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In this resource area of my website, you can find links to white papers, comparison tables and other material that address issues of developmental theory, action inquiry and reflective practice. 1) New! To access two papers published in AQAL: the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice in 2006, click here. 2) To download a detailed description of the stage sequence, we offer you two versions of the same paper: a) Nine levels of increasing embrace is written for an academic audience and uses the scientific names for the stages. b) A detailed description of action logics is geared towards more organizational context and uses W. R. Torbert's names for the stages or action logics. 3) Comprehensive language awareness This is a summary of aspects of language relevant to understanding meaning making and assessing adult development via a language-based test. Though there is more current research, this is still a good overview. In the second part, the paper goes on to explore how the development of language awareness is treated in the constructivist developmental literature. Additionally, I offer you two fascinating short stories. One by the Italian author, Primo Levi, A Tranquil Star (2007), the other by Steven Millhauser entitled: History of a Disturbance (2007). Both were recently published in the New Yorker magazine. If you are one to contemplate what it means to “swim in a sea of words” (Gardner, The Unschooled Mind, 1991, p.55), then I recommend you delve into these readings as they deal in a creative way with the very topics raised in my more academic paper. Since ancient times, the sages have been aware of language and its power to imprison, curse, and manipulate as well as to liberate, educate, and heal. Here are Laotse’s words. 4) For those of you who are interested in the pros and cons of Kegan’s Subject-Object interview and the Leadership Development Profile, I include a detailed three-page comparison table. These two different approaches to measuring a person’s stage or center of gravity are evaluated on a number of criteria. In conclusion, the two measures (1) differ in psychometric properties, (2) have different limitations, and (3) produce different types of data useful for different kinds of purposes and analyses. As always, feedback and discussion are welcome. 5) Paul Landraitis from Integral Development Associates (IDA) created the following vibrant, graphic comparison between Spiral Dynamics and the Leadership Development Framework. Any credit for the graphic goes to Paul Landraitis. Here is a brief reflection on the visual. The side by side list of the respective stages in colors illustrates that the LMF distinguishes more stages both in the middle range of the spiral, or the conventional tier, as well as at the high-end of personal development. Moreover, the LMF provides a logical link to the evolution to transpersonal stages or fourth tier in a full spectrum developmental theory. 6) Russ Volckmann has been publishing an influential Integral Leadership Review since 2001 that brings you articles, book reviews, commentaries, updated summaries of new books and articles, leadership quotes, insightful interviews with leading minds and practitioners in the field and announcements of upcoming leadership-related workshops. Subscriptions are complementary. Over 1600 people in more than sixty countries have subscribed. Check it out and see for yourself the benefits and succinct reading it offers. http://www.integralleadershipreview.com/ 7) If you need a quick weekly leadership tune-up, I recommend "Doug's Weekly Success Tip." http://www.clarityconsulting.com/index.htm. I read it because it is simple and takes only minutes to absorb. Yet it has practical and thoughtful hints of how to be immediately more mindful, more positive, and, more productive. It's a joy compared to much of the complex stuff that comes into my in-basket. See for yourself how simple can be powerful. 8) Making the case for a developmental perspective This paper introduces the concept of action logics as increasingly complex and flexible systems of meaning making to the management field. It adds the developmental perspective (vertical transformation) to the training and development concept of growth as lateral expansion. It outlines the major shift from viewing people mostly as different types to also considering differences in the level of their meaning making capacity.
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