Last night I posted on the emerging integral stage of human development, and here is more on that from none other than Don Beck. As much as I admire the philosophical work of Ken Wilber on integral thinking, Beck is actually doing this stuff in the real world, where the ideas seriously get put to the test.
Integral Theory will never gain any traction in the political world until people in power can see its success and power to make a difference. No one else that I know of is doing this work in the way that Beck has been for more than two decades.
This is taken from a response he wrote on the SDi listserve as part of a conversation on a message from Albert Klamt, Entering the Convergence Zone.
To actually "integrate" differences, be they forms of governance -- clans, tribes, empires, holy orders, enterprise structures, communal circles etc., it is essential to recognize how each emerges naturally to Life Conditions. In addition, they will express themselves in unique and often indigenous ways as specific Content. It is not enough to simply attempt to find relationships between and among the memetic Codes. One must also deal with the Content - (alternative forms of Purple, Red, Blue etc). Ideologues, be they Christian, Muslim, Jewish or even atheist, all wear Blue uniforms. This is the point at which the Integral Design Engineering becomes critical. (I don't mean the "engineering" of people or of even the evolutionary impulse but the specific alignment of Contextual "dots" to facilitate the healthy design of the supportive habitat. Elza Maalouf and I have had direct experience with this sophisticated process in working with Palestinians in Bethlehem. This is not the time to lay out the entire process but you will soon see more of it in the new Large-Scale Psychology framework with specific MeshWorks Solutions technology.) We use variations of Value Engineering, Value Management, and the CAPI concept (coalescing authority, power, and influence) from the work of Ichak Adizes, along with Vital Signs Monitors and the spiral knowledge to deal with both causes and symptoms. This becomes the total package for what we call Natural Design.Like Kahane in yesterdays' post, Beck is working in the real world to generate frameworks that can meet the challenge of the complex problems we face, and he is doing so from a worldcentric stance, the only one wide enough and deep enough to deal with the complexity issues facing not just communities or nations, but the whole of humankind.
So, the essential sequence moves from debate, through dialogue and deliberation, but then into design. The design package will be new to many who believe if well meaning people just meditate enough, or come together and search for a consensus of the group assembled, then solutions will just appear out of the ether. Give me a few open systems thinking experts with access to skype and the capacity to bore down into the deepest master codes but then align all of the elements and entities to create the architecture of practical solutions, then much can be done, and quickly.
We are now reaching the point where many might become interested.
Professor Graves said this window would open but only after attempts to deal with Problems G - the 7th Level set of Life Conditions - fail because they are still hung up in First Tier models, people, institutions, and conferences. We are working closely with the Center for Human Emergence-the Netherlands in designing the Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation, and Emergence. I have been thinking about such a Center at the Hague for almost 10 years, and it may finally become a reality. We have Peter Merry and his group to thank for this initiative. Our intent will be to provide this knowledge and experience within the Hague Center as a "go to" place to resolve major governance issues and design healthy responses to quite complex situations from around the world.
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