This text highlights the main benefits of integrating research in adult development into executive coaching practice. Reading the text from a coaching point of view will be a first step to the practice of developmental coaching, with a focus on working withhigher level executives. The text refers to CDF, the Constructive Development Framework. Introduction to… [Read More]
Application
Invitation for the workshop “Rewiring Team Dynamics: Building Collective Intelligence”
Dear IDM Friend, May I invite you to attend the International Workshop on Rewiring Team Dynamics: Building Collective Intelligence in Mechelen (Belgium) from June 17th – June 19th . The way we work is changing. So is the nature of teamwork at all levels in the organization changing. The age of ‘command & control’ in… [Read More]
How to become a Learning Organisation as a large Corporate
In this short video, I present a short introduction to CDF, the Constructive Developmental Framework, to show how its use enables large companies under siege coming from very small and nimble companies to fend off competition. I focus on CDF developed at the Interdevelopmental Institute, as a tool for strengthening talent management and promoting better… [Read More]
How I use CDF in executive selection and development
This article describes three practical uses of CDF in organisational consulting. The author acts a coach, mentor, and consultant to a variety of private and public sector clients. How I use CDF – Nick Shannon What To Look For In A Shower HeadAn Overview Of Warm Mist HumidifierGo up the hill alone but… [Read More]
Dialectical thinking and comparative text analysis
By Karin Ulmer & Bruno Frischherz – Analyzing texts other than interview transcripts based on the DTF Framework taught at IDM is a new application of CDF. Our paper presents an example of dialectical text analysis with a focus on i) the analytical framework and CDF methodology and, as analysis content, ii) key concepts of… [Read More]