Revaluing Purple, Red and Blue
In 2005, Don Beck, founder of Spiral Dynamics, inspired Peter Merry to establish the Dutch Center for Human Emergence. By 2008, consultants from the center, including Jasper Rienstra, launched Synnervate, a consultancy focusing on organizational growth through integrating diverse value systems. Synnervate emphasizes revaluing foundational systems like Purple, Red, and Blue to foster healthy leadership and sustainable innovation within organizations, ensuring holistic development.
Do the change the world needs – Dr. Don Beck
There is a famous quote, often mistakenly attributed to Gandhi, that states, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” This phrase invites us to be authentic, to treat others as we wish to be treated, and to walk our talk. While this is a noble cause, we must ask ourselves: does such […]
Pro-sports team or family, what is the perfect organizational culture?
A video in which Netflix CEO Reed Hastings states that a company is not a family but more like a pro-sports team, recently went viral. Hastings is brutally honest about his company’s focus, yet is this true for other organizations? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b7Fw7BGX6Q I had a friend who worked at a family-owned trucking company, happily enjoying the […]
Leading – from task execution to social thinking
How BGK’s strategy implementation transformedits organizational culture All organizations can explain what they do. Some can also show how they are different from others. However, only a few know why they do something. This is Simon Sinek’s thesis in his bestseller How Great Leaders Inspire Others to Act. The “why” here has little to do […]
Spiral Dynamics integrated in Organizational Development
Marc Dortu is the Manager of the Department of Organizational Development at the Municipality of the Hague. The Department consists of ten internal consultants that advise the Municipality management in matters related to organizational structure, transformation and change management, and leadership development. Marc Dortu has used Spiral Dynamics since 2010. The framework was introduced […]
THE REAL TEAL DEAL: WHY WE NEED TEAL ORGANIZATIONS
By Auke van Nimwegen for Enlivening Edge Lately there is a lot of interest in what is called Teal organizations, thanks to the book Reinventing Organizations from Frederic Laloux. His description of how organizations can function beyond the paradigm of control, and in a manner that they are humane for the people who work there, clearly strikes […]
Spiral Dynamics in Leadership Development
How can Spiral Dynamics and ValueMatch support leadership development? This article describes how Martin Malley has integrated both into leadership development programs with clients in the United States for the past five years. Martin Malley, the owner and principal of Shrinking Borders, was first exposed to Spiral Dynamics while participating in a leadership development program […]
Integrand – Team building
My name is Jolijn Uittenbogaard and this year I am chairman of Integrand Nederland, a student foundation that brings students and companies into contact by organizing internships and career events. The foundation is run by approximately 140 students spread over 12 student towns in the Netherlands. Integrand Netherlands is the national body consisting of six […]
GrantTree London
GrantTree in London helps innovative companies acquire state aid. Right from day one in 2011, they have been a pioneer in creating an open culture based on trust and using self-management methods. Andrew Ormerod wrote: “t GrantTree we’ve found both the individual values profiles and the structure and culture profiles extremely valuable. We see individual […]
