Category Archives: Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field: A Gathering of Developmentalists

Notes from the Field / October 2009

Terri O’Fallon

Terri O'Fallon

The day was a bit misty, but despite the rain sixteen interested developmentalists from around the world rang the doorbell next to Bill Torbert’s front door on October 3rd, 2009 to engage in a dialogue on developmental theory and its measurement. This meeting was sparked by an article in the Integral Review, “Models, Metrics, and Measurement in Developmental Psychology” written by Zak Stein and Katie Heikkinen. The Abstract to their article began and ended with:

Developmental psychology is …

Notes from the Field: Notes from the Field Integral Leadership for Sustainability

Notes from the Field / October 2009

Emil Möller

Erik Möller

“Integral Leadership for Sustainability”
held 4-9 Aug 2009 in the Netherlands.

From the ExperienceIntegral website:

Are you awake?
Are you on a mission?
Do you have a big ego and an even bigger heart?
Are you an emerging leader?

You are an emerging leader if you are striving to offer your best to the world by challenging yourself to keep expanding your consciousness, while at the same time deepening your connection with self, other and kosmos. Your specialised …

Notes from the Field: Interview for CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Association) with Ichak Kalderon Adizes

Notes from the Field / October 2009

Erik Möller

[This is the first time that Integral Leadership Review has published something that had previously been published elsewhere, in this case as a blog. Ichak Adizes is the author of Corporate Life Cycles. This seems to be a useful and timely set of reflections. Note that at the end of the interview there is a free offer for a video, ”What is a leader.” Integral Leadership Reviewis NOT promoting this video, but has agreed to make it available to you. …

Notes from the Field: Edition and Publication of “INTEGRAL EVOLUTION” Personal and collective leadership in a dream’s fulfilment

Notes from the Field / October 2009

Raquel Torrent

Raquel TorrentIntegral Evolution is the title of a new book that has been published in Spanish by Kairós in October 2009 in Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. It will be presented at the VII Integral Conference in Barcelona where Joanna Hunt, and Laura Divine will be lecturing about their well known, useful and well structured Integral Coaching and where Ken Wilber will be holding an hour and a half Q&A session on a teleconference call.

Little could I imagine …

Notes from the Field: Orchestrating a New Meshwork for Mexico: a Natural Designs Approach

Notes from the Field / August 2009

Roberto BonillaSince January 2007 when formally we started the Integral Mexico Project, we focused on identify key leaders both in government and Mexican NGO’s. What we have found in the case of government leaders, is their focus in the next election, rather in the next generation (at least!). On the other hand, the NGO’s leaders are so committed with their mission that find hard to integrate efforts with other NGO’s, leading in both cases—government and NGO’s—to fragmented actions.

At the same …

Notes from the Field: The Center for Human Emergence, UK

Notes from the Field / August 2009

Integral Brittania

keith riceThe Centre for Human Emergence UK (CHE-UK) was born on 26 June 2009 in a basement room of the Holiday Inn, Oxford Circus, London. It was formally launched the next day at the ‘Regent’s Summit on the Future of the UK’, a 2-day event (27-28 June) at Regent’s College. This is the story of that Summit.

CHE-UK is an umbrella entity that sponsors what are known as MeshWORKS solutions, a process that enables a grouping of people to tap into …

Notes from the Field: The Power of Vision for Leadership: Open Day at the European Leadership Academy, Berlin

Notes from the Field / August 2009

Anja SchmidtIn June the European Leadership Academy invited guests, partners and friends to its first Open Day. This is a report from Anja Schmidt, Head of Marketing and Customer Services at the European Leadership Academy.

What is the European Leadership Academy?

It is “A place for leadership. A place where people are given the opportunity to learn about, train and experience effective and good leadership. It offers a leadership that is inspired by core values in European society such as democracy, …

Notes from the Field: Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism (C3) Conference

Notes from the Field / June 2009

steve frazeeIn early November 2008 at a retreat center just outside Austin, Texas, a group of just over one hundred executives, business owners, consultants and academics answered John Mackey’s invitation to talk about serving the world through the vehicle of business. The event was called the Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism (C3) conference, and was the first public gathering around a theory of business inspired by the leadership of John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods Market. The two central tenets of Conscious

Notes from the Field: Integral Sustainability 101 in Seattle

Notes from the Field / June 2009

Alan Seidsandra poulsonThe EOS Alliance (www.eosalliance.org) hosted an introduction to Integral Sustainability on February 28, 2009. The course was co-led by Alan Seid, Director of Training and Lead Consultant for Cascadia Training & Mediation (www.cascadiatraining.com), and Sandra Poulson, Principal at RealTrust Consulting (www.realtrust.us), and Senior Organization Effectiveness Consultant, Region 10 of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Seid and Ms. Poulson met at the Integral Ecology and Sustainability Seminar in Colorado in 2004, and this was their first collaboration.

Sustainability has many …

Notes from the Field: Peter Merry and Meshworking for Change and Development

Notes from the Field / March 2009

There is no way we could present a more powerful item for the Notes from the Field section than this presentation Don Beck announced to some list serves. To listen (and watch slides) from a presentation by Peter Merry on some pretty amazing activities going on in Europe, go here:

http://www.petermerry.org/Peter_Merry/Film/Entries/2009/3/7_Meshworking_for_MDG5.html

evolutionary leadershipAnd, by the way, Peter Merry’s book, Evolutionary Leadership , is now available. Order before April 15, 2009 and receive a 20% discount off the publication price.

Order now.…