business culture change

Spiral Dynamics is a map of human growth and development based on the pioneering work of Mr Clare Graves, coupled with the integral framework of Ken Wilber.

Spiral Dynamics is a way of thinking about the complexities of human existence and understanding the order & chaos in human affairs. It explains deep forces in human nature which shape our values, and lays out both a pattern and trajectory for change. SD will help you gain a greater understanding of how people, organisations and cultures function from the inside out-and will empower you to help them work, learn, and live better. The application of this work covers all human contexts ranging from individual development, organisational design & alignment, leadership development and so on. It provides insights into many dilemmas facing the planet today as well as informing the thinking that is needed for a viable way forward.

Spiral Dynamics can help you to think better about emergent processes by addressing these questions and considerations:

• IF it is time for change, then change FROM what TO what?
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• IF it is time for change, then which of the Eight Variations of Change is relevant? then finally,
• To connect it all together, ask: How should Who Manage (lead, teach, etc.) Whom to do What, Where and When with What Consequences?
• Use Spiral Dynamics to communicate with people in ways they understand best on their terms, not yours. Use Spiral Dynamics to motivate people in ways that matter to them, at this time, in this place.
• Use Spiral Dynamics to construct organizations that align the work to be done, the people who will be doing it, the management that fits those people, and the technologies that apply naturally. In other words: Get the system right before trying to make the styles Fit. Seek out the natural by using a Spiral Dynamics framework.
• Spiral Dynamics explores the core intelligences and deep values that flow beneath what we believe and do. The result is a dynamic model of emergent thinking systems -- how values arise and spread, why people make decisions in different ways, and what to do with those differences to create positive energy.

"BRIEFLY, what I am proposing is that the psychology of the mature human being is an unfolding, emergent, oscillating, spiralling process, marked by progressive subordination of older, lower-order behaviour systems to newer, higher-order systems as man's existential problems change." Clare W. Graves, Union College.

Gravesian/Spiral Dynamics/Spiral Dynamics Integral development is placed within the mainstream of Integral Thinking, and has become a key element in the various branches of the worldwide Integral Institute as developed by Ken Wilber and associates.

Please contact A.B.C. for more information and especially if you see your organisation about to undergo changes which would benefit from some progressive thinking and modelling.

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