Urban Hub 1 : Smart Sustainable - Thriveable Cities

Urban Hub
Integral UrbanHub
Smart Sustainable
Thriveable Cities
integralMENTORS
Paul van Schaik

Urban Hub
Smart Sustainable
Thriveable Cities
integralMENTORS
Paul van Schaik
Integral UrbanHub
1

Copyright © Paul van Schaik : August 2016
ISBN-13: 978-1537234793
ISBN-10: 1537234797X
A series of graphics from integralMENTORS integral UrbanHub work on Thriveable Cities presentations.

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My Intention My Behaviour
Urban Culture Urban Activity
When Did You Feel Most Alive in an Urban Habitat?
What made this
experience
come alive for
you and made
it memorable?
What made this
activity come
alive for you
and made it
memorable?
My context
Me

Preface
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This book is one in a series of presentations for the use of Integral theory or an Integral meta-
framework in understanding cities and urban design.
Although each can stand alone, taken together they give a more rounded appreciation of how this
broader framework can help in the analysis and design of thriveable urban environments.
Key to an Integral approach to urban design is the notion that although other aspects of urban life
are important, people, as individuals and communities, are the primary ‘purpose’ for making cities
thriveable. All other aspects (technology, transport & infrastructure, health, education, sustainability,
economic development, etc.) although playing a major part, are secondary.
This work shows the slides from a dynamic deck that accompany a presentation on Thriveable Smart
Sustainable Cities. The history of the co-evolution of cities, worldviews and technology is presented
in an integral framework.
This volume is part of an ongoing series of guides for integrally informed practitioners.

ContentContext
Evolving Cities
Integral Mapping
Capitals
Integral Theory
Urban Fractals
Tools
Projects
Books
Annex
SDG

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Introduction

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Context
Urban Hub

Why Stratified Leadership, Integral Methodological
Pluralism and Integral Hierarchy (Holarchy)
Subjects do not perceive worlds but enact them. Different states of
subjects bring forth different worlds.
For AQAL, this means that a subject might be at a particular wave of
consciousness, in a particular stream of consciousness, in a particular
state of consciousness, in one quadrant or another.
That means that the phenomena brought forth by various types of
human inquiry will be different depending on the quadrants, levels,
lines, states, and types of the subjects bringing forth the phenomena.
A subject at one wave of consciousness will not enact and bring forth
the same worldspace as a subject at another wave; and similarly with
quadrants, streams, states, and types (as we will see in more detail).
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The Quadrants of Understanding
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My context
Me

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Evolving Cities

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Evolving Cities
Urban Hub

Mapping Interventions – Evolving Cities
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Magical/Tribal
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
Pluralistic/Equality
Integral/3D Holistic
Survival
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble

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Survival

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Magical/Tribal
Survival

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Magical/Tribal
Mythic/Power
Survival

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Magical/Tribal
Mythic/Power
Survival
Mythic/One Truth

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Magical/Tribal
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
Survival
Mythic/One Truth

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Magical/Tribal
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
Integral/3D Holistic
Survival
Mythic/One Truth

Mapping Interventions – Medieval Cities
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Ancient
Medieval City
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
Power-Centric

Mapping Interventions – Modern Cities
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19/20th Century
Bureaucratic
Planned
Utopian City
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
Rational-Centric

Mapping Interventions – Modern Cities
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Early to Late
Modern City
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
‘unplanned’
Econo-Centric

Mapping Interventions – Smart Cities
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Modern
Smart City
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
Techno-Centric

Mapping Interventions – Sustainable Cities
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Green Utopian
Ecopolis
Sustainable
City
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
Ecological &
Environmental-
Centric

Mapping Interventions – Holistic Cities
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SDI Integral
Holistic City
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
Systems-Centric
[Master Code]

Mapping Interventions – Thriveable Cities
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People-Centric
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
SDi/3D Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
IMP Integral
Morphogenic
Generative
Snippable
ThriveAble City

