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Coda / January 2003

John Forman, Paul Landraitis, Steve McIntosh and Bert Parlee have published their new website http://www.integraldevelopment.com/

The site describes their business as follows:

“Integral Development Associates (IDA) is a consulting firm specializing in the application of integral theory and practice to organizations and markets. As part of the growing worldwide integral movement, IDA has achieved significant results by literally raising the consciousness of organizations and their leaders. This creates better quality decisions, better organizational design and harmony, and an increased understanding

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Coda / November 2002

Mary Hessler-Key, Ph.D. and Robin Wood, Ph.D.,
Developing Leadership Capacity: Searching for the Integral
A paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Integral Leadership,
London, England, October 2002

Abstract: Leadership studies generally brush over the issues that differences in values and cultural relativism raise by defining the test of leadership as the achievement of results (i.e. – “Does this leader accomplish what he or she set out to do? If so, the person must be a good leader.”) From …

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Coda / October 2002

Stuart L. Hart and Clayton M. Christensen, “The Great Leap: Driving Innovation from the Base of the Pyramid,” MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall 2002, 44,1.

This article represents a larger view of leadership, business leadership, in the sense of a system leading on a developmental edge in a way that transcends many of the issues we face as a people on the planet earth. It presents a systemic developmental perspective that transcends and includes notions like that of Jonas …

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Coda / September 2002

From: Dr. Don Beck
To: The Spiral Dynamics/Integral Community

Friends, Below are the links to a 45-minute presentation on how Second Tier thinking (Yellow–Left Brain with feelings–and Turquoise–Right Brain with data) might approach the current interest in finding global, Integral solutions to the myriad of problems we face on planet Earth.

You can access the audio version of the talk and then also listen to the Q&A session if you are interested. You will need to have Microsoft’s Mediaplayer installed …

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Coda / August 2002

From: Dr. Don Beck

To: The Spiral Dynamics/Integral Community

Friends, Below are the links to a 45-minute presentation on how Second Tier thinking (Yellow–Left Brain with feelings–and Turquoise–Right Brain with data) might approach the current interest in finding global, Integral solutions to the myriad of problems we face on planet Earth.

You can access the audio version of the talk and then also listen to the Q&A session if you are interested. You will need to have Microsoft’s Mediaplayer installed …

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Coda / July 2002

Every now and again something happens that stirs a sense of awe in me. I tend to be stirred at a mundane level, at the level of human connection, action and achievement. While these certainly are infused with spirit, it is the manifest that first inspires awe in me.

That is the feeling I had when I went to www.gircorp.org at the invitation of Michael D. Ostrolenk (an e-mail sent out to many). There I discovered the Global Integral Research …

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Coda / May 2002

For there to be effective coaching with integral leaders, it follows that we need to develop an approach that is, itself, integral. Much of the writing that is about Integral Leadership, including the coaching tips, in The Integral Leadership Review is intended to guide leaders who wish to take an integral approach to their work, organizations and development. It is also intended to be the basis for integral coaching with these leaders.

In addition to the approach offered here, there …

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Coda / April 2002

I find John Maxwell’s newsletter, LeadershipWired to be a continuing source of interesting presentations. This particular article relates to the notion of commitment in relation to purpose.

Committing to the Commitment
By Dr. John C. Maxwell

At the age of 67, Thomas Edison watched as fire destroyed much of his work and equipment. Time to retire? Time to hang up the lab coat?

No way.

“All our mistakes are burned up,” the inventor said. “Now we can start anew.”

There …

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Coda / March 2002

David Kirkpatrick, “ Net Gains for the World’s Poor”, Fortune, 4/2/02.

What could be more of an example of Integral Leadership than building a system that uses technology to link people and capital the world over to support developmental projects and small businesses get started among the world’s poor? Such a project, initiated by two former World Bank employees is spreading among leaders all over the world. This is a story that involves both individual and collective leadership, that …

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Coda / February 2002

John Agno, “ Unintended Consequences of Performance Reviews”

Positive organizational change doesn’t take place unless the employee buys into the new corporate culture’s intended conformity roles and behavior. The unintended consequences of a new employee evaluation system can send the company reeling.

Last year, we witnessed how Ford Motor Company’s use of a new forced-ranking system resulted in a $10.5 million settlement of two class action suits with the company slipping into a crisis management mode of operation.

This …