Spiral Dynamics in Action

Spiral Dynamics in Action

by Prof. Don Edward Beck, Prof. Teddy Hebo Larsen, Prof. Sergey Solonin, Dr. Rica Viljoen, Dr. Thomas Q. Johns
Released May 2018
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781119387183

Read it now on the O’Reilly learning platform with a 10-day free trial.

O’Reilly members get unlimited access to books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial

Book description

A more effective leadership model for the new business environment.

Spiral Dynamics in Action explores the evolution of modern business, and provides a model for moving forward amidst ever-increasing complexity and change. Only by truly understanding other people's perspectives can you bring them together to achieve the extraordinary, and this book provides a field guide to the different motivations, behaviours and talents in your team to help you lead diverse groups more effectively. Focused on action over theory, the Spiral Dynamics model includes cutting-edge leadership practices, management systems, processes, procedures and techniques to help you bring about real-world results.

The nature of change is consistent, but that doesn't make it any less enormous or complex to deal with. As a business leader, you are tasked with not only navigating change yourself, but also guiding others through the maze successfully. This book shows you how to shift your perspective, hone your focus and deliver what your people need by:

  • Understanding the reasoning behind different perspectives.
  • Helping people play off one another's strengths to achieve a shared goal.
  • Adopting cutting-edge practices, processes and procedures for improvement.
  • Taking action to re-connect an increasingly fragmented environment.

The marketplace has gone truly global, workforces are increasingly diverse and companies are taking on powerful new social responsibilities. It's a lot to take in, let alone manage, but the responsibility of leadership is to gather disparate parts and make them into a whole. It's your job to turn anchors into rocket fuel, and motivate and inspire your team to the top. By digging to the core of each person, each culture and each problem, you uncover a roadmap to high performance; Spiral Dynamics in Action shows you how to guide your people through any changes and emerge stronger than before.

Table of contents

  1. Special Acknowledgements
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Figures and Graphs as a Map for the Book
  5. Part 1: Spiral Dynamics: The Foundation
    1. 1 Introduction – The Lay of the Land of this Book
      1. About the Book
      2. The Purpose of the Book
      3. The Methodology Followed
      4. Structure of the Book
      5. Who May Find the Book Valuable?
      6. Notes
    2. 2 The Architect of the Existential Staircase – Clare Graves
      1. Beyond Maslow and Other Development Minds
      2. The Meeting of Two Visionary Minds
      3. Clare Graves on the Future
      4. Conclusion
      5. Notes
    3. 3 The Code Book
      1. Introduction
      2. The Eight Codes
      3. First-Tier “Subsistence” Codes
      4. Second-Tier “Being” Codes
      5. The Double Helix of Code Change
      6. The “Me” and “We” Wave of Code Change
      7. The Ebb and Flow of Code Change
      8. We Are All Multi-hued in a Multi-colored World
      9. The Challenge of Code Changes
      10. Humanity's Master Code
      11. The BarCode
      12. Conclusion
      13. Notes
    4. 4 Natural Design – The Ever-Emerging Ecology
      1. Natural Design Conceptualized
      2. The Basic Characteristics of “Design”
      3. Assortment of Natural Design Tools
      4. Organizational Elegance
      5. Natural Design Principles
      6. Five Bottom Lines of Natural Design
      7. Integral Applications
      8. Complex Adaptive Systems
      9. The Five Change States
      10. The Need for YELLOW Thinking
      11. Natural Design Tools
      12. Large-scale Transformation
      13. Templates
      14. Six Conditions for Change
      15. Conclusion
  6. Part 2: Spiral Dynamics Global
    1. 5 Back to the Future – The South African Crucible Revisited
      1. Introduction
      2. A Background to the History of South Africa
      3. The South African Negotiating Table
      4. Other Allies Supporting Spiral Dynamics
      5. A New South Africa
      6. Conclusion
      7. Notes
    2. 6 Uncovering the Indigenous Intelligence: A Case Study of Israel and Palestine
      1. The Birth of New Indigenous Thinking
      2. PURPLE–RED Villages and BLUE–ORANGE Towns
      3. Empathy and the Five-Deep Strategy
      4. VMEMEtic Profile of the Palestinian Territories
      5. The Birth of the Build Palestine Initiative (BPI)
      6. The Creation of a Superordinate Goal
      7. A Summit to Build Palestine
      8. Conclusion
      9. About the Author
      10. Notes
    3. 7 The Nordic Countries and Second-Tier Consciousness: The Need for Second-Tier Leadership in Times of Great Turbulence
      1. Introduction
      2. The Need for a Danish Book
      3. A GREEN Denmark
      4. Cognitive Capacities and Adaptive Intelligences as a Prerequisite for the Leap
      5. Concluding Remarks
      6. Notes
  7. Part 3: The Surge in a Social Context
    1. 8 Defining the Sustainable Corporation: From Stockholders to Stakeholders
      1. The Corporate VMEME Struggle
      2. The Current Functional Misalignment
      3. The Functional Seventh-Level CEO
      4. The Evolution of Ownership
      5. Starbucks
      6. Apple
      7. Google
      8. Whole Foods Market
      9. The Corporation of the Future
      10. Conclusion
      11. About the Author
      12. Notes
    2. 9 Spiral Dynamics in Action Across Boundaries
      1. Introduction
      2. Spiral Dynamics in Religion
      3. Spiral Dynamics in Politics and Economics
      4. Spiral Dynamics and Communication
      5. Spiral Dynamics and Foundational Stones
      6. Spiral Dynamics and Motivation
      7. Spiral Dynamics and Foundations
      8. Spiral Dynamics and Art
      9. Spiral Dynamics and Sport
      10. Spiral Dynamics in Russia
      11. Conclusion
      12. Notes
    3. 10 Organizational Engagement in Diverse Workspaces: International Application of Spiral Dynamics
      1. Introduction
      2. Multi-cultural Approaches for Consideration
      3. Engagement in Multi-cultural Organizations
      4. Conclusion
  8. Part 4: Spiral Dynamics PLUS
    1. 11 Spiral Dynamics PLUS Supplementary Technologies
      1. Introduction
      2. Adizes
      3. Assimilation Contrast Effect (VACE)
      4. Value Engineering Applied – a Spiral Dynamics Approach
      5. Carkhuff's Seven Skills
      6. The Seven Steps of Functional Design
      7. The Impact of Language
      8. Notes
  9. Part 5: The Road Forward for Humanity
    1. 12 What Do You Do with Spiral Dynamics?
      1. Some Practical Applications of Spiral Dynamics
      2. A Few Examples and Illustrations of the Use of Spiral Dynamics
      3. Final Thoughts About VMEMEtic Codes
      4. Reflecting on the Developing Journey of Spiral Dynamics and the Master Code
      5. Where to from Now?
      6. Conclusion
      7. Notes
  10. About the Authors
  11. Glossary
  12. Acronyms
  13. Additional Resources
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. EULA

Product information

  • Title: Spiral Dynamics in Action
  • Author(s): Prof. Don Edward Beck, Prof. Teddy Hebo Larsen, Prof. Sergey Solonin, Dr. Rica Viljoen, Dr. Thomas Q. Johns
  • Release date: May 2018
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119387183