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Action Inquiry
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Action Inquiry

by William R. Torbert
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
300 pages
7h 14m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Praise for Action Inquiry

“Buckle up your seatbelt and enjoy the ride. Torbert is an original and his ideas about life, learning and leadership will rattle your brain and stir your soul.”

—Charles Derber, author of

Corporation Nation, People Before Profit, and

Regime Change Begins at Home

“In Action Inquiry, Bill Torbert and his colleagues take on a question as old as Socrates: how to translate human understanding into right action. They argue that we must develop the capacity not only to anticipate consequences, but also to reevaluate our goals and to challenge our deepest assumptions in response to changing contexts and diverse perspectives. Their model of self-critical learning offers a much-needed alternative to views that mistake self-assertion ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781605096339