Category Archives: January 2010

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field / January 2010

Authentic Leadership in Action-Europe Conference
January 10-16, 2010, Elspeet, Netherlands
by Emil Moller

I’d like to start this review with the notion of courage and trust.

The reason is that the morning I left the venue for my wife and children, there was an option to take the 10 am shuttle service and stay around for an elaborate breakfast. This would have been comfortable and cozy. Longing to see my family as soon as possible, I ventured into the woods, …

Book Reiview

Book Reviews / January 2010

Howard Bloom’s
The Genius of the Beast:
A Radical Revision of Capitalism
New York: Prometheus Books, 2009
by Keith Bellamy

Recently, the thought of reading yet another Integral Theory book, or even an integrally informed book, has filled me with a sense of dread. Sadly, many of the books being published in this genre are, paradoxically, attempts by the author to demonstrate not only how well they understand integral theory, but how their understanding surpasses that of most of the …

Fresh Perspective

Fresh Perspective / January 2010

Leadership, Complexity and Development
An Interview with Sandra M. Martinez
by Russ Volckmann

Russ Volckmann

Russ: Sandra Martinez, you have had a varied career. You’ve told me that you once had an art gallery in Santa Fe; now you’re with a foundation in Honduras and in between you’ve been with the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Army War College, among other things. Why don’t you fill us in a bit on your professional history?

Sandra: Sure. First of all, I want …

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field / January 2010

The Renaissance2: Great Shift Gathering And
A Political Op-Ed Piece Too Good Not to Publish (with apologies to Terry for not asking permission—Russ)
by Terry Patten

terry pattenOn October 22th to 26th, 2009 over 70 participants from 20 countries and 4 continents gathered for the Renaissance2 “Great Shift Gathering: Catalyzing the Second Renaissance” at Chateau La Tour Apollinaire in Perpignan, France.

Renaissance2’s intention is to catalyze a meshwork, a “network of cooperative networks”. At this inaugural meeting, the Worldshift Alliance was …

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field / January 2010

Integral Spiritual Experience Year 1: A Part-Whole Experience of a Journey into Unique Self
by Gayle Karen Young

Five hundred people gathered in Asilomar, California over New Year’s Eve for the first ever “Integral Spiritual Experience” (ISE).

The ISE experience was a banquet of tasting from various sources of deep devotion, including one’s own, the experience of play, a deep koan, a sangha, a great party, a spiritual journey, and a whole bunch of other things rolled into one. Where …

Review

Book Reviews / January 2010

A Holistic View for Responsible Leaders
Review of Peter Merry, Evolutionary Leadership
Pacific Grove: Integral Publishers, 2009
by Antonio Marturano

Merry Evolutionary Leadership coverAntonio MarturanoBritisher Peter Merry calls himself a synnervator (from “Syn-“ to interconnect, and “-nervate” to vitalise) who spent much of his life moving around, living in Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Ghana, and currently he is in the Hague, the Netherlands, with his Dutch wife. From 1999 Peter “felt in love” with Spiral Dynamics Integral (indeed he was trained on that by …

Integral For the Masses

Integral for the Masses / January 2010

Subway Ride to the Bronx
by Keith Bellamy

I recently undertook one of those seminal transformative acts that not only changes one’s life, but continues to reverberate through one’s whole being even after the actual event is a distant memory. No this wasn’t a silent retreat, nor an ecstatic dance weekend, nor an exquisite deep tissue massage, nor participation in a sweat lodge—I’ve done all of those, and rewarding they were, too. The act that has had such a major …

Article

Feature Articles / January 2010

The Future of Strategic Leader Development at the U.S. Army War College
Col. Susan R. Myers and Jeff Groh

Abstract

This case study describes the design and implementation of the resident and distance education programs at the U.S. Army War College that prepares senior military officers and civilians to assume strategic leadership responsibilities. Development of conceptual, interpersonal, and technical competencies in a collaborative and experiential learning environment contributes to the ability of leaders to contend with future complex strategic issues. …