-step coaching for veterans and family members

·       Alternative to VA repeated exposure therapy (which veterans dislike)

·       Grace Ann Rosile approach: horses mirror unspoken emotions, no rabbit hole diving

·       Family systems approach: PTSD affects entire families, not just veterans

Testimonial Integration:

Share stories like: I learned SEAM diagnostics that landed me a $50K consulting contract + That same $75 fee helped a veteran family in Colorado start healing.

Promotion Channels:

·       LinkedIn Newsletter feature articles

·       Storytelling Organization group pinned posts

·       Email to assessment-takers

·       Monday GrowthOD session announcements

·       Conference promotion (Dec 17-19)

·       Word-of-mouth from satisfied participants

Metrics:

·       Seats filled per session: 10-20 (scale to 50+)

·       Repeat attendance rate: 30%+

·       Revenue to veteran services: 100% after platform costs

·       Monthly veteran sessions funded: Track and share publicly

STAGE 4: DEEPER ENGAGEMENT - COACHING SPRINTS

90-Minute Quantum Coaching Sprint: $75-$97

For individuals wanting personalized attention. Example: Friday, December 5th, 10:00 AM MST. Led by David, Tanya, and Doug. Deep dive into personal breakthrough using PERVIEW framework.

Small Group Facilitation: $75/person (5-10 people)

Organizations can bring a team for dedicated session on specific challenge.

STAGE 5: PREMIUM OFFERINGS

·       PERVIEW Certification Program (Multi-week, $1,500-$2,500): Become certified to deliver PERVIEW coaching. Includes supervision, practice sessions, materials.

·       Organizational Consulting (Custom pricing): Multi-month engagements using GrowthOD pillars. SEAM diagnostics, SOULS alignment, full transformation.

·       Conference VIP Packages (Dec 17-19, LA): Early-bird, premium seating, dinner with David, one-on-one coaching session.

·       Annual GrowthOD Membership ($900/year): Access to all $75 sessions, monthly 1:1 with David, certification discounts, community platform access.

 

Take the  Quantum Wisdom Leader Assessment

FREE Dialogue Health Assessment for your TEAM

The problem isn't you. It's your invisible mindfulness operating system.

  Read: Your Quantum Leap to the Other Side of MindfulnessPersonal Mindfulness Quotient?

Schedule 30-Minute Free Perview 'Quantum Storytelling Audit' on Zoom with Dr. Boje

Your Personal Mindfulness Quotient (PMQ) reveals the hidden patterns driving your decisions, relationships, and results. Based on the Perview Mindfulness framework, this isn't a personality test. It's a diagnostic tool measuring five dimensions of how you actually show up in the world.

STAGE 6: RETENTION & COMMUNITY

·       Monday GrowthOD Zoom (FREE for community): Keep the core community engaged

·       LinkedIn thought leadership: David posts weekly, members share

·       Annual reunion at Quantum Storytelling Conference

·       Certification holders get referral fees for new clients

·       Case study spotlight: Feature successful practitioners in newsletter

·       Veteran impact reports: Quarterly updates on services funded

KEY METRICS TO TRACK

INTEGRATION WITH THE THREE BOOKS

Beyond the Echo Chamber (120 pages)

Use for: Understanding Tamaraland dynamics, teaching the 6 polyphony errors, explaining double-voiced discourse. Monday sessions translate Bakhtin for practitioners: Here is how echo chambers form in your organization and how to break them.

The Melody That Keeps People Afloat: Quantum Storytelling (Co-authored with Tanya Akins Cane)

Use for: The 90% hidden story reality, quantum coaching sprint methods, seeing organizations as quantum storytelling systems. Monday sessions make quantum accessible: Why traditional change management misses 90% of what is really happening.

GROWTH OD (Co-authored with Olivia Parr-Rud and colleagues)

Use for: Deep dives into each pillar, case studies, implementation frameworks. Monday sessions provide the systematic approach: Here is how to apply SEAM in your next client engagement.

THE LONGER VISION: HORSESENSE & PERVIEW FOR ALL VETERANS

David's pain-to-paradise story grounds this entire mission. Drafted in 1968, exposed to Agent Orange, diagnosed with Stage IV terminal cancer in 2022, now cancer-free—this is personal.

