This is a practical handbook and learning platform that can help you bring together action and inquiry to become more balanced, see more possibilities, make better decisions and make change happen for yourself and others. We decided to write this book as a response for people asking us: "What can I do in practice to develop transformational capacity?" or "Action inquiry is great in theory, but how do I do it day to day?"

The models and ideas for developing aware, mature and transforming capacities are well advanced, but the call for action, where leadership is struggling, needs translation into practical application for our everyday and business lives. That is why we have created this practical handbook Street Smart Awareness and Inquiry-In-Action and gathered practices that people find worthwhile, because they actually work. Our contributors come from different professional backgrounds and countries and are experienced in practicing Inquiry-in-Action in their own lives and work. This book is brought together by Jane Allen and Heidi Gutekunst, who long have had a dream to collect a book of practices of transformation and Aware Leadership.