No-Box Thinking

This course will explore the uniquely strong retardants of change in small, rural and remote communities and will suggest that the same influences (identity, emotions and social connections) can become equally strong accelerants of change. The instructor will share the lessons of his publication “No-Box Thinking: Navigating Change Resistance in Small Town America” (UW-Extension, 2018) in the context of a case study in far Northern Wisconsin and the Western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Consider how these lessons may have initiated a ripple-effect of community-engaged positive change.