The vision: Scale from 10 veteran sessions/month to 100+ through the social enterprise model. Every executive, HR professional, consultant, and coach who invests $75 in their professional development becomes a mission partner. They learn cutting-edge OD, and a veteran family heals.

HorseSense (Grace Ann Rosile's method) and PERVIEW coaching offer what the VA does not: no repeated exposure to trauma, no diving into the incident, just gentle restorying through the wisdom of horses and the 7-step PERVIEW method. Family systems included—because PTSD does not happen in isolation.

By 2027:

·       1,000+ LinkedIn newsletter subscribers

·       10,000+ Storytelling Organization group members

·       50+ seats per $75 Zoom session

·       $20,000+/month to veteran services

·       30-50 veteran families served monthly

·       A proven model other organizations can replicate

From corporate boardrooms to veteran healing—this is GrowthOD in action.

In time, we will be inviting LinkedIn Newsletter subscibers and Storytelling Organization group members to the Annual Quantum Storytelling Conference Dec 17-19, 2025 in LA

Part I: GrowthOD.com

I began taking my academic publications — some research, others consulting gigs — and translating them into practitioner-readability, clarity, and action steps for OD. I teamed up with a pack of consultants, coaches, and artists, and set about developing the five pillars of GrowthOD.

1.         PERVIEW Pillar (Processes of Embodied Restorying with Vibrations in Energy Waves): This neuroscience-informed, seven-step coaching method helps leaders release stuck narratives and emotional blocks by restorying organizational energy. For example, a healthcare leader might use PERVIEW to restory burnout narratives into collaborative care models.

2.         GLOW Pillar (Gratitude, Love, Organizational Wisdom): This cultivates a gratitude-centered culture, raising collective resilience and performance through appreciation. In IT, GLOW could transform toxic team dynamics by fostering emotional coherence.

3.         SEAM Pillar (Socio-Economic Approach to Management): Drawing on Henri Savall’s diagnostics, SEAM uncovers hidden costs of story dysfunction—alienation, exclusion—and recycles them into socio-economic value. In politics, SEAM could address voter distrust by aligning campaign narratives with community well-being.

4.         SOULS Pillar (Self-Organizing Understanding Leadership Systems): Rooted in Axiology and VuJaDé mindfulness, SOULS aligns individual purpose with organizational wisdom. A Disney leader might use SOULS to integrate cast members’ stories with corporate goals.

5.         AAM Pillar (Auxiliary Assumption Method):  The Copernican Revolution in statistics by David Trafimow. AAM ensures scientific validity by testing the hidden assumptions underlying practices and grounding transformation in evidence. In healthcare, AAM could validate new care narratives against patient outcomes.

Thus, the book is a piece of paradise: Boje, D. M., & Parr-Rud, O. (2025a). GROWTH OD: Gratitude-Rooted Organizational Wisdom, Transformation & Healing. Tamaraland Publishing. https://GrowthOD.org/Final%20GROWTH%20OD%20Book%20by%20David%20Boje%20and%20Colleagues%20July%206%202025.pdf

Another piece of paradise, the puzzle begins to come together. I started noticing at age 77 that I was quickly forgetting my own contributions—books, journal articles, and studies — to the field of OD. I started gathering each of them and translating them from dense, insertable writing requirements of publish-or-perish to the straight talk of practitioners of OD. Olivia, Tom, Ken, Grace Ann, and I formed a steering team, and it changed everything: attendance up, ensemble leadership in action. Peter and Harvey of anxiogenic, and Monty and Doug of Vujade, pitched in based on the SOULS pillar. 

Part II: Enthinkment.com

I needed a Think Tank to do the heavy lifting, to fill in the missing piece of the puzzle, to focus on philosophy, and do the work of turning dense materials of my own, and unfinished dreams, into the practicality of coaching, consulting, and training, and certifying folks in a new approach to OD. Some of the GrowthOD crew began to attend enthink TANK, as we call it.  Sabiine Trafimow focused on several books by Heidegger, a project started when teaching doctoral students at NMSU. After NMSU, we formed the Enthinkment Circle with Rohny Saylors, Betty Beeler, Duncan Pelly, Usha Haley, Wanda Cousar, and others. It got up to about 25 people, then crashed to about 7 to 9, showing up, after the coffee clutch time took up more of its purpose, and most stopped coming, feeling 90 minutes was not worth their time.

