Chapter
Who May Find the Book Valuable?
2 The Architect of the Existential Staircase – Clare Graves
Clare Graves and the Existential Staircase
Beyond Maslow and Other Development Minds
The Meeting of Two Visionary Minds
Clare Graves on the Future
First-Tier “Subsistence” Codes
Second-Tier “Being” Codes
The Double Helix of Code Change
The “Me” and “We” Wave of Code Change
The Ebb and Flow of Code Change
We Are All Multi-hued in a Multi-colored World
The Challenge of Code Changes
4 Natural Design – The Ever-Emerging Ecology
Natural Design Conceptualized
The Basic Characteristics of “Design”
Assortment of Natural Design Tools
Natural Design Principles
Five Bottom Lines of Natural Design
The Need for YELLOW Thinking
Large-scale Transformation
Six Conditions for Change
PART 2 Spiral Dynamics Global
5 Back to the Future – The South African Crucible Revisited
A Background to the History of South Africa
The South African Negotiating Table
Doing the Work in South Africa
Other Allies Supporting Spiral Dynamics
Seventh-World Thinking – For a Rainbow Nation
6 Uncovering the Indigenous Intelligence: A Case Study of Israel and Palestine
The Birth of New Indigenous Thinking
PURPLE–RED Villages and BLUE–ORANGE Towns
Empathy and the Five-Deep Strategy
Creating Israels VMEMEtic Profile
VMEMEtic Profile of the Palestinian Territories
The Birth of the Build Palestine Initiative (BPI)
The Creation of a Superordinate Goal
A Summit to Build Palestine
7 The Nordic Countries and Second-Tier Consciousness: The Need for Second-Tier Leadership in Times of Great Turbulence
The Need for a Danish Book
Professor Francis Fukuyama
Qualities of a Typical GREEN VMEME Country/State
Cognitive Capacities and Adaptive Intelligences as a Prerequisite for the Leap
Are Denmark and the Nordics Ready to “Leap”?
Denmark and the Spiral: Preparing for the Next Vertical “Up-Shift”
PART 3 The Surge in a Social Context
8 Defining the Sustainable Corporation: From Stockholders to Stakeholders
The Corporate VMEME Struggle
The Current Functional Misalignment
The Functional Seventh-Level CEO
The Evolution of Ownership
The Corporation of the Future
9 Spiral Dynamics in Action Across Boundaries
Spiral Dynamics in Religion
Spiral Dynamics and Millennials
Why are Millennials so Hard to Deal With?
The Greening of America or how Every Aspect of America is More Egalitarian
Coming of Age During the Exponential Age
It is Really Simple Dealing with Millennials
Spiral Dynamics in Politics and Economics
Spiral Dynamics and Communication
Spiral Dynamics and Foundational Stones
Spiral Dynamics and Motivation
Spiral Dynamics and Foundations
Spiral Dynamics and Sport
Spiral Dynamics in Russia
10 Organizational Engagement in Diverse Workspaces: International Application of Spiral Dynamics
Multi-cultural Approaches for Consideration
Engagement in Multi-cultural Organizations
Engagement Dynamics in Africa
Doing Business in East Africa: Tanzania
Doing Business in Western Africa: Ghana
Engagement Dynamics in Australia
Engagement Dynamics in China
PART 4 Spiral Dynamics PLUS
11 Spiral Dynamics PLUS Supplementary Technologies
Organizations as Organicism
Adizes Corporate Life Cycle
Four Sources of Internal Conflict
Simple Vital Signs and Vital Signs Monitors (VSMs)
Assimilation Contrast Effect (VACE)
Value Engineering Applied – a Spiral Dynamics Approach
Value Engineering and Value Circles
The Process of Value Circles
A Typical Value Circle Process
Different Value Management Cases
Benefits of Value Circles
The Seven Steps of Functional Design
Debate – Competitive, to Convince Others
Dialogue – Talking Together Using Anecdotes and Personal Life Experiences
Deliberation – Trying to Understand and Beginning to Create a Solution
Diagnosis – Different Hypotheses Are Posed
Dismissing – Forms of Dismissing the Status Quo by Off-loading
PART 5 The Road Forward for Humanity
12 What Do You Do with Spiral Dynamics?
Some Practical Applications of Spiral Dynamics
A Few Examples and Illustrations of the Use of Spiral Dynamics
Final Thoughts About VMEMEtic Codes
Reflecting on the Developing Journey of Spiral Dynamics and the Master Code
Insights Gained and Ideas Remembered
Detail of Large-Scale Transformational Projects