Dancing at the Edge : Competence, Culture and Organization in the 21st Century.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (162 pages)
Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Responses to Dancing at the Edge -- Foreword - Edgar H. Schein -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction: Persons of Tomorrow -- The World of Tomorrow -- Three Emergencies -- Culture and Competence -- Beyond the Limitations of 20th-Century Competence -- 21st-Century Competencies -- Recognizing 21st-Century Competencies in Practice -- Start Where You Are -- Part One: The Contemporary Context -- CHAPTER 1: Powerful Times -- Powerful Times Foretold -- Disturbing the Psychosphere -- Culture Matters -- Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish, Don't Settle -- Chapter 2: Growing with the Times -- Defensive Denial -- The Growth Response -- How We Grow -- Getting Beyond Defensive Denial -- Chapter 3: Competence in the 21st Century -- The Full Development of the Human Personality -- The Neurotic Pursuit of Competence -- Nudging Ourselves to Competence -- There Is No Hierarchy of Needs -- Defining Competence -- Part Two: 21St-Century Competencies -- Chapter 4: Enabling Conditions for 21st-Century Competence -- Three Literacies: Psychological, Cultural and Epistemic -- Competence in Practice -- Enabling Conditions -- Chapter 5: Being a Person of Tomorrow -- Four Pillars of Learning -- Being -- Humility -- Balance -- Faith in the Future -- Chapter 6: Cultural Leadership and the Person of Tomorrow -- Being Together -- The Importance of Culture -- Cultural Literacy -- Navigating the Cultural Landscape -- Cultural Leadership -- Changing Cultures -- Chapter 7: Knowing Like a Person of Tomorrow -- The Enlightenment and Beyond -- Containing Multitudes -- Expanding Our Ways of Knowing -- Knowing and Feeling -- Knowledge in Motion -- Maps and Compasses -- Chapter 8: Organizing Persons of Tomorrow -- The Setting: Places To Grow -- The Promise of Adhocracy -- And Its Dangers -- The Producer. Robust Adhocracy -- Money at the Margins -- Chapter 9: Persons of Tomorrow in Action -- Becoming Through Doing -- What Kind of Action? -- Messy and Complex -- Hopeful and Wise -- Patient and Reflective -- The Master of Go -- Theatres for Action Learning -- Rehearsal Spaces -- Chapter 10: Practical Hope -- Start Where You Are -- Inspiration -- Prompts -- Form A Creative Integrity -- Reflect and Learn -- Never Forget the Bigger Game -- Chapter 11: Conclusion -- Why Last Chapters Disappoint -- Blowing An Uncertain Trumpet -- References -- Notes.
This book offers a first stand-alone practical guide to how to realise transformative potential at scale.