Evolutionary
Leadership
Peter Merry
Monday, October 20, 2008 1

The biggest context
Our 13.7 billion year story
Complex Neocortex Human-Environment
Early Societies
Boundary
Civilization Neocortex Limbic Systems
-
Tribes/Clans
Organic Compounds/Cells
Heterotrophic Anthroposphere
Ecosystems
Inorganic
Earth-Cosmos
Compounds
Climatic Systems Biosphere Boundary
Oceans, Lakes, Rivers
Atmosphere Atoms-Molecules-Gases
Rocks, Minerals,
Hydrosphere
Planetary Systems
Sub-Atomic Particles
Stars, Galaxies Lithosphere
Quasars, Pulsars
Solar System Energy/Source
Universe
Brian Eddy
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Human Evolution
UL LR
LL
Holistic
Holistic Self
Turquoise Integral Commons
Integral Self Holonic
Value Communities
Sensitive Self
Yellow Integral
Corporate States
Achiever Self
Pluralistic Nation States
Mythic Self Green
Scientific- Feudal Empires
Ego-centric Self Orange Rational
Magic Self Ethnic Tribes
Blue Mythic Order
Instinctual Self Survival Clans
Red Power Gods
Purple Animistic-
“I” Magical
“Its”
Beige
Self and Archaic Social / Governing
Consciousness System
Value Memes
“We”
vMemes Culture and
Worldviews
Brian Eddy
Monday, October 20, 2008 3

From Prof Ervin Laszlo
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From Prof Ervin Laszlo
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How to prevent world catastrophe:
1) Admit that it could happen.
2) Decide that it will not happen.
3) Commit your vision and energy to
number two without ever forgeAng
number one.
From Common Sense by Paul Williams
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Forces of Change
Trends: continuously building changes
Wild Cards: low probability, extremely high impact events
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Science • Technology
Population • Values
Environment Major Trends
New World
Old Era Transition/Information Age New Era
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Big question:
How capable is
humanity of
dealing with
intense, rapid
change?
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The world is becoming turbulent
faster than organizations are
becoming resilient
Strategy guru Gary Hamel calls this the ‘resilience
gap’
Due to growing interconnectedness, the impact and
pace of change in the global marketplace
(turbulence) outstrip the capacity of organizations
to cope and adapt (resilience).
Resilience 
Turbulence 
predict & control
change
Resilience gap
Time 
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Evolution
Breakthrough / Breakdown
Fitness
Old New
Letting go Letting come
Emergence
Chaos
Emergency
Fitness
From Evolutionary Leadership, P. Merry
Monday, October 20, 2008 11

What is being
asked of us at
this time?
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Adaptability
Taking feedback and responding
Holding Integrity
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Sitting in the chaos
Letting go
Letting come
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Not knowing
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Seeing Seeing
patterns in the simplicity
confusion beyond
complexity
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Sensing the
emergent
future and
giving it
attention
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Boldness
Courage
Intention
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Lightness
Playfulness
Experimentation
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Release Responsibility
Sensing Acting
Diverge Converge
Co-Creation
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Natural Design
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Vitality
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Non-Attachment
Deep Feeling
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Integral Evolutionary Leadership
Interior Exterior
Non-Attachment
Individual
Vitality
Authenticity
Deep Feeling
Vitality
Co-Creation
Co-Creation
Collective
Integral
Natural Design
Collective Intelligence
Collective Natural Design
Intelligence
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The authentic self,
which is the evolutionary impulse,
is a force of nature, a function in consciousness
that is wild and fearless and utterly one-pointed,
because that creative impulse is on a mission.
(Andrew Cohen)
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Connecting
www.thehaguecenter.org
www.humanemergence.nl
www.engagency.nl
petermerry.gaia.com/blog
www.evolutionary-leadership.com
info@humanemergence.nl
peter@thehaguecenter.nl
Monday, October 20, 2008 26

So when and
where on
earth is the
breakthrough
going to
happen?
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Flow
What in the world is happening?
What lenses does it help to look
through?
What are the implications for
leadership and organisation?
The Dutch
context
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Connecting
www.humanemergence.nl
www.engage.nu/interact
www.integralinstitute.org
www.wie.org
petermerry.zaadz.com/blog
www.evolutionairleiderschap.nl
info@humanemergence.nl
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