The Life Strategy Center

The Dialogue

The Themes

The Framework

The Canvas

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The Life Strategy Center

When Life Development Meets Strategic Management

Oliver Ding

The Life Strategy Center is established by

Oliver Ding⁠

who is the founder of

Curativity Center⁠

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The Life Strategy Center is guided by the Knowledge Curation approach. We are curating various theoretical resources to build new theoretical frameworks and applying these frameworks to develop new concepts, tools, programs, and environments.

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The “Life - Strategy” Thematic Dialogue⁠

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A List of Opposite Themes⁠

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We are currently working on developing the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework and using it to develop a toolkit for Life Strategy Activity. We also work on developing tools for Life Discovery Activity, Life Curation Activity, etc.

The Framework

The Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework is an abstract model which is inspired by Activity Theory, Anticipatory System theory, Relevance Theory, and other theoretical resources. It aims to developed an intermediate framework for understanding the complex of “Self, Other, Present, Future”. For example, Life Discovery Activity.

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For discussing Life Strategy Activity, the AAS framework defines the following modules:

First-order Activity: Developmental Project

Second-order Activity: Life Discovery Project

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The Framework⁠

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The Toolkit

Based on the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework, we developed a serials of modules which form a tool kit for Life Strategy Activity.

iART Framework

The “Anticipation - Performance” Complexity

A Typology of Relevance

Developmental Project Model

Modeling Projects

Life Discovery Model

The Opportunity Formula

The Achievement Chain

The Persona Dynamics Framework

We also work on Life Discovery Toolkit and Life Curation Toolkit.

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The Toolkit⁠

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The Canvas

The Life Discovery Canvas is designed for Life Discovery Activity. It Can be used for Self-reflection or coaching programs.

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The Life Discovery Canvas is guided by the Project Engagement approach which is inspired by Activity Theory, especially Project-oriented Activity Theory.

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The Canvas⁠

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The Program

In the past several month, we adopted the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework and used the toolkit to develop

a life transitions (LT) 1:1 coaching program⁠

called AAS4LT.

The Book

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A Possible Book for Knowledge Creators

5 parts

29 chapters

60 articles

Total 845 min read

Total 223,925 words (about 448 single-spaced pages)

Short introduction (5 min read):

Advanced Life Strategy (A Possible Book)⁠

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Long introduction (19 min read):

Advanced Life Strategy: Anticipatory Activity System and Life Achievements⁠

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Upcoming: The Strategic Life Development Framework and Strategic Moves (2024)

I am currently working on two projects under Life Strategy Center.

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The Strategic Life Development Framework⁠

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Strategic Moves (possible book)⁠

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Discovery as Second-order Activity (2024)

From Jan 18, 2024, to Jan 26, 2024, I wrote a series of posts and edited two possible books: Meaning Discovery and Situational Note-taking.

This marks a great milestone in my creative journey! Meaning Discovery follows

Knowledge Discovery: Developing Tacit Knowledge with Thematic Space Canvas⁠

(May 2022) and

Life Discovery: The Life-as-Project Approach⁠

(July 2022). Together, they form a trilogy.

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On Jan 29, 2024, I wrote a post titled

The Foolish Explorer: A Trilogy about “Discovery”⁠

. It marked the #15 move in the journey of developing the AAS framework.

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Life Strategy Center in 2023

The Life Strategy Center is part of a network of seven knowledge centers. All knowledge frameworks and related books are created by me. I didn’t work on all knowledge centers at the same time. In 2023, Life Strategy Center was inactive knowledge centers. However, I made progress in Life Strategy Center by working on knowledge projects belonging to other knowledge centers.

Mar 7, 2024 -

Value Circle #7: The Indirect Activity of Life Strategy Center⁠

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Feb 16, 2023 -

Persona Dynamics Framework⁠

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April 28, 2023 -

Possible Discipline⁠

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Sept 24, 2023 -

Microdynamics of Creative Identity⁠

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Dec 7, 2023 -

Two Principles of Strategic Changes⁠

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In 2023, my primary knowledge center was TALE (Thematic Analysis Learning Engagement). I also worked on some projects which were related to CALL (Creative Action Learning Lab) and Curativity Center.

