Monthly Archives: August 2011

Feature Article: Youth Empowerment: The Building Blocks to a More Just and Sustainable Future

Feature Articles / August 2011

Tim Takechi

At first glance, Molly Freed is no different than any other high school student. She studies hard, earns good grades, pays attention to her teachers, plays soccer and hopes to get into the college of her dreams. But once you get to know her, you will discover she is far from typical.

A senior at Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle, WA, in the spring of 2011 Molly brought the World Water Week …

Coda: The State of Integral

Coda / August 2011

The State of Integral

Russ Volckmann

As some of you may remember I did an interview in the October 2010 issue of Integral Leadership Review with Ken Wilber on the state of integral work in the world. We (or should I say, I) only scratched the surface of this topic. The Integral Leadership Collaborative Conference should be clear evidence of this with over 50 presenters, well more than 300 participants, this online conference offers to fill …

Fresh Perspective: Integral International Development: Gail Hochachka and Michael Simpson

Fresh Perspective / August 2011

Integral International Development: Gail Hochachka and Michael Simpson

Russ Volckmann

Gail Hochachka is director of Drishti – Centre for Integral Action, where you can find some of her writing and reports on international development (http://www.drishti.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=14) and Integral Program Coordinator at One Sky: Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living. Her husband, Michael Simpson, is the Executive Director of One Sky. Their work in Nigeria and Peru will be discussed here, but a quick search will demonstrate the extensiveness

Leadership Quote: Peter Drucker

Leadership Quote / August 2011

“No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.”  ~Peter Drucker…

Notes from the Field: The Implications and Remarkable Moments of “Russian Davos”

Notes from the Field / August 2011

The Implications and Remarkable Moments of “Russian Davos”

Eugene Pustoshkin

Action is your manifesting gift—and for every single one mistaking kindness for weakness there’s another letting equanimity fade into hierarchical indifference. So graduate from seeking an exodus already, or striving to disintegrate into nonduality; dance, bleed, tear, laugh—accept the rapture as inevitable and continual rebirth. Savor it, throw it away, and then relish it again and again. More salt. More honey. Weep and laugh so deeply

Feature Article: The Business of Spirituality

Feature Articles / August 2011

Commentary on a Presentation on Spiritual Intelligence and Integral Theory given by Cindy Wigglesworth to the London Integral Salon and EnlightenNext, Wednesday 25th May

Nicholas Shannon

Does it make sense to talk of “Spiritual Intelligence (SQ)”? And if it does, is SQ something that can be measured, and taught? Can we say that SQ is something that humans develop, and if so, could it be that it develops in humans in a series of stages? …

Announcements

Announcements / August 2011

‘Good Leadership for All’ Day
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 in London

http://bit.ly/GLfADay25Oct2011

Good Leadership for All – A Fundamental Need of Global Citizens

Good leadership is much needed around the world, not only at governmental levels and in business organisations, but also in all other contexts, cultures, and at all societal levels. Indeed, good leadership is required universally. Whilst much is written and spoken about good leadership, global citizens would argue as to whether they experience …