Session 3 · FBS High Agency Intensive
Legends of the Fall
High agency in the wild — Tristan Ludlow as case study
High Agency for Small Businesses · Forest Business School
Before We Meet
Work through the following before the session. Read or listen to Legends of the Fall, then take the audio discussion and download the notes. Come ready to talk about Tristan.
Read or Listen: Legends of the Fall — Jim Harrison
The novella at the center of Session 3. Tristan Ludlow is one of American literature’s most vivid portraits of high agency — a man who refuses the terms others set for him, at great cost and great consequence. Read the novella or listen to the audiobook on Audible before we meet.
Open on Audible →Listen: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Tristan’s High Agency
An audio discussion examining Tristan Ludlow’s version of high agency — what it got right, what it cost him, and what forest business owners can take from it. Listen before we meet.
Open in Google Drive →Download: Session Notes
These notes cover more ground than we’ll get to in the session, including an inventory and ranking of Tristan’s actions and what we can learn from them. Download, print, and have them on hand — and they’re well worth some self-study and reflection beyond our discussion.
Download from Google Drive →