Read with the Second Edition
Follow CURRENT chapter by chapter.
The sequence below is the book's own: four parts, fourteen chapters, the practice, two addenda and an epilogue. Each entry gives you somewhere to stand — it does not reproduce the chapter.
Second, revised edition · SAXSKIOLD · 2026
Part I — Foundations
- Prologue — Heraclitus and Panta RheiIf nothing stands still, what is a leader actually standing on?
- 01PoetryWhat can be said in poetry that management language cannot hold?
- 02Current — ComplexityWhat is actually moving when an organisation is said to be complex?
- 03Current — Deepening: When Awareness Becomes BindingWhat becomes binding the moment you can no longer claim not to see it?
Part II — Dimensions
- 04What Moves Beneath NoticeWhat is deciding here that nobody has decided?
- 05Relationships, Co-currents and CountercurrentsWhich relationships are carrying this work, and which are quietly resisting it?
- 06Time, Rhythm and StoriesWhose tempo is this decision being made in?
- 07Choice, Agency & SelfHow much of what you call choice is the current moving through you?
- 08Courage and VulnerabilityWhat does it cost to remain in the open before you know?
- 09EthicsWhat is owed to the people this decision will move?
Part III — Participation
- 10CommunitiesWhat is actually holding this group together?
- 11Leading in MotionWhat does leadership consist of when the situation will not hold still?
- 12ControlWhat is your control system protecting — the work, or the feeling of control?
- 13Decision-Making in MotionWhen was this decision actually taken?
- 14Remaining in the CurrentWhat allows a practice to survive its own success?
Part IV — The Practice
- The Ground That MovesWhat are you standing on right now?
- Two Capacities, One MaterialWhich capacity is the situation asking of you first?
- StayWhat would become visible if you did not move yet?
- SenseWhat is this situation asking that nobody has said?
- ShapeWhat is the smallest move that would change the situation and tell you why?
- Returning to the CurrentWhat did that move teach you about the current you are in?
Addenda and closing
- Addendum I — Upstream: On Reception and Capacity
- Addendum II — Downstream: On Consequence and Responsibility
- Current — A Practical Orientation
- Sources Beneath the Current
- Epilogue — From Within the Current
- Author's Note
Entries follow the manuscript. Where a section has no entry yet, it is listed so the sequence stays honest.