Fresh Perspective / August 2012
Russ Volckmann
Russ: Tom, let’s begin by learning a bit about your background. What part of New 
Jersey are you from?
Tom: I grew up in Flemington, New Jersey, which is to the west in Hunterdon County. My family is still in that neck of the woods. I have a farm there that I’m going to be rebuilding for my family who are all around the New York – New Jersey area.
Russ: What motivated you …
Coda / August 2012
I am old enough to have lived and worked through most of the years of the Human Potential Movement. This was a period that saw the establishment of the Esalen Institute, the rising popularity of a wide range of therapies from gestalt to transactional analysis, to neoReichian body therapies and Rolfing, to sensory awareness and primal scream, to name just a few. This was a time that saw humanistic psychology programs in higher education at the …
Fresh Perspective / August 2012
Russ Volckmann
Currently Scott is Chief Medical Officer of ACAP Health and Holmes Murphy and Associates. He possesses over two decades of experience as a medical doctor, business executive, physician leader and medical researcher. He is driven by a strong commitment to the transformation of healthcare into a patient oriented, physician directed, and accountable system with aligned incentives to insure that all stakeholders win.
Prior to joining ACAP Health, he was Chief Medical and Strategic Officer …
August 2011
Mark McCaslin, PhD, is a career educator with a rich history of teaching, educational programming, and administration. His personal and professional interests flow around the development of philosophies, principles, and practices dedicated to the full actualization of human potential. The focus of his research has centered upon organizational leadership and educational approaches that foster a more holistic approach towards the actualization of that potential. At the apex of his current teaching, writing, and research …
Book Reviews / June 2012
Russ Volckmann
Stephane Hessel and Edgar Morin.s The Path of Hope, foreword by Jeff Madrick. New York: Other Press, 2012.
It is an election year in Algeria, Egypt, France, Iran, Italy, the US, Israel, Russia, and elsewhere. Do you think that is a reason for so much interest in integral circles in politics and action? Well, for sure the politics thing. But what about action? We are being called to occupy, to learn to lead, …
Leading Comments / June 2012
Russ Volckmann
Recently, I had a phone conversation with a colleague who has contributed to ILR in the past and who is in what Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Professor and author of the new book, The End of Leadership (see interview in this issue – a must read!) calls the “leadership industry.” That she is a part of this community is not surprising for I suspect at least half of the people who contribute through articles, reviews …
Coda / June 2012
I think we all get that we are but miniscule elements in a vast universe, perhaps but one universe among many. Perhaps this sense of awe underlies much of spiritual and religious practices around the world. I was recently reminded of this provoker of humility by this photograph.
Source: Nasa http://www.acienciasgalilei.com/program/fondosescrt/saturno4-cassini-800.htm
If you look very, very closely you can see Earth near the upper gray ring at about the 280° position. If you increase the size …
Feature Articles / June 2012
Russ Volckmann
Abstract
The terms integral, leadership and diversity are explored with the purpose of showing how it is useful to consider them in relation to each other. Such consideration is significantly impacted by how we understand these and other terms that will be introduced. It is essential for us to appreciate how our approaches to meaning and sense making influence how we make choices about what is relevant, how we engage with these choices to …
Notes from the Field / June 2012
Russ Volckmann
Brett Thomas arranged a conference call for people in the Integral Leadership Collaborative and future conference calls with thought leaders. For example, a recently hosted call featured Maureen Metcalf and Mark Palmer, authors of the Innovative Leadership Fieldbook. This initial call included a presentation by Ken Wilber and participation by Brett, Jeff Salzman, Willow Dea, Clint Fuhs, Eric Troth and myself.
Those calling in were from Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada and …
Fresh Perspective / June 2012
Russ Volckmann
Russ: Barrett, your name is probably very familiar to a lot of people in the core integral group. Integral Leadership Review has many subscribers who are outside those boundaries. So they probably don’t know a lot about you, even though you have shown up in the pages of Integral Leadership Review before with some really remarkable work. I hope we can get to know you a little better. Would you tell us about how …