What is an organic strategy? Reinventing Organizations, author Frederic Laloux differentiates Tier 2 organizations from Tier 1 in the ways that they relate to strategy. Tier 1 organizations interpret strategy from the perspective of a worldview that uses strategy to produce results. Strategy arises from intentions to produce profitable bottom lines. Priorities tend to [...]
How do you optimize the impact of Integral City impact by getting our work out to the world? That is the next question that Roger Walsh asked at IEC. First consider how important integral ideas are at this time in the world. The city is the most complex system created by humans – and as [...]
In the next series of blogs I'd like to point to core principles that could inform a Planet of Integral Cities. The first place I start is with Planet. Bucky Fuller called our Planet, Spaceship Earth. This draws my attention to the family of planets we belong to orbiting in our Solar System, within our [...]
The seasons shift this week - in both hemispheres. Regeneration moves Life through another seasonal cycle. In the Human Hive, the plot energizing this oldest of tales tells us how we produce the 40 pounds of honey that keeps us alive. Our babies and our children respond to the family environment that cares for them. [...]
Integral City how do we relate to your constant changes and exchanges? Map 3 reveals the cycles that flow through and around your prolific eco-system. Integral City Map 3: The Scalar Fractal Relationship of Micro, Meso and Macro Human Systems In the city, as individuals we grow our capacities. When life conditions trigger [...]