Reaction to Gay Marriage = Litmus Test for Worldview
In what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called “a historic triumph for equality and freedom,” New York joined the growing number of states that have legalized gay marriage, including: Massachusetts (2004),...
View ArticleTwo Minute Introduction to Integral Leadership
The Integral Leadership Model can be expressed in several different ways representing increasing levels of complexity encompassing all of the elements of AQAL: quadrants, lines, levels, states and...
View ArticleIntegral Reflection on Occupy Wall Street Protests
As I sit typing on my iPhone from my seventh floor apartment overlooking the Amstel river, embedded in one of the most sustainable and beautiful cities in the world, with the sun gently caressing my...
View ArticleNew and Improved Worldview Lenses
Worldviews can be thought of as lenses through which we perceive and interpret our subjective experience. This “worldview contact lens” advertisement spoof highlights how worldviews color our...
View ArticleAQAL Elements Applied to Leadership
This article provides a handy overview of the elements of the Integral framework applied to leadership. Organizational leadership is a dynamic process involving a number of separate yet interconnected...
View ArticleIntegral Should Be More Like Apple
Integralists that have been following the blogosphere are noticing a growing current of conversations on the theme, or question, of “Why isn’t Integral more popular?” There are many variations on the...
View ArticleModern Sports and Premodern Worldviews
Christ! Where was God when Tim Tebow and the Broncos lost so badly? Did Jesus take the night off or has he forsaken poor devoted Tebow! USA Today asks, “When Tebow loses, does God too?” I’m so...
View ArticleOccupy Integral (Interview)
In this two-part interview, Brett Thomas asks the authors of Occupy Integral to explain what’s really happening to our world from an integral perspective and how the Integral Movement can have a...
View ArticleOccupy Integral Interview (Part 2)
“Occupy Integral!” was originally published in the online magazine Beams & Struts by my friends Terry Patten and Marco Morelli. In Part 1 of the interview I asked them to describe what’s really...
View ArticleMy Philosophy of Life Begins with “Awake-ness”
What’s my philosophy of life? Being awake, alive, and aware. This is a tricky topic to talk about in our contemporary world because the way we use language around philosophy, spirituality, and belief...
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