'Human Development and the Theater of Everyday Life' is Released

We have created the reality in which we find ourselves-its inhumanities, its imbalances, its glorious aspects. And by observing the reality we have created, by seeing the impact we have on others and on the physical and biological environment, we give ourselves feedback on who and what we are. We discover ourselves in what we observe, and with this discovery comes the opportunity to make more of ourselves. It is a developmental process: self-recognition, self-assessment, and, if need be, self-change. Human Development and the Theater of Everyday Life provides the ethics for self change, and for organizational change, as well. Conduct in accord with these ethics furthers our development as integrated, free, and enlightened individuals, while at the same time furthering that same development in others.

To put it another way: Each of us is issued a call to being. This call is answered with birth, but neither the call nor the need for an answer ends there. "To be or not to be" remains the question throughout our lives. And the ethics detailed in this book are a way of continuing to answer that question in the affirmative, a way of announcing our interest in and commitment to being, and to being more in the everyday world, where it matters so much. This is ethics as human logic, ethics as the means by which we mature and enlighten ourselves. To behave in accord with these ethics is to make more likely a future where human development, and not something less than that, is the principle value.

We have utilized Dr. Thomas' ethics training program to help create a work culture that moves our employees to function at the highest level. Dr. Thomas has developed an outstanding hands-on training program that is practical, insightful and most importantly, creates the kind of change that transcends organizations. This type of training is a must for any organization that invests in people to carry out its mission.

Gene Klein CEO Project Harmony Omaha, Nebraska

About the Author
David Thomas received his doctorate in 1978 from Union Graduate School, his graduate training occurring in the Human Development Department at the University of Kansas. He has worked in a variety of settings focusing on human and organizational development and for the past twenty years has worked as a city planner focusing on community development. Dr. Thomas is the developer of the Ethics of Human Development Training Program. Its aim is to teach the ethics that further personal growth while also building ethical and creative organizational cultures.