Category Archives: March 2013

Integral Politics – A Conversation with Terry Patten

Fresh Perspective / March 2013

Russ Volckmann

Russ: I’d like to introduce Terry Patten who is well known in the Integral Community for his work of many years. He is now based in San Francisco. Is that right Terry?

Terry: Yes. I live just North of San Francisco in Fairfax in Marin County.

Russ: For people who may not know much about you please tell us about your background and what brought you to Integral.

Terry: I’m mainly known as the coauthor with Ken …

Improving Meeting Effectiveness with Exercises to Engage Presence and Creativity

Leadership Coaching Tips / March 2013

Kirstin McGuire

Meeting. Say the word and you are likely to see a lot of eyes rolling and faces cringing. People think, “Ugh! Another unproductive hour of my life that I can never get back.” Like them or not, meetings are a necessity for getting business done, but sadly, the vast majority are a complete waste of time for most of the people in attendance. This article presents two ideas for leaders who are interested in changing this paradigm by …

Intention, Direction, Action: Inspiring Integral Leadership Through Process-oriented, Imagery-based Learning

Feature Articles / March 2013

Dorit Netzer

Abstract

Drawing on humanistic and transpersonal psychologies and phenomenological theories of the imagination, this paper seeks to contribute to the development of theories and practices at the intersection of transpersonal, transformative adult education and integral leadership, particularly by advancing the Metagogy model of teaching and learning, as recently outlined by McCaslin and Scott. The author explores the phenomenological nature of imagery in its encapsulation of tacit or explicit intention, intrinsic direction, and embedded action. She discusses the contribution …

Open Source Leadership Knowledge – Enabling ‘Good Leadership for All’

Feature Articles / March 2013

Kuldip Reyatt, Stephen Goveia, Kathryn Johnson, and Arthur Jue

In this thought piece, key challenges for the global leadership field/industry are highlighted, some of which, are also raised by others – notably, Barbara Kellerman (see endnotes for ILR links). Now is the right time to put forward thoughts about Good Leadership for All, ideas about Open Source Leadership Knowledge and a realisable strategic vision – all of which, have been progressively developed over the last couple of years. All the

Roger Klev and Morten Levin, Participative Transformation: Learning and Development in Practising Change.

Book Reviews / March 2013

cover Participative TransformationRoger Klev and Morten Levin, Participative Transformation: Learning and Development in Practising Change. England: Gower Publishing Company, 2012

Carlotta S. Walker

Introduction

Klev and Levin began Participative Transformation by making a clear and concise statement of the intent of their work.  They stated that the aim of their book was to “build a research-supported foundation for practicing organizational change” and to “provide a theoretical model or organizational change and at the same time practical guidance to assist the practitioner …