Dialectical Thinking – Otto Laske Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM)

A New Chapter for Work with the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF)

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024

Otto Laske CDF, Dialectical Thinking, DTF, Socio-emotional Dimension

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In recent months, Otto Laske’s work on human development has become more widely known on account of CAD, the Center for Applied Dialectic directed by Bernhard Possert. In addition, Dr Iva Vurdelja has worked with film maker Mark Stanic on the film “Forging a Life”, a documentary now available for distribution (http://vimeo.com/884507807; Password: Otto). The...

Advanced Systems-Level Dialectical Problem-Solving: The next level in system analysis for Think Tanks, Intelligence Agencies, Governments, Corporate Prediction, and Long-term Planning

March 8, 2023March 25, 2023

Otto Laske Cognitive Dimension, cognitive Fluidity, collaborative intelligence, Deep Thinking, Developmental Assessment, Dialectical Thinking, DTF, Otto Laske, Team Development, Thought Forms

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Those interested in dialectical thinking will be pleased to know that Otto Laske’s volume 2 of ‘Measuring Hidden Dimensions’ of 2008 has been thoroughly revised and is in the process of becoming available again in the form of a three-part monograph under the title of this blog. The title does justice to the fact...

IDM Practica in Dialectical Thinking

April 27, 2022July 20, 2022

Otto Laske Deep Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, DTF, Thought Forms

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When it comes to acquiring developmental and dialectical thinking, “philosophies of the mind”, “theories”, and “world views” are insufficient. They are all abstractions that can be moved around like pieces of furniture, and in dazzling ways. What matters are PRACTICES based on them, and such practices require METHODS. The Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF), which includes...

Otto Laske Poetry Publication ‘Silesian Language Smithy’ (Schlesische Sprachschmiede) in a Bilingual Edition at Amazon

January 3, 2022July 19, 2022

Otto Laske Deep Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, Otto Laske

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Those who know Otto Laske as a social scientist, composer, and visual artist will be interested to see at Amazon, that his early German poetry has appeared in a bilingual edition at Frieling Verlag, Berlin, Germany. The translation of the work into English is the author’s own; it carries the title ‘Silesian Language Smithy’. (Those...

Toward a Critical Realist Management and Consulting Framework Based on CDF

May 5, 2021June 7, 2022

Otto Laske CDF, Cognitive Dimension, Dialectical Thinking, DTF, Thought Forms

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In this article, Otto Laske emphasizes the lack of a social ontology in present managerial and consultative thinking. Such a discipline helps social and cultural actors understand the antecedent social and cultural structures their concerns and projects are embedded in, as well as strengthen the likelihood that executing their projects will come as close as...

Steps Toward Developing a Dialectical Thinking Practice: The Structure of the IDM Dialectics Practicum

November 8, 2020July 10, 2022

Otto Laske Cognitive Dimension, Deep Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, DTF, Otto Laske, Thought Forms

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The way we encounter the world is anchored in our ways of attending to it. They not only change the relationship we have to the world we unceasingly construct; they also fundamentally determine the world we encounter. Thinking in language when untutored in dialectical linking puts us under the control of left-hemisphere, logical, thinking, —...