Integral life practice

ILP Integral Life Practice A long term program of practice for developing Integral Leadership using the AQAL Integral framework. “ Integral is not a tool, it’s a way of Being ” Rochelle Fairfield, Master of Integral Theory Program, JFK University, 2008 Integral Emergence 2008©

Outline
Integral Life Practice
What is it
What it means for Integral Leadership
ILP Design Overview
AQAL Assessment
Quadrants, Levels, Lines, States, Types
Embodiment – a practical ILP demonstration
Visioning
Designing
Participating/Reviewing/Recording
The Future
Heading toward Integral Leadership
Q & A
Integral Emergence 2008©

Integral Life Practice Integral Emergence 2008©

Integral Life Practice
Mind, Body and Spirit in Self, Culture and Nature.
Why have ILP : what are the benefits to Leadership ?
Towards functional Integration: “BEING” Integral

Transforming – YOU Integral Emergence 2008©

ILP Design Overview - 3 Stages 1 - AQAL Assessment 2 – Visioning & Inquiry 3 - Designing 4 – Participating, Recording and Reviewing Triple Loop Inquiry Integral Emergence 2008© 2 nd Person : Dialoging 1 st Person : Intentions - Feelings 3 rd Person : Vision statement 2 nd Person : Dialoging 1 st Person :Thinking - Feelings 3 rd Person : Mapping 2 nd Person : Dialoging 1 st Person :Thinking - Feelings 3 rd Person : Outcomes

Integral Emergence 2008© AQAL Integral Assessment AQAL – Quadrants, Levels, Lines, States, Types A Comprehensive Assessment of Human Functioning

Integral Emergence 2008© The Quadrants

Integral Emergence 2008© Developmental Levels – A General Overview

How do I determine my LEVEL ? Integral Emergence 2008©

Lines of Development The Integral Psychograph - Multiple Intelligences Integral Emergence 2008© 3 rd Stage : Everyone - Worldcentric 2 nd Stage : Just my Group - Sociocentric 1 st Stage : Just me - Egocentic 4 th Stage : Everything - Kosmocentric

States – Managing Energy HIGH LOW Resourceful Unresourceful Integral Emergence 2008©

What behavioral Type am I? Which personality inventory should I use ? MBTI - INFJ MYER – BRIGGS TYPE INVENTORY The Enneagram Integral Emergence 2008© D.I.S.C personality test

Transforming – YOU Integral Emergence 2008©

2 – Visioning – 5 years from today Integral Emergence 2008© I We It It’s
What capacities do you see in your Self in the future ?
What’s different about you.
What defines you in this future ?
What Really / Deeply matters to you ?
What is stopping this from happening ?
What am I not doing ?
How are my energy levels
How is my presence ?
How could my health be improved
What relationships do I want to have ?
What is it about these relationships that really matters to me ?
On what level am I present with those I am close too ?
Do I want to deepen these relationships ?
Is my job in line with my purpose ?
Am I happy at work ?
How can I make more of a contribution to my role ?

I – Subjective - Individual
What Really / Deeply matters to you ?
What capacities do you see in your Self in the future ?
What’s different about you ?
What defines you in this future ?

WE – Inter-Subjective – Individual
Are my relationships with those around me as open and strong as I would like ?
What is it about these relationships that really matters to me ?
What would it look and feel like to be closer in your relationships ?
Do I want to deepen these relationships ?

IT – Objective - Individual
How are my energy levels at work and home ?
How is my presence with my clients and in personal life ?
How could my health be improved and what would it bring to my work , and home life ?
What would a more present and energetic you look like ?

IT’s – Objective – Collective
Is my job in line with my purpose ?
Am I happy at work ?
How can I make more of a contribution to my role ?
What would be your perfect role ?
Picture yourself in that role – what makes it perfect ?

3 – Designing ( choose one from each box) Integral Emergence 2008©
Meditation ( recommended )
Journaling
Shadow work ( recommended )
Therapy
Sitting quietly
Reading
Creative writing
Prayer
Dieting
Weights
Conscious Eating
Vegetarianism
Exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Conscious Ethics
Communication
Relationships
Conversational practice
Sexual exploration
Group Therapy
Marriage Therapy
Coaching
Conscious parenting
Intimacy exercises
Coaching
Community service
Mentoring ( at work )
Donating
Child Sponsorship
Creating community projects
Business coursers
MBA extensions
Exploring new business application

List the four things you have chosen !
How many times a week are you going to do each one of these activities ?
What are you hoping to gain from each of them ?

4 – Participating - Recording - Reviewing Integral Emergence 2008©
Subjective “I” Practice :
Times per week =
Objective “It” Practice :
Times per week =
Intersubjective “We” Practice :
Times per week =
Interobjective “It’s” practice :
Times per week =

Recording Transformation – Buy a journal and record EVERYTHING !
Expression - Writing, Poetry, Song lyrics
Physiological changes
Changes in awareness
Changes in state of Mind and Being
Affective and emotional adjustments
Increases in Intimacy and Compassion – not just to humans .
Feelings, Emotions, Thoughts

“ As I see it, the dilemma of our times can be stated thusly : We need an integral culture to emerge because it is only through its capacity to embrace the complexity of our global problems that we will find adequate solutions ”
Jon Geselle,
Master of Integral Theory Program, JFK University, 2007
Integral Emergence 2008© Heading into the future

Integral suggestions for Business and Leadership in the future !
Collaboration : Mutli Company : Joint Venture – not everything has to be competitive
Personal Development – Using ILP and other methods on a company based scale
Vertical Assessment – Not just types, but Levels.
Ethics – An Integral Approach
Embodiment – Not just 3 rd person external theory
Multiple Bottom Lines – All 4 Quadrants
Executive Development – Starting at the top
Sustainability – A long term view : Not Starbucks culture
Consistency – No more transforming weekends
Education !

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