August Volume 12, Number 4, 2012
Leading Comments
Fresh Perspective: A View from the Top — Tom Albanese, CEO, Rio Tinto
Three Assumptions Underlying Integral Leaders’ Choices of Power
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Mark McCaslin Nature strives towards perfection. – Aristotle I originally began this issue’s column with quite a different idea. I had purposed myself to delve into the notion of Integral…
Lisa Norton “Changing, it rests.” -Heraclitus When Russ Volckmann posted an invitation to write about design thinking for ILR on a LinkedIn forum, I jumped at the chance. In this…
Leadership Coaching Tip: Sticking with it through a “Gumption Trap”
Andy Atwood Here is a real life tale about being an entrepreneur, a business partner, a naïve person, and the victim of embezzlement. It’s the tale of how a couple…
Tomas Sedlacek, Economics of Good and Evil. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Graham Mummery If, for a moment, we accept the economic consensus view that growth is the solution to…
A Review of Barbara Kellerman, The End of Leadership
Kellerman, Barbara. The End of Leadership. (New York: Harper Business). 2012 Richard A. Couto “I think it’s the most important leadership book of the past decade.” With that, the editor…
`Developing Change from Within – in the Development Sector’ with Sara J. Wolcott
Ali Avery What might an integral approach to development look like? What could its scope be? The London Integral Circle Salon met last month to hear Sara J. Walcott present…
Alethic Integral Retreat, 18th – 20th May at Overmoigne, Dorset.
Tessa Martin I’m almost reluctant to attempt to write a review of the weekend that 14 “integral” lovers (8 Men, 6 Women) experienced with Gary at a beautiful venue in…
Nelson Mandela and Unitive Leadership
Shawn O’Fallon Abstract Nelson Mandela has become one of the most revered and recognized leaders in history. He is widely recognized for his forgiveness, compassion and humility and their considerable…
Leadership3 – Festival of Perspectives – Living a New Leadership Culture
Hendryk Obenaus and Jonathan Klodt How does a contemporary leadership culture look like, that can adequately face the challenges of the 21st century? This question was central to the conference…
Integral Innovation & Creativity
Tom Bruno-Magdich Most people in business today understand that organisations must embrace change and creativity in order to stay competitive in this ever shifting, global marketplace. The good news is…
Reflections on the Integral Forum, Berlin, 2012
Nataliya Yefimova This summer we participated in the Integral Forum in Berlin. The decision to go there was made, first of all, from our deep desire to meet in person…
Integral Leadership in Action 2012, Evolving Leadership for an Awakening World: Transforming Leadership through Theory, Action and Application
Lisa Norton and Lynne Palazzolo LN: The Integral Leadership in Action (ILiA) conference May 17-21, 2012 in Santa Cruz, CA, created both an emergence and a continuance of the WE…
Living Leadership: Integral Dimensions of a Complete Life
Walker Karraa As integral leadership juxtaposes Western and Eastern leadership philosophies and epistemologies, the contrast can often feel murky, ambiguous to those of us striving to live a life of…
Mats Alvesson and André Spicer, Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World.
Don Benson Mats Alvesson and Andre Spicer (2011). Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World. New York: Routledge. My friend cares a lot about leadership. And therefore…
The 22nd Annual National Leadership Symposium, University of Richmond, Virginia
Marilyn Bugenhagen Sponsored by the National Association for Campus Activities and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs For over 22 years, two organizations have been holding an annual symposium on…
Five Dimensions of Applied Transdisciplinarity Alfonso Montuori There’s an emerging literature arguing for the importance of a transdisciplinary approach, outlining its philosophical roots, and articulating the need for transdisciplinarity in…
Integral Journey, 2012: Hawaii – San Francisco – Denver
Marina Danilova An Integral Journey is a unique way to find a source of energy and drive it into yourself, an exciting opportunity to disclose your own strengths to realize…
Living Through Four Eras of Cognitive Development
Otto Laske Abstract In this paper, I outline the graspable existential meaning of human cognitive development. By “existential” I refer not simply to the epistemological positioning of a person to…
Metagogy: Teaching, Learning and Leading for the Second Tier
Mark L. McCaslin and Karen Wilson Scott Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary…
Leadership from a Cosmic Perspective[i]
Todd Duncan “A healthy consciousness is like a spider’s web, and you are the spider in the centre. The centre of the web is the present moment. But the meaning…