Given that CDF, the Constructive Developmental Framework, is more than a set of tools and therefore requires for its use a particular mindset, have you wondered what one might say are the main barriers to using it optimally? The short blog below is meant to give some answers to this question. Barriers to Using CDF… [Read More]
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Fuehrungsvorteile aufgrund der Benutzung von CDF, des Constructive Developmental Framework
Obwohl das Programm des diesjaehrigen Wiener Leadership Kongresses (https://www.wienerleadershipkongress.at/) keine Einfuehrung in CDF — das Constructive Developmental Framework –umfasst, werden viele Kongressteilnehmer die sich aus der Benutzung von CDF ergebenden Fuehrungsvorteile wahrscheinlich kennenlernen wollen. CDF ist eine von Otto Laske erstellte Synthese von Forschungsbefunden der Harvardschule hinsichtlich Erwachsenenentwicklung seit 1975, die Dimensionen des kritischen Denkens… [Read More]
Workshop ueber Developmental Interviewing und seine Anwendung in Potenzial-Orientierten Organisationen
Dieser Workshop der Firma Four Dimensions, Wien und Salzburg (https://www.4dimensions.at/), offeriert Personalverantwortlichen, Personalentwicklern, Beratern und Coachs eine Einfuehrung in Methoden fuer die Bestimmung des emotionalen und kognitiven Reifegrades von Individuen und Teams. Diese Methoden leiten sich aus Otto Laske’s Arbeiten am Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM), Gloucester, MA. her. Instruktoren sind Simone Rack, Rainer v. Leoprechting, und… [Read More]
A Meeting of Minds Workshop on the Future of Work
The future of work is not a topic for logical thinking as much as it is one for revamping logical into complex, ‘dialectical’, thinking. The difference between the two is explained and exercised in a workshop in Brussels whose program can be downloaded here. If interested in this workshop, held on January 18, 2019, near… [Read More]
The Vurdelja-Laske Dialectical Thought Form Workbook
There is presently a dearth of study materials for absorbing a new form of complex thinking called ‘dialectical’ or ‘transformational’ thinking. In order to change this state of affairs, IDM, the Interdevelopmental Institute, has just released a short workbook that introduces readers to DTF, Laske’s Dialectical Thought Form Framework . Following an overview, the workbook… [Read More]
International Leadership Review Interview with Robin Wood Slightly Edited by Otto Laske
In this wide-ranging interview, Robin W. helpfully challenges me to answer questions that arise regarding DTF, the Dialectical Thought Form Framework, and developmental consulting to indiviuals and teams based on a dialogical and constructivist viewpoint generally. In rereading the interview, I have here and there slightly edited my answers to Robin’s question. In addition, I… [Read More]