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Challenges of a Transdisciplinary University

The practical need to integrate disciplines within the academy, while at the same time integrating the academy and civil society (in order to deal with complex social, cultural, economic and…

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Transdisciplinary Approaches

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…

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The Transversity

This series anticipates engagement with large issues revolving around the emergence of a transdisciplinary university including its impact on early and middle stage researchers, students, administrators, knowledge generation and dissemination,…

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Transdisciplinarity in Higher Education The Path of Arizona State University by Sue McGregor and Russ Volckmann This is the second article in a five-part series about transdisciplinarity (TD) in higher…

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Interview

Four Quadrant Coaching: A Conversation with Myles Downey by Debby Hallett I first came across Myles Downey while I was in coach training, and someone recommended his book, Effective Coaching,…

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Frame Breaking Leadership by Keith Merron The concept of a paradigm is no longer new in organizational parlance. It is, in fact, quite commonplace to talk about paradigms and the…

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Book Reviews

Book Review

Book Review The Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin Bruce L. Gibb Jeremy Rifkin. The Empathic Civilization. New York: Penguin, 2009. If you are a spiralcrat, you are going to love…

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Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging

John Marshall Roberts. Igniting Inspiration: A Persuasion Manual for Visionaries. Self-published, 2008. First, I am surprised that this book has been out so long and only recently showing up on…

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Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

International Leadership Association Webinar May 26, 2010 Leadership Development Grady McGonagill and Tina Doerffer by Russ Volckmann Consultant McGonagill and Doerffer of the Bertelsmann Foundation presented their report of a…

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Leadership Coaching Tips

Leadership Coaching Tip

The Magnetic Leader as Crucible – How to Create a Transformative Space without Scorching People by Zoë Routh Change and learning can be difficult and painful–hence the notion of “crucible” experiences:…

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