I’ve rarely worked with Peter Reason, but his work has been hugely influential on me and my life.

As one of the pioneers of participatory methods of inquiry, in organisational life and elsewhere, Peter was a co-founder of the Bath MSc that I later co-led at Ashridge, and also of the doctoral action research centre there.

Since retiring from Bath, Peter has focused on writing. He has made long and remote voyages in his small yacht, inquiring into his relationship with the more than human world, and currently focuses his work on conversations with rivers, asking what it is to meet rivers and other bodies of water as sentient beings.

This is a lovely and wide ranging conversation, digging deep into Peter’s life, work and inspirations. Peter generously shares his writings via his webpage, to which there is a link below. I hope you enjoy this episode.

The writing is available at peterreason.net

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