CALL for LIFE: Anticipatory Activity System for Life Transitions

An eight-step practical framework for dealing with a difficult challenge

The above diagram is a practical framework for applying the Anticipatory Activity System framework to Life Transitions. Let’s call it AAS4LT.

The AAS4LT is inspired by the following knowledge resources:

• Anticipatory Activity System: The center of the above diagram.
• Life Discovery Activity: It is a Second-order Activity.
• Developmental Project: It is a First-order Activity.

The Anticipatory Activity System framework (AAS) is an abstract model which aims to understand a special type of human activity that highlights “Self, Other, Present, Future”.

As an application of AAS, the AAS4LT was developed with eight steps for guiding a life transition coaching program.

Anticipatory Activity System

The Anticipatory Activity System framework is a hybrid theoretical framework that curates the following two theories together:

• Activity Theory
• Anticipatory System Theory

This hybrid approach is inspired by Clay Spinuzzi’s book Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunications…