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The Insightful Way series

Three books. One way of seeing recovery.

Written by Tyshaun Perryman. A leadership book, a field guide and a white paper. Each one stands on its own. Together they lay out The Insightful Way™.

Cover of The Insightful Leader by Tyshaun Perryman, No. 01 in The Insightful Way series
Cover of Healing Economics, a white paper by Tyshaun Perryman, No. 03 in The Insightful Way series
Cover of Lived Expertise by Tyshaun Perryman, No. 02 in The Insightful Way series
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No. 01 · Leadership Series

The Insightful Leader

How The Insightful Way™ Changes Everything You Thought You Knew About Leading

Cover of The Insightful Leader by Tyshaun Perryman, No. 01 in The Insightful Way series

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  • 10 chapters
  • 49 pages
  • 9 figures
  • PDF

For peer coaches and other recovery professionals who lead people, teams or programs.

The Insightful Way™ is a complete operating system for leadership built on a different economic logic. It does not ask what is wrong with the people you lead. It asks what is investable.

This is not a philosophy book. It is a practice framework. Every chapter introduces a concept, names its application in the real work of leading, and connects it to a specific tool or methodology.

“You don’t need more momentum. You need less friction. And sometimes — all you need is the elegant shift.”
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No. 02 · A Field Guide

Lived Expertise

A Field Guide to the Distinction That Changes Everything

Cover of Lived Expertise by Tyshaun Perryman, No. 02 in The Insightful Way series

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  • Field guide
  • 38 pages
  • 3 figures
  • Glossary and sources
  • PDF

For recovery coaches and peer support professionals, and the people who hire and train them.

Lived experience and lived expertise are treated by nearly every institution as the same thing. They are not the same thing. One is endured. The other is built.

This is not a research study, and it is not offered as the law. It is a field guide — written so recovery coaches and peer support professionals can see where they stand.

“Lived experience is what happened to you. Lived expertise is what you built from it — and building is a professional act.”
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No. 03 · White Paper

Healing Economics

From Deficit Management to Investment in Human Capital: A New Economic Framework for Recovery Transformation

Cover of Healing Economics, a white paper by Tyshaun Perryman, No. 03 in The Insightful Way series

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  • White paper
  • 66 pages
  • 9 figures
  • References
  • PDF

For funders, policymakers, health systems and the people who decide how recovery is paid for.

Healing Economics does not ask funders and policymakers to invest more in recovery. It asks them to invest differently — and to understand the full economic cost of continuing to invest in the deficit model.

Healing Economics reframes recovery from deficit management to capital investment — treating individuals as portfolios of assets across nine measurable domains: mental, emotional, spiritual, social, time, recovery, economic, cultural, and grief/support capital.

“We are not asking whether we can afford to invest in people. We are asking what it costs us not to.”
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The author

Tyshaun Perryman

Founder & Principal Consultant · NIH CHORUS co-author

The architect of The Insightful Way™, A New Ecosystem of Recovery, Human Development and Community Capacity.

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