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Power
Mythic/Power
Rational/Drive
Pluralistic/Sustainable
Holistic
Mythic/One Truth
Integral/ThriveAble
each more complex stage:
- enfolds
- transcends [the worst]
- includes [the best]
of the previous stages
The content of the previous
becomes the context of the next
Meaning & Purpose
transcended & included

Mapping Interventions – INTEGRAL Cities
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Culture
- worldviews
Creations
- systems
- infrastructure
Capacities
- Competences
- Behaviour
Consciousness
- intention
- mindsets
Individual
Interior-Subjective
Collective
Interior-Intersubjective
Individual
Exterior-Objective
Collective
Exterior-Interobjective

Tetra-meshing
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The act whereby a ‘holon’ meshes or fits with the selection pressures of all four
quadrants.
In order to tetra-mesh, each holon must to some degree be able to register its own
exterior accurately enough (truth), its own interior accurately enough (truthfulness),
understand its cultural milieu (mutual understanding)’ and fit within its social system
(functional fit) – meaning that all four selection pressures must be dealt with
adequately in order for a holon to evolve.
Self & Consciousness Brain & Organism
Systems & EnvironmentCulture & Worldview Cultural Social
Intentional Behavioural

Tetra-meshing
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Waste Disposal systems
Communities Cultural views or Mindset on Waste Disposal
Individuals Behaviour to Waste Disposal
Individuals beliefs/mindset on Waste Disposal
communities Dominant Mode of Discourse
possible communication levels
individuals Centre of Gravity
depending on CoG possible obstacles to change
current ways of use
obstacles to use/change
current system
choices of systems available
Rio de Janeiro
Olympic preparations
for Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 2014

Tetra-meshing
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Waste Disposal systems –
in place and proposed
Rio de Janeiro

Tetra-meshing
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Culture
- worldviews
Creations
- systems
- infrastructure
Capacities
- Competences
- Behaviour
Consciousness
- intention
- mindsets
Rio de Janeiro
Context

Tetra-meshing
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Cultural views on
Waste Disposal
Persons Behaviour to
Waste Disposal
Culture
- worldviews
Creations
- systems
- infrastructure
Capacities
- Competences
- Behaviour
Consciousness
- intention
- mindsets
Rio de Janeiro
Context

Tetra-meshing
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Persons beliefs/mindset
on Waste Disposal
Cultural views on
Waste Disposal
Persons Behaviour to
Waste Disposal
Culture
- worldviews
Creations
- systems
- infrastructure
Capacities
- Competences
- Behaviour
Consciousness
- intention
- mindsets
Rio de Janeiro
Context

Transformation & Tetra-meshing
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Morpho-Generative and Snippable Transformation
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Culture
- worldviews
Creations
- systems
- infrastructure
Capacities
- Competences
- Behaviour
Consciousness
- intention
- mindsets
Step 1Step 2Step 3
Morphic Pull (Meta-’Purpose’)
Contextual
& creative
inputs from
all at each
step
Time

Zones
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Zone #1 : States of individual consciousness surface structure - the feel
Zone #2 : Stage-Structure of individual development deep structure – the look
Zone #3 : States of ‘cultural’ development surface structure - the feel
Zone #4 : State-Structure communal development deep structure – the look
Zone #5 : States of individual communication surface structure – the ‘software
Zone #6 : State-Structure of individual control deep structure – the hardware’
Zone #7 : State of communal communication surface structure – the ‘software’
Zone #8 : State-Structure of governance/systems deep structure – the hardware’

Altitude, Stages & Lines of Development
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Understanding Stages & Lines of Development
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Dominant Mode of Discourse
Values
Self-identity
Cognitive
Moral
Spiritual
Kosmic Address Myth of the Given

Lines of Development
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Some major lines of Development
Selman, Perry
What is my cultural dominant mode
of discourse
What is my societal Systems Stage
(agricultural, industrial,
informational, …)
Context

