Spiral Dynamics in Action : Humanity's Master Code.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Special Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Figures and Graphs as a Map for the Book -- PART 1 Spiral Dynamics: The Foundation -- 1 Introduction - The Lay of the Land of this Book -- About the Book -- The Purpose of the Book -- The Methodology Followed -- Structure of the Book -- Who May Find the Book Valuable? -- 2 The Architect of the Existential Staircase - Clare Graves -- Clare Graves and the Existential Staircase -- Beyond Maslow and Other Development Minds -- The Meeting of Two Visionary Minds -- Clare Graves on the Future -- Conclusion -- 3 The Code Book -- Introduction -- The Eight Codes -- First-Tier "Subsistence" Codes -- Second-Tier "Being" Codes -- The Double Helix of Code Change -- The "Me" and "We" Wave of Code Change -- The Ebb and Flow of Code Change -- We Are All Multi-hued in a Multi-colored World -- The Challenge of Code Changes -- Humanitys Master Code -- The BarCode -- Conclusion -- 4 Natural Design - The Ever-Emerging Ecology -- Natural Design Conceptualized -- The Basic Characteristics of "Design" -- Assortment of Natural Design Tools -- Organizational Elegance -- Natural Design Principles -- Five Bottom Lines of Natural Design -- Integral Applications -- Complex Adaptive Systems -- The Five Change States -- The Need for YELLOW Thinking -- Natural Design Tools -- Large-scale Transformation -- Templates -- The Concept -- Template X -- Template Y -- Template Z -- Six Conditions for Change -- Condition 1 -- Condition 2 -- Condition 3 -- Condition 4 -- Condition 5 -- Condition 6 -- Conclusion -- PART 2 Spiral Dynamics Global -- 5 Back to the Future - The South African Crucible Revisited -- Introduction -- A Background to the History of South Africa -- The South African Negotiating Table -- Doing the Work in South Africa -- Other Allies Supporting Spiral Dynamics.

Seventh-World Thinking - For a Rainbow Nation -- A New South Africa -- Conclusion -- 6 Uncovering the Indigenous Intelligence: A Case Study of Israel and Palestine -- The Birth of New Indigenous Thinking -- PURPLE-RED Villages and BLUE-ORANGE Towns -- Empathy and the Five-Deep Strategy -- Creating Israels VMEMEtic Profile -- VMEMEtic Profile of the Palestinian Territories -- The Birth of the Build Palestine Initiative (BPI) -- The Creation of a Superordinate Goal -- A Summit to Build Palestine -- Conclusion -- About the Author -- 7 The Nordic Countries and Second-Tier Consciousness: The Need for Second-Tier Leadership in Times of Great Turbulence -- Introduction -- The Need for a Danish Book -- A GREEN Denmark -- Professor Francis Fukuyama -- Qualities of a Typical GREEN VMEME Country/State -- Cognitive Capacities and Adaptive Intelligences as a Prerequisite for the Leap -- Concluding Remarks -- Are Denmark and the Nordics Ready to "Leap"? -- Denmark and the Spiral: Preparing for the Next Vertical "Up-Shift" -- PART 3 The Surge in a Social Context -- 8 Defining the Sustainable Corporation: From Stockholders to Stakeholders -- The Corporate VMEME Struggle -- The Current Functional Misalignment -- The Functional Seventh-Level CEO -- The Evolution of Ownership -- Starbucks -- Apple -- Google -- Whole Foods Market -- The Corporation of the Future -- Conclusion -- About the Author -- 9 Spiral Dynamics in Action Across Boundaries -- Introduction -- Spiral Dynamics in Religion -- The Challenge -- The Framework Applied -- Spiral Dynamics and Millennials -- Why are Millennials so Hard to Deal With? -- The Greening of America or how Every Aspect of America is More Egalitarian -- Millennials and Religion -- Coming of Age During the Exponential Age -- Financial Problems -- It is Really Simple Dealing with Millennials -- Millennials in Africa.

Spiral Dynamics in Politics and Economics -- Spiral Dynamics and Communication -- Spiral Dynamics and Foundational Stones -- Spiral Dynamics and Motivation -- Spiral Dynamics and Foundations -- The Third Win Purpose -- Spiral Dynamics and Art -- Interpretation -- Spiral Dynamics and Sport -- Spiral Dynamics in Russia -- Conclusion -- 10 Organizational Engagement in Diverse Workspaces: International Application of Spiral Dynamics -- Introduction -- Multi-cultural Approaches for Consideration -- Hofstede -- The Globe studies -- Trompenaars -- Spiral Dynamics -- Engagement in Multi-cultural Organizations -- Engagement Dynamics in Africa -- Doing Business in East Africa: Tanzania -- Doing Business in Western Africa: Ghana -- Engagement Dynamics in Australia -- Engagement Dynamics in China -- Conclusion -- PART 4 Spiral Dynamics PLUS -- 11 Spiral Dynamics PLUS Supplementary Technologies -- Introduction -- Adizes -- Adizes and Spiral -- Adizes Components -- Organizations as Organicism -- Adizes Corporate Life Cycle -- Four Sources of Internal Conflict -- The Adizes Method -- The Adizes Method Ethics -- Conclusion -- Simple Vital Signs and Vital Signs Monitors (VSMs) -- Assimilation Contrast Effect (VACE) -- Introduction -- The Experiment -- Application -- Value Engineering Applied - a Spiral Dynamics Approach -- Introduction -- Value Engineering -- Value Engineering and Value Circles -- The Process of Value Circles -- A Typical Value Circle Process -- Different Value Management Cases -- Benefits of Value Circles -- Carkhuff's Seven Skills -- The Theory -- The Application -- The Seven Steps of Functional Design -- Debate - Competitive, to Convince Others -- Dialogue - Talking Together Using Anecdotes and Personal Life Experiences -- Deliberation - Trying to Understand and Beginning to Create a Solution -- Diagnosis - Different Hypotheses Are Posed.

Design -- Dismissing - Forms of Dismissing the Status Quo by Off-loading -- Deployment -- The Impact of Language -- PART 5 The Road Forward for Humanity -- 12 What Do You Do with Spiral Dynamics? -- Some Practical Applications of Spiral Dynamics -- A Few Examples and Illustrations of the Use of Spiral Dynamics -- Final Thoughts About VMEMEtic Codes -- Reflecting on the Developing Journey of Spiral Dynamics and the Master Code -- Insights Gained and Ideas Remembered -- Where to from Now? -- Conclusion -- About the Authors -- Don Beck -- Teddy Hebo Larsen -- Sergey Solonin -- Dr Rica Viljoen -- Thomas Q. Johns -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Additional Resources -- Detail of Large-Scale Transformational Projects -- Academic Research -- Blogs and Articles -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.