In this chapter for volume 2 of Meta-Theory dedicated to the memory of Bhaskar, delayed in its publication since 2014 and forthcoming at Routledge at the end of 2020, I outline a dialectical epistemology and CDF teaching method for absorbing Bhaskar’s legacy into integral thinking. I do so since both are presently absent from the… [Read More]
Dialectical Thinking
Increasing the collaborative intelligence of teams by using deep dialogue practices
Team collaboration has become a pivot of organizational success. If people had an intuitive awareness of the structure of their thinking, team work would be a lot more effective since a greater mutual understanding and decision making would prevail. Such an awareness being absent, what meta-cognitive strategies can we use to heighten such an awareness?… [Read More]
Laske Social Science Archive, Section V: Writings (2015-2019) on DTF, the Dialectical Thought Form Framework
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]
Announcement of the ‘Otto Laske Archive of Social Science’, Parts 1 and 2
Over the next month, due to increasing demand, Otto Laske will make available a large number of his unpublished social-science papers on this site. The majority of papers is unpublished, but some important papers published more than 10 years ago will also be made available. Only very few papers are incomplete. The Archive is divided… [Read More]
Going to the Root of Establishing Collaborative Intelligence: The Quality of Dialogue
For anybody who has worked with teams or larger groups — including teams thinking of themselves as ‘agile’ — it’s clear that team members don’t often consider that what ultimately makes them ‘agile’ is the quality of their dialogue. The importance of real-time dialogue has to do with the fact that thinking precedes action, and… [Read More]
Chapter Abstracts, Practices of Dynamic Collaboration, Springer 2020, by De Visch & Laske
In this new publication, the authors extend their thinking about the adult-developmental foundations of organizational work beyond their 2018 book on collaboration, by putting their focus on 5 specific organizational practices that together constitute the mainstay of organizational work. They directly address managers’ thinking at three successively higher levels, providing them with a large number… [Read More]