I've been fascinated by Spiral Dynamics, lately. It's a theory of human development that helps to explain people's paradigms, both individually and culturally. (You can read a brief synopsis of it in Ken Wilber's A Theory of Everything, or the whole enchilada in Spiral Dynamics by Don Edward Beck and Christopher C. Cowan.)
This theory neatly explains why people think what they do and why there is so much disagreement about values in today's world - and it's weirdly color coded...Read the entire article at the Coaching Blog.
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Hey Julia, I think you are really on to something here. I'm quite intrigued by Spiral Dynamics and want to read more (have ordered some of Ken Wilbur's books). I'd love to think that the model explains things the way the SD folks say it does. However, I have a funny feeling about it. Seems too neat. It's been my experience that models that have an ascending hierarchy are too mechanical to provide a satisfactory explanation of human behavior...I just don't thing life works that way. On the other hand, it could be the "spiral" part of SD that addresses this problem. I'll have to do some reading and then report back!
Hi Barbra - Yes, it's a little too neat, but it allows for overlap and blending. It's more of a tendancy than rigid rules.
The thing I love about a good model is it makes it really easy to see somethings and to talk about them.
Like Green coaches, for example!
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