Pura Vida. Healthy first. Then smart.
The search for balance. On organisations that become addicted to external solutions, and why real change starts with the health of the system itself. The book is written in Dutch.
Not another step-by-step plan
Organisations become addicted to external solutions: another strategy, another tool, another consultant, another reorganisation. Meanwhile, the internal system creaks and groans, and nobody wants to pick up the bill.
In Pura Vida, organisational psychologist William Bos shows why real change starts somewhere else: with the health of the system itself. Using the ZIB theory, his model of self-regulating internal bandwidth, he connects physics, biology and psychology with what happens every day in boardrooms and teams.
Not another step-by-step plan, but a clear way of seeing whether an organisation is still moving within its bandwidth, or is quietly already on a drip. Along the way, we meet a rock singer on an Amsterdam rooftop, baby turtles in Costa Rica, the inhabitants of the Blue Zones and a waiter who sweeps an entire growth plan off the table with a single sentence.
For leaders, consultants and professionals who suspect their organisation has been bumping against its upper limit for too long.
The chapters
- Prologue
- The ZIB theory
- Natural sciences
- Biology
- Psychology
- Geopolitics
- Economics
- Organisations
- Lencioni and the compass
- The FutureProofScan
- Epilogue
The Out of Area compass
In the book, William describes the compass Out of Area works with: north for rules and frameworks, west for impact and results, east for the individual and south for collaboration and relationships. Read more about the compass.
William Bos
William Bos (1960), a former officer and meteorologist in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and an organisational psychologist, supports organisations in the Netherlands and abroad through complex transformations from Out of Area B.V. He developed the FutureProofScan and the Directive Phased Intervention.
Pura Vida was written and self-published by Out of Area B.V.
Order Pura Vida
- Delivery to the Netherlands, Belgium and the rest of the European Union.
- After ordering, you will receive a confirmation by email with a payment link.
- We ship the book once payment has been received and let you know when it is on its way.
- On request, you will receive an invoice in the name of your organisation.
- You have a 14-day cooling-off period after receipt. How to cancel a purchase.
Would you like several copies for your team or organisation, or to invite William to give a talk? Email w.bos@outofarea.nl.