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Kerry,
yes, I am myself totally subscribed to innovative collaboration of all kind as my posts indicate here at Gaia from last 2 years.
It would be great to get the right proportions for all layers of reality. No size fits all. This is a response Don Beck gave personally yesterday at Sdi Forum. It summarizes -for me- most ecellently and exceptionally the whole nexus. And I am heading towards a SDi Master Class Training for next 2 years. And I am more than happy to act in the future in a leadership position for the first Global Media University in Mideast to be located in Abu Dhbai and Dubai.
Assisting any innovative collaboration on a global and regional level which might make evolutionary sense.
There can be no doubt that taking massive action next months and years on a global scale can mean global breakthroughs not seen in the last 10 years. And I am open and welcoming any alliances which are co-creating. I appreciate Barbaras work for a long time.
Its only my wish to go really global. that means the European Aproaches too, the emerging waves not only of economic development but of own thinking in BRIC countries and the developing world in general.
This may be called a co-creating wheel. Integrating all forms of collective and individual leadership and innovation, transformation and change, shifts and transitions.
Barbara is right:
The tipping point is now! Forget about 2012.
The time has come….
Albert
From Dr. Don Beck:
“Thanks Albert and Dave for these postings. I am viewing the “convergence zone” concept with some amusement since “Green on Steroids” is now attempting to find ways to deal with our global complexity by “coming together” in conferences where they can go around in circles (wheels) to be sure every point-of-view is represented. This is a positive step for much of Green because it finally recognizes that early Green, especially the Mean Green Meme, can't get it done. We've been saying this for more than a decade and have often been punished for doing so.
I recall when I was accused, on the same day in South Africa, of being a Fascist pig and communist dog. I am sure both labels were on target. I attended all of the branch meetings of the I-I at Wilber's home on Red Hill in Boulder (10 in all; at my own expense) and quickly became the “outsider” because of my insistence that all of the value systems on the Spiral be addressed in any major “change” initiative. Of course, any Blue talk was instantly banned as “evil.” Orange was in the same category of villains. (I was sitting in the Red Hill circle during the Integral Politics session when I fleshed out the entire MeshWorks concept that you will read about in Dr. Marilyn Hamilton's upcoming book on the Integral City.
Further, the conceptual underpinning of Paul Ray's research (I actually helped him on the project) was provided by Professor Clare W. Graves when he visited the Stanford Research Institute in California, at the invitation of the founder – Arnold Mitchell. I have a letter from Mitchell confirming that Graves' thinking was more powerful and useful than that of Abraham Maslow. The whole “cultural creative” movement reflected the FS-Humanistic system of Graves, but the GT-Systemic element was missing in Ray's work. I have a hunch the move into “wisdom” is a reflection of that gap. When we said that to Ray he did agree that Wilber and I were accurate on Green's limitations. I have a sense that the current movement still has strong elements of Green but, hopefully, will move beyond it. I think Albert's concerns and Dave's insights are both relevant at this stage.
Steve McIntosh's new focus on “Intergalism” as an approach to governance described in his book Integral Consciousness gets closer to the realities. As you know his analysis makes a heavy use of Spiral Dynamics and his Levels of Consciousness are simply memetic codes without the colors. Much to the chagrin of many we have been pathfinders and have laid down the developmental/evolutionary trajectory that many think they have just now discovered. Watch, now, how our work on Transpartisanship will be used by others but without the understanding of what lies beneath the entire process to make it Second Tier (another term that has been exploited by others without an understanding as to what it actually means. It belongs to the Spiral Dynamics conceptual model and first appeared in the l996 book).
Now to my main point. To actually “integrate” differences, be they forms of governance – clans, tribes, empires, holy orders, enterprise structures, communal circles etc. it is essential to recognize how each emerges naturally to Life Conditions. In addition, they will express themselves in unique and often indigenous ways as specific Content. It is not enough to simply attempt to find relationships between and among the memetic Codes. One must also deal with the Content - (alternative forms of Purple, Red, Blue etc). Ideologues, be they Christian, Muslim, Jewish or even atheist, all wear Blue uniforms. This is the point at which the Integral Design Engineering becomes critical. (I don't mean the “engineering” of people or of even the evolutionary impulse but the specific alignment of Contextual “dots” to facilitate the healthy design of the supportive habitat.
Elza Maalouf and I have had direct experience with this sophisticated process in working with Palestinians in Bethlehem. This is not the time to lay out the entire process but you will soon see more of it in the new Large-Scale Psychology framework with specific MeshWorks Solutions technology.) We use variations of Value Engineering, Value Management, and the CAPI concept (coalescing authority, power, and influence) from the work of Ichak Adizes, along with Vital Signs Monitors and the spiral knowledge to deal with both causes and symptoms. This becomes the total package for what we call Natural Design.
So, the essential sequence moves from debate, through dialogue and deliberation, but then into design. The design package will be new to many who believe if well meaning people just meditate enough, or come together and search for a consensus of the group assembled, then solutions will just appear out of the ether. Give me a few open systems thinking experts with access to skype and the capacity to bore down into the deepest master codes but then align all of the elements and entities to create the architecture of practical solutions, then much can be done, and quickly.
We are now reaching the point where many might become interested. Professor Graves said this window would open but only after attempts to deal with Problems G - the 7th Level set of Life Conditions
fail, because they are still hung up in First Tier models, people, institutions, and conferences. We are working closely with the Center for Human Emergence-the Netherlands in designing the Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation, and Emergence. I have been thinking about such a Center at the Hague for almost 10 years, and it may finally become a reality. We have Peter Merry and his group to thank for this initiative.
Our intent will be to provide this knowledge and experience within the Hague Center as a “go to” place to resolve major governance issues and design healthy responses to quite complex situations from around the world. I don't think many people would want to come to Texas, and it is not because of he heat!.
After a most successful presentation at the World Future Society in Washington DC, we are now preparing to fly to Mexico City to work with Roberto and his leadership group on the design of education for the entire country of Mexico. This is a most insightful project on the part of the Mexican Teacher's Union and Roberto has done an excellent piece of MeshWorks himself in working with leaders in the Union as well as others in the Ministry of Education, in business leaders (even YPO), and in elements within the Mexican government. He deserves recognition and applause from all of us because this is a difficult time in Mexico and Roberto has put it all on the line in behalf of his country.
Don
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