In this slide set, the co-authors introduce their just launched book entitled ‘Practices of Dynamic Collaboration’, Springer 2020. Book Discovery Session May 2020 OL
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On some crucial issues in adult-developmental theory
In this essay, i make the case that a new theory of adult development is needed that is no longer a one-sidedly ‘left-hemisphere’ enterprise. By this annotation I refer to the bi-hemispheric structure of the human mind. Specifically, in this essay I assert that a theory of adult development fails for 2 main reasons: (1)… [Read More]
The Day After — From Connection Crisis to Collaborative Intelligence
Consultants who have absorbed the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF) are used to developing a big picture view of society, addressing in their thinking issues of societal importance. One of these professionals is my colleague Jan De Visch who has worked with CDF for more than a decade. Jan’s focus has recently been what he chose… [Read More]
Developmental Process Consultation in the Age of Agility: Reflections on the Critical Facilitation of Agile Functioning in Organizations
One sunny day, the term ‘agility’ woke up and realized it had become a virus. It no longer knew whether it meant a human capability, an organizational characteristic, or both, and what to make of them … It also wondered how to combat the pandemic its human carriers had unleashed. What kind of helpers would… [Read More]
Living Through Four Eras of Cognitive Development (2012)
I came upon an earlier piece of writing of mine entitled as above and thought it might be worth pointing to. It was published in Integral Leadership Review, and is found at http://integralleadershipreview.com/7499-living-through-four-eras-of-cognitive-development/. Here I only republish the article’s abstract. My interest in this article of 8 years ago was renewed by reading Iain McGilchrist’s… [Read More]
Laske Social Science Archive, Section VI: German Writings (2004-2019), Texts and Slides
The Laske Social Science Archive gathers Otto Laske’s writings on organizations written between 1999 and 2019, many of which have retained their value vis a vis new fashions of management thinking. Its sections are numbered chronologically. The Archive makes available both texts and slides, the latter for pedagogical purposes. The articles gathered are bundled according… [Read More]