Two books resulted from the cross-fertilizing of enTHINK TANK Tuesday sessions with the GrowthOD Monday sessions:

1.        ‘Beyond the Echo Chamber, a ‘120-page guide to GrowthOD and True Storytelling interventions by David Boje. https:// growthod.org/Beyond the Echo Chamber with GrowthOD and True Storytelling Oct 11, 2025, by David Boje.pdf

2.        The Melody That Keeps People Afloat: Quantum Storytelling for Organizational Transformation. How Hidden Stories Shape 90% of Reality by David Michael Boje, Tanya Akins Cane, with Doug Breckenridge, Free to  PDF to see online at https://growthod.org/David%20Boje%20and%20Tanya%20Akins%20Cane%20DRAFT%20Quantum%20Storytelling%20and%20the%20Quantum%20Coaching%20Sprint.pdf

Beyond the Echo Chamber pickup on my Tamaraland (1995) research article, and my (2008) Storytelling Organizations book. The enTHINK TANK sessions allowed the translation from my Heidegger (Being and Time) rendition of the seven Antenarrative processes, which were the backbone of Tamaraland and Storytelling Organizations’ approaches.  And to more clearly position Tamaraland as a kind of ‘Storytelling Organization’, which was in most every corporation, university, hospital, government agency, or arts organization. Sabine and led this project.

The second project was to sort out what as unique and applicable to PERVIEW about Heidegger’s much tougher book, ‘Mindfulness.’  It became clear to Sabine and me, in our presentations to EnTHINK TANK, that this Mindfulness was more akin to Thornton Wilder’s play and book “Our Town” and antithetical to counting your breaths by Jainism and Buddhism masters, or staying in the Now mindfulness, and its stress-reduction outcome, focused on in cognitive psychology.

The third kind of enTHINK TANK sessions were about Mikhail Bakhtin’s books, in particular, our recent sessions on his book, Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics.  My purpose was to unpack the six errors of polyphony, and several kinds of Double-Voiced Discourses, and the Objectified Discourse into something applicable to OD, and to GrowthOD in particular. My first attempt, ‘Beyond the Echo Chamber,  did that, Than its sequel, the book The Melody That Keeps People Afloat: Quantum Storytelling for Organizational Transformation, does just that, and brought it full circle to do executive, HR staff, consultant, and coach training for $75 a seat in 90-minute Zoom sessions, so that that money could go to the PERVIEW Inc. 501 C 3, and go into providing HorseSense and Perview 7 step restorying Zoom sessions to veterans and their family members. PTSD and stress inculcate the entire family system, not just the veteran.  And it is a particular challenging Perview that must deal with the Mindfulness of the family, and its subordination to the Mindfulness of the Military, which has a ‘suck it up, and don’t get into your emotions, thoughts, and thinking, and used the repeated exposure to the initial traumatic incident again and again, as a way to desensitize the veteran. Veterans hate it and rarely return to the next appointment. Grace Ann Rosile used horsesense, a way of letting the horse mirror the veteran and family members’ unspoken thoughts and emotions. A series of sessions using PERVIEW coaching that does not dive into the rabbit hole of their incident-crisis but does address the negative feelings, thoughts, and questionable habits of action.

So now the Mission of ‘Beyond the Echo Chambers ‘ was to rasie the money in OD consulting and coaching with GrowthOD, that could finance the quite expensive free horsesense (equine assisted psychotherapy) and the PERVIEW coaching services to Veterans and their family members for free. 

We are still translating the work of antenarrative background in my 2001 book on Narrative Methods, because it undergirds the work in True Storytelling by Jens Larsen, David Boje, ‘and Lena Bruun (2020), as well as the three books, ‘Beyond the Echo Chambers’, the book The Melody That Keeps People Afloat: Quantum Storytelling for Organizational Transformation,’ and the book, the book The Melody That Keeps People Afloat: Quantum Storytelling for Organizational Transformation.

Big challenge, antenarrative is still impenetrable, still in the publish-or-perish language.

Please beware, this next section still dense, and needs many more enTHINK Tank Tuesday weekly sessions to unpack and translate it to GrowthOD Monday weekly sessions.