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My Intention My Behaviour
Urban Culture Urban Activity
Mapping Interventions or Means
How did you try
to change or
transform
yourself, others,
a human system
or a culture?
What did you
try to change or
transform in
yourself, others,
a human system
or a culture?
Are you
satisfied with
the outcome?
Did your
intervention
succeed or fail?
How do you
know?
If not, what
would you do
next?
My context
Me

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integral Mapping
Urban Hub

Mapping Interventions – SMART Cities
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Smart Cities
Complexity Science
Systems theory &
Cybernetics
Systems Dynamics
Urban Dynamics
Jay Forrester
Platforms for Change
Stafford Beer
World Model
Buckminster Fuller
Smart Cities tend to use technical
solutions to address first order
change. First order change
requires support for maintaining,
adjusting or improving the status
quo. (Think more data banks,
driverless cars, faster Wi-Fi.)
Techno-Centred
A smart city is an urban development vision to
integrate multiple information and communication
technology(ICT) solutions in a secure fashion to
manage a city’s assets – the city’s assets include, but
not limited to, local departments information
systems, schools, libraries, transportation
systems, hospitals, power plants, water supply
networks, waste management, law enforcement, and
other community services. The goal of building a
smart city is to improve quality of life by using
technology to improve the efficiency of services and
meet residents’ needs. ICT allows city officials to
interact directly with the community and the
city infrastructure and to monitor what is happening in
the city, how the city is evolving, and how to enable a
better quality of life. Through the use of sensors
integrated with real-time monitoring systems, data
are collected from citizens and devices - then
processed and analyzed. The information and
knowledge gathered are keys to tackling inefficiency

Mapping Interventions – SUSTAINABLE Cities
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Sustainable City, or eco-city (also
"ecocity") is a city designed with
consideration of environmental impact,
inhabited by people dedicated to
minimization of required inputs of energy,
water and food, and waste output of heat,
air pollution - CO2, methane, and water
pollution - wikipedia
Resilient Cities tend to use adaptive
solutions that address mid-order change.
Such change addresses systemic
adaptations, mitigations and restorations.
(Think urban food security, reduction of
greenhouse gases, daylighting streams.)
Human Hive
Sustainable citiesDeath & Life of Great
American Cities
Jane Jacobs
The Nature of Order
Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander
Collaborative Enquiry
Appreciative Enquiry
Ethno-Architecture
SenseMaker
David Snowden
Holistic
Management
Carbon reduction
Resilient cities/
EcoCity/Ecopolis
Eco/Environ-Centred
“A Resilient City is one that has
developed capacities to help absorb future
shocks and stresses to its social, economic,
and technical systems and infrastructures
so as to still be able to maintain essentially
the same functions, structures, systems,
and identity.”
Ecopolis/EcoCity is the design for a
regenerative city, rethinking the ways we
live and get around, our sense of place,
nature and the changing realities of
climate, social inequities and our imported
sources of food, energy and waste in a
growing age of uncertainty.
U Process

Mapping Interventions – SDi-Integral Cities
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Integral City (SDi)
Marilyn Hamilton
Smart Cities
Sustainable/
Resilient cities
Cradle to Cradle
Rational empirical
sciences
Spiral Dynamics
SDi-Integral Cities seek to generate
solutions that meet second-order
change. These changes address a
greater order of magnitude of
problems than has ever been
encountered before. This means that
city leaders open up new mindsets,
redefine city paradigms, and emerge
new potentials for living systems not yet
dreamed or tried. (Think cities as Gaia’s
Reflective Organs, city as human hive,
Planet of Cities as collective
intelligence network.)
Integral City leaders use both Smart and
Resilient solutions – in their appropriate
contexts. In fact Generative Change
approaches enable Integral City thinking to
emerge – because they include and build on
both Smart and Resilient Solutions – and step
into a zone where they can act effectively to
align first order technical problems with Smart
City solutions and mid-order adaptive
problems with Resilient City Solutions
But Integral City leaders go beyond merely
aligning technical and adaptive solutions and
seek to discover for their cities how to align the
very source of City Wellbeing, with City
Purpose, Collective Vision and Strategies for
thriving.
The Human Hive – Marilyn Hamilton
System-Centred
[Master Code based]
Biomimicry
Systems theory &
Cybernetics

