Book Genre: Spiral Dynamics

Spiral Dynamics introduces a new model for plotting the enormous economic and commercial shifts that are making contemporary business practice so complex and apparently fragmented. Focusing on cutting-edge leadership, management systems, processes, procedures, and techniques, the authors synthesize changes such as:

* Increasing cultural diversity.

* Powerful new social responsibility initiatives.

* The arrival of a truly global marketplace.

This is an inspiring book for managers, consultants, strategists, and leaders planning for success in the business world in the 21st century.

Die gerade auftauchende Integrale Weltanschauung repräsentiert den nächsten bedeutenden Schritt in der Entwicklung unserer Zivilisation. Wie McIntosh in seinem Buch Integral Consciousness überzeugend aufzeigt, schenkt uns das transformative Potential dieser Weltanschauung einen Weg, wie wir selbst zu dem Wandel werden können, den wir in der Welt bewirken und sehen wollen.

Durch das neue Verständnis der Evolution des Bewusstseins und der Kultur bietet diese erweiterte Weltanschauung, die als Integrale Philosophie bekannt ist, realistische und pragmatische Lösungen zu unseren wachsenden globalen Problemen.

Integrales Bewusstsein ist tatsächlich zwei Bücher in einem. Die erste Hälfte dient als eine leicht zugängliche und gut verständliche Einführung in die Integrale Philosophie, während der zweite Teil eine ganze Reihe von wertvollen Beiträgen in Bezug auf Politik und Spiritualität bietet und zum ersten Mal die Entwicklungsgeschichte der integralen Philosophie seit Hegel skizziert. Doch noch mehr als das liefert McIntosh eine höchst wichtige Kontextualisierung und von persönlicher Idiosynkrasie freie Kritik an dem führenden Autor der Integralen Bewegung, Ken Wilber, was dabei hilft, die Integrale Philosophie als Ganzes einem größeren Publikum zugänglich zu machen und die Bedeutung, Funktion und Tiefe der Integralen Philosophie zu verstehen.

This book provides an easy-to-understand open-ended framework – the Graves Value System – that identifies eight universal levels of conscious development. It introduces humankind’s universal development stages, the origins of different traits and tools, and their interrelation. It is a practical way of developing awareness, tolerance, and appreciation for people with different traditions, personalities and backgrounds. Thus, we can become more aware of what we need to change in order to save the planet and ourselves as a species.
The logic applies equally to individuals, organisations, markets and societies, and provides a clear map of their characteristics – positive and negative. In this book, each story focuses on one level of the framework, representing a specific worldview – including values, beliefs and behaviours, and a place where the character upholding that view feels at home.

The content of this book is based on the work of psychology professor Clare W. Graves who worked with Abraham Maslow, among many others. In the 1950s, one of Graves’ students asked him which of all the psychologists was right. This set Graves off on a 35-year research project involving more than 1,000 empirical studies that produced insight critical to future human development. Sadly, Graves died before he could publish his final work. That might be why you have not heard of this incredibly useful framework.
Thankfully, some of his scholars and others picked it up. You may have heard of the Emergent Cyclical Levels of Existence Theory (ECLET), Spiral Dynamics, or Ken Wilber’s integral work. These are all excellent, albeit quite theoretical, academic and dense forays into Graves’ work.
This book’s lively and colourful approach, however, seeks to inspire readers to delve into the framework and bring it to life.

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