Category Archives: June 2007

Book Review: The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself

Book Reviews / June 2007

Lawrence E. Harrison. The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, 272 pages)

This is a great read if you’re interested in the role culture can play in enabling—or slowing—human development, along with how leaders can work to promote progressive cultural changes in this often-neglected Lower Left of Ken Wilber’s quadrants.

“Leadership matters: that Singapore is among the most affluent and least corrupt countries in the …

Notes from the Field: The Center for Human Emergence in Mexico

Notes from the Field / June 2007

 

Roberto BonilloKarina Eichner
It was an amazing experience to be able to see Dr. Don Beck during his trip to Mexico. In the beginning we weren’t sure what kind of an event the four precious days that we had with him would be. First, we had the idea to organize two events, one for a select group of people and another larger event for all the people that were interested in SDi. In the end we decided that the best way to

CODA

Coda / June 2007

Don Beck and Doug Kruschke, Spiral Dynamics Integral: A Challenge to Leadership, Clearfire Media DVD, 2006.http://www.clearfiremedia.com

In slightly more than two hours (longer if you check out all of the links and other material made available as you watch and listen to this program, Doug Kruschke facilitates Don Beck in laying out the story of Spiral Dynamics Integral from the work of Clare Graves and the meme codes of Spiral Dynamics to the integral of this approach with …

Notes from the Field: Forum on Business Innovation for Sustainability

Notes from the Field / June 2007

 

Bob Siegel
The Society for Organizational Learning (SOL) held a Forum on Business Innovation for Sustainability in Atlanta at the end of March 2007. The event was presented by SOL’s Sustainability Consortium (SSC). The Sustainability Consortium was founded in 1999 by ten companies in response to the question, “How can we accelerate learning for Sustainability?” This was in turn a manifestation of the awareness that sustainability is the vanishing point of systems thinking, the ultimate system, if you will, being the

Leadership Quote: Discovering Leadership In Groups

Leadership Quote / June 2007

“Greatness in leadership, that is, human authenticity, is not only a matter for individuals. Quite to the contrary, it is best accomplished in groups and leads therefore to in-depth group growth and to team development. Group and individual growth are systemically interrelated.

“People must share with each other their experiences of authentic behavior, their inner struggles, their successes, what makes them proud, their tough decisions, and then support one another in this process of growing as a person and growing …

Notes from the Field The Integral Psychograph, A Personal Journey

Notes from the Field / June 2007

 

Ewan Townhead photo

The following article was written in response to a conference call in January 2007 concerning the Integral Psychograph with Integral Institute’s David Zeitler, and organised by Joanne Rubin of the Integral Psychology Affinity Group. While I have done my best to represent the material from the call when used, it does not necessarily represent the views of David, or any of the participants.

As I sat down to compile my notes, and plan the structure of this article, it …

Feature Article: Branding: The Integral Leader’s Trojan Horse? Jordan Bruce MacLeod

Feature Articles / June 2007

 

Jordan Bruce MacLeod

‘Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.’
– Walter Landor

Business Week’s latest ranking of the world’s top 100 brands attests to the staggering value now being attributed to these rather intangible and nebulous assets. From the bottom of the list, where Levi’s (#100) weighs in at $2.7 billion all the way to the top where Coca-Cola’s $67 billion dollar brand enjoys a refreshing view, these mega-corporations are rapidly increasing the energy …

Dialogue: Integral Theory into Integral Action: Part 5

Dialogue / June 2007

In the last episode our conversation we reached a tentative acceptance of a more relational model of leadership within the multilevel contexts of individual, group and organizational life. Also, the question has been raised about the “space between”, a concept from Martin Buber that Edwards has applied in his integral theory building. Edwards has discussed this elsewhere (2002-3) and Volckmann (2004, Edwards and Volckmann, 2007) has introduced a Spiral Dynamics model to begin this conversation and adds to that to

A Fresh Perspective: Integral Business and Integral Leadership Interviews with Fritzi Woods, CEO, and Wes Blair, COO, PrimeSource, with an Introduction to the Stagen Leadership Program by Brett Thomas

Fresh Perspective / June 2007

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION

Increasingly, we are looking for material—articles, interviews—that will assist us all in learning about integral and developmental approaches to leadership that work. That is why you are seeing an increase in the number of articles and interviews by and with people who are actively engaged in bringing Integral Leadership to the worlds of business, development and governance. The set of materials included here are an experiment. We turned to one of our sponsors, the Stagen Leadership Institute, to

Announcements – Call for Stories

Announcements / June 2007

Life Lessons for Leaders is scheduled for publication in 2008 and is accepting submissions of true leadership stories to be included in the book. With a first printing of 500,000 copies, this book is part of the widely acclaimed Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The “Life Lessons” books are different from the typical Chicken Soup book in their focus on learning and application. Each chapter is focused on a different “key ingredient” and uses the stories as illustrations of