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This chapter focuses on establishing a curriculum for social activists based on the ideas of the American educationalist John Dewey. His ideas regarding social education and the need to stress reflective thinking in support of collective attitudes to society and democracy are highlighted. The chapter then presents some collective exercises to encourage group thinking and action and suggests how thinking compartmentally can be resisted by using a systems thinking methodology. The Cynefin Framework is described with reference to solutions to complex action group problems. To conclude, the chapter emphasises the need for activists to recognise the difference between clouds and clocks.