Mapping Interventions – THRIVEABLE Cities
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Death & Life of Great
American Cities
Jane Jacobs
The Nature of Order
Pattern Language
Chris Alexander
SenseMaker
David Snowden
Complexity Science
Systems theory &
Cybernetics
Systems Dynamics
Urban Dynamics
Jay Forrester
Platforms for
Change
Stafford Beer
Integral City
Marilyn Hamilton
Smart Cities
Sustainable
Resilient Cities
EcoCity/Ecopolis
Cradle to Cradle
Ethno-Architecture
LeaderView &
CultureView
Holistic Manage
Allan Savory
Rational empirical
sciences
Spiral Dynamics
Constructive-Developmental
Theory (Kegan)
Social Learning
Theory
Global Action
Network Net
World Model
Buckminster Fuller
Constructive Developmental
Framework - Otto Laske
King 4
Building Thriveable, Integral
Cities seek to generate solutions
that meet second & third order
change.
[includes all in the previous 3 slides]
IMP Integral
- morphogenic,
- generative and
- snippable.
Integral Methodological Pluralism (IMP)
A set of social practices that corresponds with AQAL meta-
theory. IMP is paradigmatic in that it includes the most
time-honoured methodologies, and meta-paradigmatic in
that it weaves them together by way of three integrative
principles: non-exclusion, unfoldment, and
enactment.
People-Centred

Policy & Strategy
Disciplines
Classic Definitions
Of Success & Thriving
Integral Methodological Pluralism
Psychological
Disciplines
Closing the
Leadership &
Values Gap
“Soft” Systems
Disciplines
Closing the
Organizational
& Finance Gap
“Hard” Systems
Disciplines
Closing the
Sustainability Gap
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Multi-Capitals

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Capitals
Urban Hub

NC Natural Capital
MC
Manufactured
Capital
FC
Financial
Capital
Ten Capitals
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HC Human Capital
RC
Relationship
Capital
SC Social Capital
IC
Intellectual
Capital
Anthrocapitals
IfC
Infrastructure
Capital
Spiritual
Capital
SpC
KC
Knowledge
Capital

SpC
Spiritual Capital
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NC
Natural Capital
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HC
Human Capital
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RC
Relationship Capital
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SC
Social Capital
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Intellectual Capital
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IC

Knowledge Capital
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IC

Manufacturing Capital
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MC

Infrastructure Capital
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IfC

Financial Capital
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FC

“I” Subjective realities;
- self and consciousness, states of mind,
psychological development, mental models/
constructs, emotions, state of self, etc.
“It” Objective realities;
- brain and organism, visible biological
features, degree of activation of the various
bodily systems, etc.
“We” Intersubjective realities;
- shared values, world views, webs of culture,
communication, relationships, cultural norms
and customs, etc.
“Its” Interobjective realities;
-. social systems, environmental systems,
visible societal structures. economic systems,
political systems, etc.
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Map:
Interventions
Theories
Ideas
To:
Quadrants
Stages
Zones#
Lines
Tetra-mesh:
Where possible what is
mapped in each Quadrant
or Stage
Determine:
What is missing

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Integral Theory
Urban Hub

The Quadrants of Understanding
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and customs, etc.
Zones – Thriveable Cities
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Map:
Interventions
Theories
Ideas
To:
Quadrants
Stages
Zones#
Lines
Tetra-mesh:
Where possible what is
mapped in each Quadrant
or Stage
Determine:
What is missing

