Spiral Dynamics Summit for the Future 20-22 April 2018, Dallas Fort Worth. Presentation by dr. Rica Viljoen. The claim was made that in order to embody Yellow and. Turquoise, one must integrate Beige and Purple thinking systems. Honor was given to prof Clare Graves, Dr. Don Beck and Dr Loraine Laubscher for their contribution to the field of study.

1. Courageous Leadership in
Multicultural
Environments: A Case for
South Africa

3. "The darkest thing about Africa has
always been our ignorance of it.”
-George Kimble

5. The Background
In 2011, close to the mine shafts outside
Rustenburg, the National Union of Mineworkers
(NUM) and management at the Impala Platinum
mine concluded a 2-year collective agreement
on wages and conditions of employees.

6. The Background
On December 18, 2011, Implats management
unilaterally increased wages with a further 18%
for miners, thereby undermining their own
agreements of October 2011.

7. The Background
In January 2012, the miners at Implats went on
an unprotected strike outside the union
structures to force management to further
increase their wages.

8. The Background
The unrest continued until September, when the
mood changed significantly.

9. The Background
On the 10th of August 2012, the aggression of
the crowd increased rapidly. The South African
Police Force were consulted by the management
of the mine.
By the 13th of August, five people were killed
including two policemen. The strike continued
until September 19.

13. Marikana 16 August 2012
34 Mineworkers killed by police
“Treat us with respect”, “long sleeve
shirts for the sun please”, “basic rights”,
“treat us with dignity”. Solve
PURPLE
problems
with
PURPLE
thinking

15. 15
A state of nature
Mysterious and frightening
Rough and hard like a jungle
Divinely controlled and guilt-driven
Full of opportunities to take control
The natural habitat of all humanity
A complex system at risk of collapse
A single living interdependent entity
Act much like other animals
Placate spirits and gather for safety
Fight to survive in spite of others
Obey rightful higher authority
Pragmatically test options for success
Form communities to experience growth
Seek the order beneath earth’s chaos
Learn how to be free and question
Life Conditions Outside Thinking Systems InsideColors
Internal Controls External Controls© Copyright 1997 NVC, Inc.
Denton TX 76202-0797

16. Spiral Dynamics as explained by Don Beck
Individualistic
Collectivistic

17. The story of Josephine

18. 18
Spiral Dynamics
Every thinking system has a specific fractal
that impacts the attitude of the individual, the
group, the organisation or the society at large.
These individual or collective attitudes impact
choices made, motivational factors and
behaviour.
The question of existence or thinking system
respond to a situation in the external
environment and while in a congruent state, all
goes well.
Worldviews or human niches only change if the
thinking structure of an individual/society
cannot calculate the life conditions and
therefore a new thinking system emerges. It
therefore refers to adaptive intelligence.

20. Human Energy in systems
Aligned to the logic of the containing culture/system
9% 65% 15% 10% 1% 0,01% 0.001%

21. 9%
1 out of 113 people in the world is a refugee

22. Beige
Academic duplication of Graves research

24. 65%

25. Family
Relations
Rules of
Behaviour
Ceremonial/
Ritual
Time
Orientation
Stories
Ancestor
White/Black
MagicLand
Sky
Animals
People
Relations
Human
Domain
Physical
Domain
Sacred/Spirit
ual Domain
Interrelatedness of African Purple
Secrecy
Social Structure
Copying
Relationships
Elders
Old ways
Drumming,
Dancing, Art,
Storytelling
Exists outside past
or future
Storytelling and
Metaphors
Honoring and
Protection
Sangomas
Foresight
HealingGift of gods
Sacred earth
Sun, Moon, Stars
and Wind
Animal Spirit
Consultation
Communication
Harmony
Laubscher (2014)

27. 15%

28. 10%

29. 29
I am not saying in this conception of
adult behaviour that one style of being,
one form of human existence, is
inevitably and in all circumstances
superior to or better than another form
of human existence, another style of
being.
What I am saying is that when one
form of being is more congruent with
the realities of existence, then it is the
better form of living for those realities.
Clare Graves
Clare Graves - primary source of spiral dynamics

31. Sustainability thorough Inclusivity - energy on all dimensions
Alternative ways
New
world of
work
Nature of the world
Why we change Essence of Change
New
Sciences
We change differently
Consciousness
The
Individual
The
Team The
Organisation
How individuals
change
How groups
change
The What
Context:
Industry
South Africa
Africa
Global
Leadership
Doing
Being Disconnect
Apathy
Engagement
Inclusivity
Organisation
Group
IndividualEQ Journey
Dialoguing
World CaféStorytelling
Appreciative
Inquiry
Organisational Leadership
Trust
Leadership
Work attributes
State Engagement
Trait Engagement
Behavioral Engagement
How organisations
change
The way: How we change
The landscape of Organisational Change and Development
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32. “You cannot help but learn more as
you take the world into your hands.
Take it up reverently, for it is an old
piece of clay, with millions of
thumbprints on it.”
-John Updike

33. There is no shame in looking back
and fixing something!
Akan Adrinka Symbol
West Africa

34. Alignment of individuals and organisations to
social system dynamics
Pro-actively explore trends in the outer word and build capacity to be agile in
systems
Scientific diagnostic cross-cultural sensitive longitudinal validated instruments
such as Vital Signs Monitors
Release voice
“The most important thing is not the script but the story”
Listen with your eyes closed
“The best leader is the one who listens the best to the total system”
Speak in colours / frequencies
Translate for understanding and human niche
Remember what made us successful in the first place
“If you want to move forward, look back, look back…”
Position the people agenda as part of any strategic conversation
Always asks how to create human energy in the system to perform
Integrate
“I would do anything for the simplicity at the other side of complexity”

35. If a old person dies, a library burns
down . . .

36. Dr Rica Viljoen
rica@mandalaconsulting.co.za
+27824495846