Category Archives: March 2008

Book Review: Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution: How the Integral Worldview is Transforming Politics, Culture and Spirituality

Book Reviews / March 2008

Kalman’s Kosmos

Steve McIntosh, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution: How the Integral Worldview is Transforming Politics, Culture and Spirituality. St. Paul, MN, US A: Paragon House, 2007).

This is a book some of your integral friends will probably already be reading. It aims to be both fully ‘Integral’, yet not Wilber-centric—indeed it even offers a critique of certain aspects of Wilber’s model.

It begins with some detailed descriptions of the stages of the Spiral (renamed as Tribal, …

Note from the field: Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps Unplugged

Notes from the Field / March 2008

Steve McIntosh is the CEO and created Now & Zen’s brand aesthetic by combining the harmonic proportions of sacred geometry with motifs from traditional Japanese culture. This has resulted in product designs that have a timeless, universal appeal. Prior to the incorporation of Now & Zen, Inc. in 1995, Steve was Director of Corporate Development and General Counsel of Celestial Seasonings tea company. He is the author ofIntegral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution. Steve grew up in

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Feature Article: The Journeys of 2nd Tier Leaders Over Time

Feature Articles / March 2008

This article compares the long-term results of leadership case studies from four countries (Brazil, England, Denmark, USA). The long-term results are interpreted through the Integral lens, and the leaders compared against 2nd Tier values.

Reference will be made to the Spiral Dynamics Stage perspectives and memes:

Behaviour Type
*yellow:*	Tolerance of ambiguities, knowledge of assumptions.
*green:*	Informational, sharing, caring.
*orange:*	Rational, tasks, expert, efficiency, profit.
*blue:*	Conforming, unconditional allegiance, tradition, protocol, political / military (mythic).
*red:*	Power, action, position, predatory,

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Leadership Cartoon: Bill Bates

Leadership Cartoon / March 2008

Bates Leadership Cartoon

California Newspaper Publishers Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize Nominee Bill Bates produces weekly cartoons for the Carmel Pine Cone and political cartoons for the Monterey County Herald. Five-thousnd of his pen and ink drawings from 133 countries have been published in 28 Cruise Sketchbooks that include 14 Around The World Cruises. His latest book of cartoons, Bates On Bush, has been published! For more information he can be be reached at billbates8@yahoo.com.

Bates on Bush by Bill Bates

CAPTION CONTEST!

Challenge the cartoonist! Send your …

Integral For the Masses: Perpetual Change – The Integral Leader’s Challenge

Integral for the Masses / March 2008

Whilst threatening to expose both how long in the tooth I am and my slightly warped musical tastes I have to admit that one of my favorite recordings of all time is The Yes Album by the band Yes (there was a clear thread of Zen influence on the Progressive Rock scene back in 1971 when it was released.) Purchased initially on vinyl, I confess to having owned copies in 8-track, cassette, CD and mini-disk formats as well as the

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CODA

Coda / March 2008

Chris Laszlo, Sustainable Value: How the World’s Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good with a Foreword by Patrick J. Cescau, Group Chief Executive Office, Unilever, Stanford, CA, US A: Stanford University Press, 2008.

Chris Laszlo has produced a truly remarkable book. I am so impressed that I hope every reader ofIntegral Leadership Review will find a way to read it. Let me tell you why.

Over the last few decades there has been a growing pall around …

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / March 2008

Mario Fernando, Spiritual Leadership in the Entrepreneurial Business: A Multifaith Study. Northampton, MA, USA or Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.

Globilization is not just a phenomenon of economics and business. We have long known that it is a phenomenon of culture, as well. The Integral Leadership Review seeks to be a leader in the globilization of knowledge development that will offer alternatives to historic patterns and open segments of many cultures to more integrative ways of perceiving, comprehending and …