Team Development – Page 8 – Otto Laske Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM)

DTF as a Tool for Creating Integral Collaborations

May 15, 2016July 10, 2022

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

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Solving real world problems tests professionals’ present level of cognitive development. A good training ground for working on hard problems in teams is the Case Study Cohort Method (CSCM) developed at the Interdevelopmental Institute. The method consists of a having members of a team assessing an individual’s or team’s level of cognitive maturity debate the...

CDF as a Talent Finder and Work Design Methodology

May 12, 2016July 10, 2022

Otto Laske Finding Talent, Shared Leadership

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In this article, I highlight the resources of the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF) for finding and retaining organizational talent and designing a work environment that supports shared leadership. CDF as a Talent Finder and Work Design Methodology

Growing the Top Management Team: A Developmental View of OD

March 8, 2016July 10, 2022

Otto Laske Otto Laske, Team Development

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In this paper co-authored with Barbara Maynes,we outline a developmental view of OD. We show that Argyris “theory in use” points to different levels of mental growth, both social-emotional and cognitive. These levels are seen as the program from which theories of action arise in contributors to an organization. An early version of CDF called...

Foundations of Scholarly Consulting: The Developmental Structure/Process Tool

February 22, 2016July 10, 2022

Otto Laske CDF, Cognitive Dimension, Socio-emotional Dimension, Team Development

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This article of 2000 deepens Argyris’ notion of theory-in-use by recourse to empirical findings of the developmental sciences. It defines “consulting” based on this deeper notion. The article teaches a lesson still not learned in consulting: that theory-in-use has to do with levels of mental growth, both cognitively and social-emotionally, cutting through all “competence models”....

Human Systems in the Anthropocene

January 5, 2016July 11, 2022

Otto Laske CDF, Cognitive Dimension, Deep Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, DTF

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This article is a reflection on the lack of systemic and holistic “dialectical” thinking in a world in which more than ever human actions have strong and immediate repercussions in the natural, and thus also the social, environment. It is suggested that present notions of teaching, coaching, and consulting are hopelessly anachronistic since they are...

Dialectical Thinking as a Culture Transformation Instrument for Organizations.

September 23, 2015July 11, 2022

Otto Laske Active Listening, CDF, Cognitive Dimension, Deep Thinking, Developmental Assessment, Developmental Listening, Otto Laske, Socio-emotional Dimension, Thought Forms

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In this new book (to appear in 2016), addressed to CEO’s, board members, and members of executive teams, Otto Laske takes an in-depth look at his Constructive Developmental Framework as a culture transformation instrument. The book focuses on organizational discourse culture as the lever by which fundamental changes come about when engaging with new forms...