What is Lunar Solar Design?

  • Creativity is the fundamental ingredient of any solution. Luckily we all are born creative, although we may feel blocked when trying to access it. While there are an infinite variety of obstacles and thousands of methods to support transcending them, one of the simplest is based on recent advances in behavioral neuroscience. fMRI results show that there are two very separate and complimentary thought processes known as divergent (Lunar) and convergent (Solar). When we can give time to each kind of thinking we open up a vast array of possibilities and ensure that the best of them will be implemented.

  • Convergent thought processes include judgement, analysis, consideration, logic and pretty much everything we learn in school. Without this creativity remains abstract and in the clouds. Solar thinking is how we decide on a way forward.

  • Divergent thinking is playful, random, absurd and generative. “Yes, and…” because more ideas inevitably lead to better ideas. This is easier said than done, as we often self-censor our flow of ideas, thus limiting the quantity and reducing the amount of potential solutions we can explore (once we switch back to solar thinking).

Through facilitating multiple iterations of lunar and solar thinking we can imagine and create new possibilities.

“Zach’s insightful questions and warm humor guided me through these powerful Flow Design tools and showed me how to put them to use to be creating the life of my dreams.”

“Our team’s personal and professional development is intricately intertwined with Zach’s collaborative Flow Design. Our annual retreats provide clarity and motivation that last all year.”

Flow Design was created by Zachary Townesmith to support people’s personal healing and transformation. It has been used by 1000’s of people to imagine their ideal life and take action to make it a reality.

The same process also serves as a framework for supporting teams to unify their vision and find creative strategies to implement their mission.

Collaborative Flow Design

Entrepreneurs, boards of directors, Non-profits, business schools and community organizations have all found clarity and harmony through engaging with Flow Design.

Zachary Townesmith

Zach brings humility and humor to his fathering, facilitation and coaching. He inspires participation and thoughtful consensus in a wide array of groups. He is dedicated to developing intercultural relations and facilitating innovative solutions for regenerative well-being.

His Cum Laude B.A. from Harvard College led him to explore issues of privilege and work for justice from his hometown of Philadelphia to the Guatemala City garbage dump. This work has taken him throughout the Americas engaging diverse stakeholders in strategic planning through the development of creative and critical thinking in fields such as education, public health, business, creative industries, and entrepreneurship.

He believes that interpersonal relationships and creativity are the keys to regenerative enterprise and works in settings ranging from corporate boardrooms to dirt-floored rural schools. His multicultural and multilingual fluency are valuable assets as groups develop and maintain creative environments of respect and trust.