Understanding Action Logic
Stratified levels of development
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7.0%
27.5%
39.5%
14.0%
8.5%
3.5%
67.0%
Source - Rooke and Torbert’s 2006 Harvard Business Review article : Seven Transformations of Leadership. From a sample of 1000 leaders in N
America & Europe
I
N
T
E
G
R
A
L
Global Interdependence
Integrated Consciousness
Powerful Self
Conventional Order
Enterprising Self
Pluralistic Consensus
Alchemist
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Pluralist/
Individualist/
Sensitive self

Source - Rooke and Torbert’s 2006 Harvard Business Review article : Seven Transformations of Leadership. From a sample of 1000 leaders in N America & Europe
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Alchemist
Pluralist/
Individualist/
Sensitive Self

Growth in all Quadrants
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Tetra-Meshing the Developmental Journey
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Nine Intelligences
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Inter-personal
Existential
Intra-personal
Naturalist
Kinesthetic
Spatial
Linguistic
Logic
Musical
9 Multiple Intelligences - Howard Gardner

Understanding Types
MBRI types9 Enneagram types
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Understanding States
Structure-Stage
State-Stage
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Gross Subtle Casual Witness Non-Dual
GROWINGUP
WAKING UP
CLEANING UP

Our Developmental Journey
Healthy:
different routes
and speeds of
change
Unhealthy:
different routes and
blocks to change
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Self/Values Stages of Development
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Alchemist
Pluralist/

Evolution of Participation
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Stratified Leaders Roles, Approach & Methods
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Stratified Leaders and Quadrants Favoured
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Opportunist Diplomat Expert Achiever
Individualist/Pluralist Strategist Alchemist

Learning Cycle
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Integral Governance
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Development is Envelopment
Concentric spheres of increasing
consciousness
AQAL MATRIX and Political Scales
Major:
1. internal/external (nature/nurture); also largely Left/Right
2. individual/collective (individual/social holons)
3. transformation/translation (progressive/conservative)
4. Levels, Stages or Altitude
Minor:
5. lines (esp. walk and talk)
6. agency/communion (autonomy/relationship)
7. progression/regression (upward/downward
transformation)
8. stages/stations (developmental levels informing UL adult
lifeworld)
9. regulator (governing system)
Ken Wilber: Politics, part 3—being an excerpt from the forthcoming trilogy,
The Many Faces of Terrorism 2007
Dimensions of AQAL Matrix and Political Scales
The moment-to-moment pressures of experience gives rise to
political systems

Centre of Gravity
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Green
Orange
Amber
Exit
Stable
Entry
Teal
Turquoise
Magenta
Red
Socio-cultural
Dominant Mode
of Discourse
[Orange]
Individual - Centre of GravityAltitude

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Socio-cultural
[Orange]
Green
Orange
Amber
Teal
Turquoise
Magenta
Red

