Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

CODA: Integral Thinking

Coda / August 2009

Recently, John Rowan posted a piece of his on dialectical thinking on the London integral listserve, apiece he had published as “Dialectical Thinking and Humanistic Psychology,” Practical Philosophy, 3/2, July 2000, pp. 18-21. It would probably not be appropriate for me to reproduce that post here, but here are some highlights that include some of my reflections:

➢ Dialectical thinking emphasizes change, and therefore, on process. This seems an important point because one of the difficult …

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / August 2009

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Milton Friesen. Ingenuity Arts: Adaptive Leadership and the New Science. Airdrie, Alberta, Canada: Ingenuity Arts, 2009.

Friesen models his topic by integrating a variety of topics into a perspective on leadership. Essentially drawing on complexity theory his focus is on approaches to organizational leadership that goes beyond theories and models and has relevance as well in the implementation of transformational activities. This involves charting and following a course of action into a future we cannot see, …

Fresh Perspective: Almost: The Interview That Will Never Air? Jim Garrison

Fresh Perspective / June 2009

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My intentions were good and I collaborated with my technology to make it impossible to share with you as remarkable interview with Jim Garrison. Can you imagine my pain? Can you imagine the stress management exercises I am drawing on today?

Well, all is not lost. Jim graciously acceded to doing another interview and that is posted as a streaming audio on the ILR website. It is well worth the listen, http://www.integralleadershipreview.com/mp3pages/2009-05-garrison-jim.php.

In the meanwhile, I …

Book Review: Putting our Differences to Work

Book Reviews / June 2009

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Differences, Diversity and Development:
A Review and Exploration

An Extended Review of Debbe Kennedy’s Putting our Differences to Work

Russ Volckmann

Kennedy differences russ volckmann Debbe Kennedy has produced a remarkable book, Putting Our Differences to Work, in which she provides a convincing case for the importance of differences at work for fostering innovation. She also offers a framework for engaging differences and putting them to work to foster changes in organizations (in all domains) that are essential in engaging …

Second Annual Reader’s Choice Award for Publications on Leadership

Awards / June 2009

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About the first of the year, the Integral Leadership Review invited readers to submit their nominations for the best publication on leadership in the year 2008. We are pleased to announce the publication identified for the Second Annual Reader’s Choice Award.

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David Day, Michelle M. Harrison, and Stanley Halpin. An Integrative Approach to Leader Development: Connecting Adult Development, Identity, and Expertise. New York: Taylor & Frances Group, Routledge (2008).

“Mindful of the fragmented approaches to …

Announcements

Announcements / June 2009

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Integral Theory Conference 2010

John F. Kennedy University
Concord, California

As part of its overall mission to promote mixed methods academic inquiry, the Integral Research Center hosts an Integral Research track at the biennial conference on Integral Theory. Please direct all conference inquiries to ITC@jfku.edu. Please include an email subject clearly addressing the nature of the inquiry (e.g., registration, volunteer, etc.).

What topics will the conference address?

Psychotherapy and Coaching
Community Development and Activism
Global Warming

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A Fresh Perspective: Integral Interventions: Oliver Triebel at McKinsey & Company

Fresh Perspective / June 2009

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Oliver M. Triebel is “Head of Organizational Learning,” Mindsets & Capabilities Practice, McKinsey & Company, Germany – Berlin Office

Oliver started his career with McKinsey back in 1993 after having completed his Master in Public Administration at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and before that a master degree in natural sciences (cell and molecular biology). Oliver left McKinsey after 6 years as a consulting generalist at the end of 1999 to take up an offer …

CODA: Pop Goes the Wilber

Coda / June 2009

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Jurriaan Kamp interview Ken Wilber
“Speaking in Tongues,” Ode Magazine, April 2009

Jurriaan Kamp is the editor of Ode, a magazine “for Intelligent Optimists” it proclaims on the cover. This special issue focuses on “Travel for a Small Planet,” turning tourism into life and economy enhancing activities. Structured in the mode of other popular magazines these are articles aimed at the general public, albeit, those that are both optimistic and intelligent. (Is that an oxymoron these …

Leading Comments

Leading Comments / June 2009

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I am deeply sad at the loss of Bill Bates. Please take a moment and read David Loye’s announcement of Bill’s death and what you might do to help his family. He knew of all the caring and support he had received from ILR readers around the world. Thank you.

How are things going for you in this economic crisis, this painful challenge to so many around the world? How has your standard of living been …

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / June 2009

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Joanne B. Ciulla, Ed. Ethics, the Heart of Leadership, 2nd edition with a Foreword by James MacGregor Burns. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004.

Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people, based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good. [xv] At the heart of this relationship lies ethics, including:

The ethics of the means,

The ethics of person,

The ethics of the ends.

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Milton Friesen. Ingenuity Arts: Adaptive Leadership and the New Science. Airdrie, Alberta, Canada: Ingenuity Arts, 2009.

My intentions were good and I collaborated with my technology to make it impossible to share with you as remarkable interview with Jim Garrison. Can you imagine my pain? Can you imagine the stress management exercises I am drawing on today?

Differences, Diversity and Development: A Review and Exploration

An Extended Review of Debbe Kennedy’s Putting our Differences to Work

Russ Volckmann

Congratulations!!!

Integral Theory Conference 2010

John F. Kennedy University Concord, California

Jurriaan Kamp interview Ken Wilber “Speaking in Tongues,” Ode Magazine, April 2009

I am deeply sad at the loss of Bill Bates. Please take a moment and read David Loye’s announcement of Bill’s death and what you might do to help his family. He knew of all the caring and support he had received from ILR readers around the world. Thank you.

Joanne B. Ciulla, Ed. Ethics, the Heart of Leadership, 2nd edition with a Foreword by James MacGregor Burns. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004.

Differences, Diversity and Development:
A Review and Exploration

John F. Kennedy University
Concord, California

Jurriaan Kamp interview Ken Wilber
“Speaking in Tongues,” Ode Magazine, April 2009