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Advanced Systems-Level Dialectical Problem-Solving: The next level in system analysis for Think Tanks, Intelligence Agencies, Governments, Corporate Prediction, and Long-term Planning

March 8, 2023March 25, 2023

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

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Those interested in dialectical thinking will be pleased to know that Otto Laske’s volume 2 of ‘Measuring Hidden Dimensions’ of 2008 has been thoroughly revised and is in the process of becoming available again in the form of a three-part monograph under the title of this blog. The title does justice to the fact...

Re-Print of the German Translation of Volume 1 of ‘Measuring Hidden Dimensions’

February 12, 2023February 17, 2023

Otto Laske Socio-emotional Dimension, Team Development

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Volume 1 of ‘Measuring Hidden Dimensions’, on social-emotional development, first appeared in 2005 under the ‘IDM Press’ imprint. Its German translation was recently re-issued by Wolfgang Pabst Science Publisher, Germany, under the title of ‘Humanpotenziale wecken, erkennen, und messen’. The translation into German is by Rainer v. Leoprechting who was one of the first to...

The Osaka Interviews About CDF, The Constructive Developmental Framework

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023

Otto Laske CDF

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Interest in Constructive Developmental Framework is growing. Recently, we were invited to give an overview of CDF for members of the ‘Entrepreneur Factory’, Osaka, Japan. The attached set of slides is a new introduction to the historical sources of CDF, its main hypotheses, and the way it is used. How to become a user of...

Insights Into Spirituality Based on CDF

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023

Otto Laske CDF

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The topic of ‘spirituality’ has a huge literature. Empirical findings about it are rare. We looked at spirituality from an adult-developmental perspective and, using a semi-structured interview, came to some interesting conclusions. The interview is modeled after the social-emotional interview that is based on prompts. If you, the reader, find our conclusions to be of...

IDM Practica in Dialectical Thinking

April 27, 2022July 20, 2022

Otto Laske Deep Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, DTF, Thought Forms

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When it comes to acquiring developmental and dialectical thinking, “philosophies of the mind”, “theories”, and “world views” are insufficient. They are all abstractions that can be moved around like pieces of furniture, and in dazzling ways. What matters are PRACTICES based on them, and such practices require METHODS. The Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF), which includes...

A Description of IDM’s Program For Acquiring Fluency in Using CDF Tools

February 23, 2022June 7, 2022

Otto Laske CDF, DTF, Otto Laske, Team Development

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The IDM program that leads to fluency in the use of CDF tools, now 20 years old, has unusual features that set them apart from other professional offerings. Among these features are: (1) professional learning closely linked to personal self-development, (2) comprehensive introduction into developmental and dialectical thinking, (3) exercises set in social contexts that...