Magenta
• Through imitation and repetition
• Animistic analogies - fairy-tales, cartoons and animal metaphors
• Chants, dances, rhythm music, rituals
• Practical kinesthetics
• Learning what the Tribe learns is a major driver
The relationship with the “teacher” is critical - that person must be a mystical,
shamanistic figure
Magenta
2-8
years
Exit
Magenta
Learning by modelling is still important - but satisfaction of the embryonic ego will also
influence what is learned
Enter
Red
Red
• Instant results - pain or punishment
• No threats - only promises of certain outcomes
• Hands-on action learning - the opportunity to experience it for themselves
• What is learned needs to be immediately relevant to the circumstances the
individual perceives him/herself to be in
Respect for the “teacher” as a hero figure is important - but the teacher must
also show respect back to the blossoming egos
Red
9-12
years
Exit
Red
What pleases (or is immediately relevant) is still central but there is also some desire
now to know what the procedures for learning are - and that leads to WHAT should be
learned
Enter
Amber
Amber
• Acceptance of Truth from the Higher Authority
• Prescriptive teaching/learning - following set procedures
• Right/wrong feedback - testing on the learning
The work set will be done because it is “the correct thing to do” - but don’t
expect imagination in the work or more than is set
Amber
13-17
years
Exit
Amber Self-motivation starts to emerge - though learning procedures are still necessary
Enter
Orange
Spiral Learning & Education
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Orange
• Developing future sense with possibilities of multiple outcomes
• Trial-and-error experiments to achieve anticipated outcomes
• Opportunities to analyse and improve - particularly via technology
• Complete self-motivation to achieve the desired future outcome(s)
The “teacher” is now a resource to be used
Orange
18+
years
Exit
Orange
Broader concerns now start to emerge and there is a need to make sure everybody is
getting opportunities
Enter
Green
Green
• Bigger picture thinking and emotional responsiveness
• What is important can be subject to consensus
• Learning from peers/group learning
• Personal development/development of self - within the group
The “teacher’s” job is to facilitate the development of the group and individuals
within the group
Green
18+
years
Exit
Green
Enter
Teal
Teal Teal50+
Exit
Teal
Enter
Turquoise
60+
Spiral Learning & Education
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Developmental Potential
Philosophy Beliefs Attitudes Relationships
Generative Do for all in a
way that best
serves all
Organisations are
consciously
evolving social
organisms
We are for each
other and the
whole
Co-operative
Evoking genius
Mutually
nourishing
Sustainable Do unto others
as you would
have them do
unto you
Organisations are
living systems
We are all in this
together
Caring
Appreciative
High integrity
Compliant Do unto others in
a way that is fair
Ideal organisation
is a well oiled
machine
You scratch my
back ……
Respectful
Purposeful
Honest
Dysfunctional Do it to others
before they do it
to you
People are the
problem
I will use you Disrespectful
Dishonest
Discounting
Toxic Do others in
before they do
you in
Might makes right I will defeat you Attacking
Blaming
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Holon Evolution – 20 Tenets
1. Reality as a whole is not composed of things or
processes, but of holons
2. Holons display four fundamental capacities:
self-preservation; self-adaptation
self-transcendence; self-dissolution
3. Holons emerge
4. Holons emerge holarchically
5. Each emergent holon transcends but includes
its predecessors(s)
6. The lower sets the possibilities of the higher;
the higher sets the probabilities of the lower.
7. The number of levels of which a ‘hierarchy’
comprises determines whether it is ‘shallow’ or
‘deep’; and the number of holons on any given
level we shall call its span
8. Each successive level of evolution produces
greater depth and less span
9. Destroy any type of holon, and you will destroy
all of the holons above it and none of the holons
below it
10. Holarchies co-evolve
11. The micro is in relational exchange with the
macro at all levels of its depth
12. Evolution is directional
(13.) Increasing in complexity
(14.) Increasing differentiation/integration
(15.) Increasing organisation/structuration
(16.) Increasing relative autonomy
(17.) Increasing telos
18. The greater the depth of a holon, the greater
its degree of consciousness
19. Every holon issues an IOU to the Kosmos
20. All IOUs are redeemed in emptiness

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Myth of the Given
Perhaps the most difficult thing for green to understand is that its values
— peace, harmony, healing, transformation, sharing, feeling, embodiment
— are values shared only by green. They are not values shared by
magenta, red, amber, orange, teal, turquoise, indigo, or violet.
If I want to transform the world, implicit in that desire is the assumption,
“You are screwed up, but I know what you need.” This imposition of my
values on you is a subtle violence of values.
The point is that different worldspaces contain different phenomena. It is
not a matter of saying which worldspace is the “real” worldspace,
because any age will always feel that its view is the real view.
But there is no “real” or “pregiven” world, only these various worldspaces
that creatively evolve and unfold in novel ways, then settle into Kosmic
habits that then must be negotiated by all subsequent humans as stages
in their own unfolding and levels in their own compound individuality.

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Kosmic Address
There is not a pre-given material world that is apprehended equally by beings.
What is apprehended depends on a being’s Kosmic address,
- a “worldview location” that specifies what arises in the experience of a sentient
being based on two fundamental aspects within the AQAL matrix: altitude and
perspective.
- Altitude refers to the level of developmental complexity of the sentient being
while
- