May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
8h 29m
English
book
Spiral Dynamics in Action
by Prof. Don Edward Beck, Prof. Teddy Hebo Larsen, Prof. Sergey Solonin, Dr. Rica Viljoen, Dr. Thomas Q. Johns
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1Introduction – The Lay of the Land of this Book
Spiral Dynamics in Action Quest for the Master Code – An Introduction
About the Book
This book about Spiral Dynamics comes in the autumn of Don Beck's life. The stories told here, he lived. Most of the interventions described here, he facilitated himself. His memory stretches as far back as the Second World War. Today, he still watches international news on every possible TV and radio station, and actively participates as a citizen of his country and a member of the human race. The book was co-authored by Beck, friends and colleagues from Russia, America, Denmark and South Africa. These are elders in the Spiral community, but millennials (3rd and 4th generation Gravesians) were also involved. It is impossible to present a complete record of all the numerous interventions, consultations and strategies for which Beck was responsible. An effort was, however, made to present enough rich narratives for the reader to be triggered, inspired and even moved to action to make the world a better place for all.
The theory described here deals with the complex problem of how individuals, groups and societies handle changing life conditions. Systems in people, organizations and society help us to understand the adaptive capability of changing environmental conditions. These conditions in the environment study the following:
- World view: messaging and pattern recognition.
- Degree of complexity: existing or emerging codes of thinking.
- Command ...
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