Transcending flatland: Implications of Ken Wilber's meta-narrative for futures studies
TL;DR: This paper explored how the work of this leading transpersonal synthesist can contribute both to a broadening and deepening of Futures Studies and thus help to activate cultural options that are presently obscured.
About: This article is published in Futures.The article was published on 1998-08-01. It has received 43 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Futures contract & Futures studies.
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TL;DR: There are several stage-based models of organisational development (OD) that provide a systematic overview of the developmental potential of organisations as mentioned in this paper. But these models are not suitable for the analysis of large-scale organizations.
Abstract: Purpose – There are several stage‐based models of organisational development (OD) that provide a systematic overview of the developmental potential of organisations. This paper compares four such models – Ken Wilber's integral theory, the spiral dynamics model of Don Beck and Chris Cowan, Richard Barrett's corporate transformation model, and William Torbert's action inquiry model – with the aim of presenting an integrated account of the stages of OD.Design/methodology/approach – Integral theory is used as the basis for considering the theoretical scope of these other models of OD. The integral framework is specifically designed to recognise the valid insights of other models of organisational change and, as such, is well suited for situating those insights in a comprehensive and coherent approach for mapping the developmental paths of organisations. The models considered represent some of the more innovative OD approaches.Findings – From the comparative analysis an integral model for OD is described. The ...
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TL;DR: An analytical tool (cross‐level analysis) is presented for examining views of the world in terms of both the perceptual filters of the viewer and the aspect of theworld being viewed, a technique which is also useful for analysing how other scanners do their scanning.
Abstract: The basis for a broadened scanning framework is described, which may also function as a means for understanding how human minds filter their perceptions of the world. The framework is based on the Four‐Quadrant Integral model of Ken Wilber and the Spiral Dynamics model of Don Beck and Chris Cowan. An analytical tool (cross‐level analysis) is presented for examining views of the world in terms of both the perceptual filters of the viewer and the aspect of the world being viewed, a technique which is also useful for analysing how other scanners do their scanning. A notation for cross‐level analysis is presented and described, with examples of its use.
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TL;DR: Integral futures (IF) has developed over several years to a point where it has emerged as a productive way of understanding futures studies (FS) itself and re-evaluating its role in the wider world as mentioned in this paper.
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...cultural diagnosis and renewed ‘world story’, critique of (earlier) systems theory, ecology, chaos theory and FS, re-defining the central purposes of FS and re-defining the path ahead [22]....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors make the case for making future studies explicit in student learning in science education, and present a vision of the future of science education in the United States.
Abstract: (2004). Imaging the Future of Science Education: the Case for Making Futures Studies Explicit in Student Learning. Studies in Science Education: Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 139-177.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace the changing contexts for futures research over the past 25 years and suggest three pathways for revived critical futures research: socio-technical practices, future-oriented dialectics, and socioeconomic imaginaries.
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TL;DR: Henderson as mentioned in this paper used the Foresight Principle to describe the promise of the 21st century and the need to become more far-sighted through analysis, imagination, and social imaging.
Abstract: Foreword by Hazel Henderson Preface Introduction Establishing the Context: Looking Beyond the Industrial Worldview Looking Back Looking Around Looking Forward Applying and Extending the Foresight Principle How Foresight is Already Understood and Used How a Changing Worldview Can Help Our Institutions Become More Far-Sighted Extending Foresight through Analysis, Imagination, and Social Imaging Why We Need Institutions of Foresight Cultural Recovery in the 21st Century Creating Positive Views of Futures With Young People Cultural Reconstruction in the 'Post-Modern' World--Aspects of Renewed Worldview Towards a Wise Culture Conclusion: The Promise of the 21st Century Annotated Bibliography Index
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