What are antenarratives?
LOOK INSIDE:Read David Boje,’s  2001 Introduction to his book then you will know the complete answer!

"Antenarrative is defined as ‘the fragmented, non-linear, incoherent, collective, unplotted, and pre-narrative speculation, a bet, a proper narrative can be constituted’" (Boje, 2001: 1).


Antenarrative  is seven processes that are pre-constitutive of 'narrative' and 'living story'. The 7 B's:  Beneath, Bets, Before, Being, Becoming, Between, & Beyond. The 7 came after 20 years of investigation.

7 B’s of Antenarrative processes

1. Beneath: This process goes beyond the surface level of narratives to examine the underlying assumptions, power dynamics, and material realities that shape stories. It involves looking at the microstoria of marginalized people and the material intertextualities that often get ignored in dominant narratives. For example, in the case of Haute Cuisine, the "beneath" involves examining the impact of fast food on traditional culinary practices and the shift in consumer preferences that is driving this change.
2. Before: This process recognizes that the past is not static but is constantly being reinterpreted and reshaped in light of the present and future. It involves considering the historical context and the antecedent events that have led up to the current situation. In the context of entrepreneurship, understanding the "before" of an entrepreneur's journey can shed light on their motivations, experiences, and the factors that have shaped their venture.
3. Bets: This process acknowledges that the future is uncertain and that innovation and entrepreneurship involve making calculated risks. These "bets" are based on prospective sensemaking, anticipating future possibilities and making decisions based on these projections. Analyzing these bets helps understand the decision-making process and the factors that influence entrepreneurial choices.
4. Between: This process focuses on the relationships and interactions between various elements in the storytelling process. This includes the interplay between living stories and dominant narratives, the influence of different stakeholders, and the role of sociomaterial artifacts in shaping creative work. Understanding these "between" dynamics provides a more nuanced and contextual understanding of how stories are constructed and how they influence actions and outcomes.
5. Becoming: This process emphasizes the dynamic and emergent nature of storytelling, recognizing that stories are constantly evolving and being reshaped.  "Becoming" highlights the continuous process of change and adaptation that characterizes innovation and entrepreneurship, as new ideas emerge, trends shift, and possibilities unfold.
6. Beyond: This process encourages a broader perspective, considering the long-term implications and the ethical dimensions of storytelling. It involves thinking beyond immediate goals and profits to consider the impact of innovation and entrepreneurship on society, the environment, and future generations. This includes reflecting on the values and principles that guide innovation and ensuring that it contributes to a sustainable and equitable future.
7. Being: This process explores the fundamental questions of identity, purpose, and existence in relation to storytelling. It involves examining the underlying assumptions and beliefs that shape our understanding of the world and our place within it. In the context of innovation and entrepreneurship, "being" prompts reflection on the motivations, values, and aspirations that drive these endeavors and their impact on individuals and society.

Antenarratives are the SEEDS of pre-story and pre-narrative. This website is dedicated to the study and exploration of antenarrative - the fragmented, non-linear, and complex 'seeds' of your organizational stories emerging and growing shaping your pre-story and pre-narrative coherence.  I'm David Michael Boje Ph.D.  I invented the term 'antenarrative’  in 2001, defining it as a process that precedes and shapes pre-narratives and pre-stories in organizations. Over the past two decades, antenarrative processes developed into key aspects:

Pre-narrative Speculation
Antenarratives are "bets" on potential future narratives. They represent fragmented, non-linear, and often incoherent speculations that may eventually coalesce into coherent narratives and well-known stories. This pre-narrative stage allows for multiple possibilities and interpretations 'antecedent' a dominant narrative emerges.

Temporal Dynamics
Antenarratives challenge traditional notions of causality and one-way temporality in storytelling:
1. They link retrospective pre-narratives to living, ongoing stories.
2. They reverse temporal logic, allowing potential futures to arrive from the future, not just the past, and then shaping (re-historicizing) how past events are interpreted and narrated in the present.

Multiple Life-Forms
I identified several types of antenarrative processes:
1. Pre/bet antenarratives: Fragmented stories that may develop into full narratives
2. Spiral antenarratives: Dynamic, evolving meanings to go beyond linear or closed-loop systems.
3. Rhizomatic assemblage: Combinatorial processes that maintain ambiguity and allow for multiple potential narratives.

