Feature Articles / June 2010
Introduction
In working with hundreds of conscious businesses over the past five years, we noticed a curious pattern. The more conscious the business leaders were, and the more committed the organization was to making a difference in the world, the more difficult it seemed to be for them to build a successful, profitable business–at least at first.
In other words, the more …
Feature Articles / June 2010
The subject of this article is to review our vision for the future and to see if our actions are in alignment with that vision. This topic has been covered many times and in many ways, but we are going to look further “up the chain” of being, beyond our personal and organizational vision statements that might currently be guiding our actions, and consider what might …
Feature Articles / March 2010
by Robert Wayne Johnston
As you probably know much has been written in various and sundry publications about the persistent paucity of effective leaders. My management consulting and business school teaching experience over several decades tells me much of the cause lies in our lack of focus on conscious integral self-management as a vital prerequisite for effective leadership.
My definition of integral self-managing includes consciously choosing one’s responses …
Feature Articles / March 2010
ILR: Tell us about your process for writing New Currency.
JM: Well, it’s been a work in progress for a few years, but it really wasn’t until the onset of the financial crisis and other geopolitical factors that really provided the context and impetus to finish the book.
ILR: What other geopolitical factors are you speaking of?
JM: Well, the most significant was learning that …
Feature Articles / March 2010
The purpose of this article is to introduce a new series for Integral Leadership Review. One of the many streams of thought that we have been featuring here is transdisciplinary. See the articles by Sue McGregor (2009a) and another by Predrag Cicovaki (2009) in previous issues. Almost a year ago Russ learned of an effort at Arizona State University to develop transdisciplinary programs and approaches. We …
Feature Articles / March 2010
Abstract
Universities. And What about Miscommunication and Accountability?
Universities usually control context and supply the dominant logic. A problem lies in remaining unaware of hidden programmed or indoctrinated thinking that produces predetermined values. Usually accompanied by an emotional impulse to correct or amend, it reinforces an automatic tendency to discipline, control, and bring into line.
Society’s resistance to this approach cannot be resolved by simply adding new values, stories, or …
Feature Articles / March 2010
Introduction:
The authors had the opportunity to work with tools based on Clare Graves Levels of Existence Framework developed by Ashok Malhotra, an organization consultant based now out of Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. The tools are the Organization Identity Mapper (OIM) and the Existential Universe Mapper (EUM) This paper relies on the experience of applying these tools in Organization …
Feature Articles / March 2010
Thinking about how best to express the multitude of my thoughts on the topic of the future of Europe in a short article, I frequently step outside into the sunshine to pick the old leaves and blossoms from my plants on the terrace. As often, I am amused by the symbolic nature of my actions: removing the old that wants to die, this way making space for the new. My body carries …
Feature Articles / January 2010
Introduction
It is perhaps appropriate at this time with the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Conference to consider the current debate around climate change from a totally different perspective.
Allowing for the divergence of opinion between climate change supporters and detractors there is enough evidence to show that the world is currently going through a warming phase.
Developed countries within the European Union have been most vocal …
Feature Articles / January 2010
This article looks at the topic of using integral tools to help a family owned business transition ownership and operation from father to son.
The son, Carl, purchased the 91 year old business from his father after working for the company for 14 years. He is now faced with the challenge of carrying on the legacy of success in a …