However, I found that the changes in my “Life” thematic space could impact to Life Strategy Center.

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My “Life” thematic space was developed by working on several knowledge projects under CALL, TALE, and Curativity Center. I found there are six themes behind articles I wrote in 2023.

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This means that I was working on developing a new ontology of “Life” in 2023.

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Updates

Dec 15, 2022 -

Advanced Life Strategy: Anticipatory Activity System and Life Achievements⁠

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August 27, 2022 -

How to use the AAS framework to reflect on your life?⁠

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August 29, 2022 -

A Twitter conversation about the Anticipatory Activity System (AAS) framework⁠

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August 30, 2022 -

The “Possible Journey” Strategy for Life Curation Activity⁠

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August 31, 2022 -

Close the Affordance Analysis Project⁠

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September 2022

Sept 2, 2022 -

Where do innovators start?⁠

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Sept 3, 2022 -

Deep Analogy as a Strategic Heuristic⁠

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Sept 3, 2022 -

Life Aspiration Orientation⁠

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Sept 6, 2022 -

Join the Biographical Engagement Project⁠

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Sept 6, 2022 -

The Biographical Engagement Project⁠

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Sept 6, 2022 -

The "Life - Strategy" Thematic Dialogue⁠

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Sept 8, 2022 -

The Domain Discovery Activity⁠

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Sept 9, 2022 -

The Attachance Framework (2018) and Thematic Engagement⁠

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Sept 10, 2022 -

Life Discovery: The “Problem — Solution” Challenge and Response⁠

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Sept 12, 2022 -

What a Creative Life looks like?⁠

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Sept 19, 2022 -

A butterfly with broken wings⁠

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Sept 26, 2022 -

The Thematic Dialogue Analysis Method⁠

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October 2022

Oct 2, 2022 -

The Creative Life of Knowledge Heroes⁠

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Oct 3, 2022 -

How to Improve your Predictive Model?⁠

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Oct 3, 2022 -

The "Life - Strategy" Thematic Dialogue, a Knowledge Curation project⁠

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Oct 4, 2022 -

The Art of Creative Journey: Try something new at least three times⁠

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Oct 8, 2022 -

Aspects of Creative Life⁠

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Oct 9, 2022 -

Theme-fit for Life Curation Activity⁠

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Oct 11, 2022 -

The Talent Circle: The Activity - Achievement Model (2016)⁠

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Oct 18, 2022 -

Visuals in Open Strategy⁠

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Oct 20, 2022 -

The Creative Life Curation Framework⁠

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Oct 20, 2022 -

The Life Curation Project⁠

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Oct 21, 2022 -

A Season for Life Reflection and Anticipation⁠

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Oct 21, 2022 -

Curiosity and Second-order Activity⁠

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Oct 22, 2022 -

City as Developmental Platform⁠

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Oct 23, 2022 -

How to discover development opportunities in a city? (Canvas)⁠

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November 2022

Nov 1, 2022 -

Attchance: Moving between Thematic Spaces⁠

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Nov 1, 2022 -

Three Canvases for Personal Life Reflection⁠

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Nov 2, 2022 -

Aspects of Creative Life: Four Possible Books for Knowledge Creators⁠

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Nov 2, 2022 -

What's "Life Strategy"?⁠

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Nov 3, 2022 -

Kinds of Project Engagement⁠

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Nov 4, 2022 -

The Complexity of Life Strategy Activity⁠

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Nov 4, 2022 -

A Typology for Anticipatory Activity System⁠

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Nov 5, 2022 -

Opposite Themes for Personal Innovation⁠

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Nov 5, 2022 -

What is your "heart, head, and hand" of foresight and futures thinking?⁠

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Nov 8, 2022 -

Does "Career Planning" Work?⁠

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Nov 9, 2022 -

On Cathedral Thinking⁠

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The Life Strategy Center

The Framework

The Toolkit

The Canvas

The Program

The Book

Upcoming: The Strategic Life Development Framework and Strategic Moves (2024)

Discovery as Second-order Activity (2024)

Life Strategy Center in 2023

Updates

​September 2022

October 2022

November 2022

September 2022