Prospective Sensemaking
Antenarratives are crucial for "prospective sensemaking," enabling organizations to anticipate the risks of their; bets on the future’ and to shape possible futures rather than simply reacting (retrospectively) to past events. This forward-looking aspect distinguishes antenarratives from traditional narrative approaches.

Sociomaterial Aspects
Antenarrative processes involve social and material elements, in what Karen Barad calls 'material-discursive intra-activity, what Donna Haraway calls material-semiotics, and what Myra J. Hird calls 'superorganism' community of human and non-human life. They each recognize that not only people but also objects, environments, and other non-human entities contribute to storytelling and meaning-making in a posthuman multispecies ecology.

Focusing on seven pre-narrative and pre-story processes, antenarrative theory and practice provide a framework for understanding how pre-stories emerge, evolve, and shape organizational realities before they become fixed, often linear narratives. This approach offers valuable insights into the dynamic and complex nature of antenarrative pre-story and pre-narrative processes.

See Recent List of over 70 Antenarrative Publications

These seven antenarrative storytelling processes offer a comprehensive framework for analyzing and understanding the complexities of storytelling in various contexts, including innovation, entrepreneurship, and long-range planning.

Source: https://davidboje.wordpress.com/2021/06/30/what-is-antenarrative-beneath/

7 B’s  highlight the importance of looking beyond traditional linear narratives and considering the multifaceted and dynamic nature of stories and their impact on individual and collective actions.

BEING and SpaceTimeMattering

There are seven antenarrative processes that are pre-constitutive of all narratives and all living stories. Each process supports and extends a True Storytelling Principle (Larsen, Bruun, & Boje, 2021).

I have been developing a method to research Antenarrative Processes. You can see the previous posting, about Bets Fore-having https://davidboje.wordpress.com/what-is-the-before-antenarrative-fore-having/

Notice how all four hearts point to BEING-in-the-world. Being is not just timing; it is spatializing and mattering.

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First, Antenarrative is the seed of pre-story and pre-narrative in Tamara-Land See Boje, D. M. (1995). Stories of the Storytelling Organization: A Postmodern Analysis of Disney As “Tamara-Land”. Academy of Management Journal, 38(4), 997-1035.Click Here for article PDF.

Why you need to do antenarrative self-reflection? Because you cannot be in every room at once in an organization with more that two rooms.. In an organization with just 6 rooms, there are six factorial path ways of networking, a choice of 740 paths, and you are choosing only a few. People arrive at the same room form different path routes. So what? The people in same room, get different meaning inference from waht they see and hear going on.  If it is a 12 room organization, that is 12 factorial, 479,001,600 route pathways to get from one place to another. You chase stories all day long, and cannot be in very room at once.   You are making abductive guesses, hunches, wild intuitive guesses on what is going on, becuase you are in pre-story and pre-narrative mdoe.

In John Krizanc's original Play (Tamara), people are in a mansion, and get a 1927 passport. He wants them not just to be entertained, but to chase stories, and characters, who keep changing the story. Why? To experience Mussolini fascism., with spies part of Mussolini black shirts, and spies for the resistance. Characters change their spin, from one room to the next.

Boje, D.M. (2001). Narrative Methods for Organizational and Communication Research. London: Sage.

Boje, D. M. (2007). The antenarrative turn in narrative studies. Communicative practices in workplaces and the professions: Cultural perspectives on the regulation of discourse and organizations, 219-237.

Boje, D. M. (2011). Introduction to agential antenarratives that shape the future of organizations. In Storytelling and the Future of Organizations (pp. 1-19). Routledge.

Boje, D. M. (2012). Reflections: What does quantum physics of storytelling mean for change management? Journal of Change Management, 12(3), 253-271.

Boje, D. M., Svane, M., & Gergerich, E. M. (2016). Counternarrative and antenarrative inquiry in two cross-cultural contexts. European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, 4(1), 55-84.

Rosile, G. A., Boje, D. M., Carlon, D. M., Downs, A., & Saylors, R. (2013). Storytelling diamond: An antenarrative integration of the six facets of storytelling in organization research design. Organizational Research Methods, 16(4), 557-580.