1st Edition

Integral Renewal A Relational and Renewal Perspective

By Ronnie Lessem, Alexander Schieffer Copyright 2015
484 Pages
by Routledge

488 Pages
by Routledge

484 Pages
by Routledge

In 2010 Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer published their seminal work on Integral Research and Innovation, whereby they identified the four R’s; relational and renewal, reason and realization based research paths that altogether encompass the major qualitative research methods and methodologies. Within each path they identified a trajectory from origination to transformation via foundation... Read more
I: Orientation to Integral Renewal; 1: A Process of Holistic Development (PHD) Integral Journey, University and Worlds; II: Relational 4 Cs; 2: Build Individual Character; 3: Mobilize Organizational Community; 4: Mobilize Economic Community; 5: Gain Personal Authenticity; 6: Activate Organizational Development; 7: Activate Economic Development; 8: Research Self-Identity; 9: Research and Social Innovation; 10: Research and Socio-Economic Innovation; 11: Energized Self/Community; 12: Energized Community; 13: Relational Education; III: Renewal 4 Cs; 14: Individual Calling; 15: Communal Organizational Calling; 16: Communal and Societal Calling; 17: Self-Actualization; 18: Enterprise Actualization; 19: Societal Actualization; 20: Radical Consciousness; 21: Research and Knowledge Creation; 22: Research and Societal Innovation; 23: Becoming Individually Evolved; 24: Evolved Enterprise; 25: Evolving Society; IV: Conclusion; IV: Integral Renewal

Biography

Ronnie Lessem was born in Zimbabwe of central European parentage, and graduated from Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He has written some 30 books, the last six together with Alexander Schieffer, on self, organizational and societal development from a transcultural, transformational perspective. He has also been an international management consultant in Europe and America, India and Africa for three decades. Alexander Schieffer co-founded, with Ronnie Lessem, TRANS4M Center for Integral Development (Geneva), designed to (r)evolutionize education, research and development. Trans4m’s cutting edge programs provide innovative culture-specific responses to burning socio-economic issues. Born in Germany, Schieffer gained his PHD from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he lectures in International Development.