What we need is a different practice for action and performance ... a way of "designing occurance." >>

Consider the following statement:

People's behavior is in a dance with how the world is occuring.

This statement has the following implications:

1. "Occurance" has a hermeneutic aspect. That is, it is an activity of "interpretation."
2. People's behavior is not simply a matter of intention, or "will power." It is also a matter of how the world appears to be unfolding to them.
3. Trying to get people to perform better by buffing up their intentions or will power, or getting them to change their behavior, may not only be ineffective -- it may be counter-effective.

This heuristic suggests a radically different approach to change.

Rather than improving behavior:

We focus instead on designing occurance:

When people participate in the design of occurance, it becomes conceivable that people can begin to design the alteration of their behavior -- with less effort and pain.

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