"What would it be like to have not only color vision, but culture vision: the ability to see the multiple worlds of others."  ― Mary Catherine Bateson

FOUNDATIONS OF OUR WORK


In our work we integrate fresh thinking from 21st century psychology, business management studies, and brain science, with ancient wisdom from the past.  

Our professional experience spans the fields of developmental psychology, corporate organizational consulting, performance coaching, business and national security intelligence analysis, and leadership training in several different cultures and countries spanning six continents.


Some of the most important influences on the content and design of our programs are:

  • Ken Wilber's Integral philosophy of inclusion and perspective taking
  • Bill Torbert's practice of Action Inquiry and work applying the construct of psychological development in executive coaching and organizational development interventions
  • Susanne Cook-Greuter's empirical dedication to rigorously studying patterns in later psychological development
  • Otto Scharmer's U-Model approach to fostering personal, cultural and systemic innovation
  • Bill Isaacs' work applying the discipline of Generative Dialogue to business
  • Thomas Huebl's work healing collective trauma and related psychological shadows
  • Pema Chodren's transmission of the imperative to love all of the Self
  • Reggie Ray's focus on waking up through and as the Body
  • Parker Palmer's advice around bringing the sacred into learning experiences
  • Brian Swimme's invitation to see ourselves as evolutionary beings living in a developmental context
  • Rainer Marie Rilke's exhortation that we each embrace what is most foreign within ourselves
  • Harriet Tubeman, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King Jr, Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela's commitment to goodness regardless of the consequences to themselves personally
  • Wendy Palmer's distinction of Leadership Embodiment and translation of aikido teachings into the context of modern leadership
  • Rumi and Hafez's capacity to convey glimpses of awakening through their expressions of beauty
  • Unattributed Native American wisdom (perhaps because they don't share our culture's obsession of individuals pretending to own thoughts)
  • Joseph Jaworksi's Inner Path of Leadership
  • Peter Senge's work making system thinking more accessible to business people
  • Previous co-facilitators - from whom I've learned far more than I know: Terri O'Fallon, Dana Carman, Geoff Fitch, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Barrett Brown, Bill Torbert, Leigh Reis, and Adriana Forte