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New Integral leadership Review August 2008
Posted on Aug 29th, 2008
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Albert
Albert
The new Integral leadership Review August 2008 includes:
Table of Contents, August 2008
Leadership Quote: John C. Gordan and Joyce K. Berry
Leading Comments: This Issue
Russ Volckmann says this:
"I am continuously amazed at the growing amount of work that is being done related to an integral, developmental and transdisciplinary approach to the subject of leadership."
And, indeed, the approaches, practices and engagements are as much emerging as converging. Like in other areas of Integral Consciousness. Once again it becomes obvious that no magic "shift" is happening. No dreamy fantasies about the "secret" and "no size fits all" approach.
As Bureau Chief of Integral leadership Review for German speaking countries Switzerland, Austria and Germany I am preparing -together with Dorothea Zimmer who is representing SDi Core Group in these countries -an article about the special situation in Germany and relationship Germany to Europe. This hasnt been done for ANY country right now..except the Netherlands. and I know the time has come.
Its a risky thing and therefore I willl take responsibility in it. Leadership and National IdIentity, European Identity and Global Identity can only be articulated by people living and working here. Thus providing as much first- second- and third person perspec tives.
And I will -as far as my rare time allows me, as Blogging demands lots of continued and intense attention in cognitive, emotional , mental and energetic ways -circle my blogging increasingly around my very personal ansd subjective view and feelings regarding these issues. This what Ken Wilber -in his Wilber 5 Work cycle- describes at perceiving the horizones and perspectives of the 4 quadrants from inside AND outside. thus creating basically 8 hori-zones.
It will look very subjective and partial, however passionately pursuing and expressing my feelings as much as my insights. Immersing without compromise into the unknown as much s the chartered territory. Knowing we all are strangers in a strange land. The breathing and fragile invisible connection bertween most intimate sharings and public communication makes us vulnerable.
But only in this way the black boxes of minds, hearts and guts become transparent at tleast. The personal stories of public leaders in the US elections, europe and elsewehere are often more touching for me than programmes, concepts and the predictable soundbytes.
Integral Theory and Integral Action, Part 11: Mark Edwards and Russ Volckmann
Leadership Coaching Tip: Aboodi Shabi, The Availability of a Leader
A Fresh Perspective: Leadership Down Under-An Interview with Ron Cacioppe
Dialogue: Andrew Campbell and Patric Roberts, The Horse, the Magpie, the Buffalo and the Hoop
Kalman's Kosmos: Sara Ross-Goldstein, J. A. (2007). "A New Model for Emergence and Its Leadership Implications."
Article: Robin Wood, Catalysing the Second Renaissance: Creating a Sustainable Business Model for a Thriving Planet
Article: Raghu Ananthanarayan, Leadership in Indian Corporations Through the SDi Lens
Integral for the Masses: Keith Bellamy, Leadership Lessons from Randy
Article: Helen Titchen, The Both/And of Leadership in Living Systems Change
Article: Barbara Crosby, Theoretical Foundations of Integrative Leadership
Leadership Cartoon: For Bill Bates
Leadership Cartoon: Guest Cartoonist, Mark Hughes
Article: Brian van der Horst, The Law of Requisite Contrariety
Global Values Update: Alan Tonkin, Developing Countries, Democracy & Values
Article: Amiel Handelsman, Leaders Want to be Loved: What So Wrong with That?
Notes from the Field
Roberto Bonilla, Integral Mexico Project
Laura Horne, The Simplicity of Complexity, Don Beck and Elsa Maalouf at the World Futures Society Conference
Edward Kelly, Gayle Young and Russ Volckmann, Integral Theory Conference 2008
Kim Smith, Photo Journal of the Integral Theory Conference
Robin Wood, Renaissance 2 Announcements: Switzerland, Canada, USA
Leadership Emerging:
"CEO Survey: Forward March," Inc. Special Issue 500: Meet This Year's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
James K. Hazy, Jeffrey A. Goldstein, and Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Eds. Complex Systems Leadership Theory
Stewart D. Friedman, Total Leadership
Annie McKee, Richard Boyatzis, and Frances Johnston. Becoming a Resonant Leader
David Rock. Quiet Leadership
Frances Hesselbein and Alan Shrader, Eds. Leader to Leader2
John D. Adams, ed. Transforming Leadership
CODA: Thriving in the Face of Urgency
Access: Public
Play up ! play up ! and play the game of SPIRAL WIZARDRY !
Some points which are relevant for me in nxt years:
1.We need conferences at European locations too. With basically European presenters.
2. The Critics Fraction f.e. with Frank Visser and colleagues have to be at the panels.
3. Convergent approaches and proto-integral approaches of all kinds, evolutionary models should have attention too.
4. Much, much stronger visibility of Spiral Dynamics Integral is needed.
5. Journalists should and must be invited. Especially ones with global perspectives.
6. More fire must be generated. The event character is nice, but real life urgency and and deep diversity must be invited in stronger ways.
7. The theme Collaboration with and within big constellations in large scale systems deserves LOTS of more attention.
Don't kill the messenger indeed … BUT ”let's include the critics”, as Frank Visser has so rightly said, and those who possibly understand Wilber more than Wilber understands himself and ”play the game” of the ALL-inclusive perspectives of Spiral Dynamics Integral.
Integral for ALL individuals rather than integral for the ”celebrity elite” and what better place to start than with the diversity of input of the 450 million individuals which comprise the 27 nations of the European Union !
DOESn't ”coolmel” have a connection with EIRE and wouldn't HE BE THE BEST interface with ALL those journalists, critics, ”celebrity elites” etc. etc. ???
EIRE? Whats that?
i do not believe there is a kind of central digital cockpit right now. Those groups you adress are best impacted via core groups.
What are celebrity elites?
I agree thats EU is one of the most important large scale historic experiements on earth.
Inside EU we have similar memetic gradients as in rest of world. The Mideast and Caucasus Conflict show how divided EU is in itself. There is a certain gap between the eU Core and the Eastern Europe states. And from North to South-East critical differences exist too.
The Project “Global Govrenance” intitated by CHE Netherlands is certainly very relevant. However without signifcant contribution from Germany, UK, France its not heavy enough. And similar to the organization of European Council on Foreign Relations there should be nodes in the capitals like Berlin, London, Madrid, Rome Budapest, Paris, etc too.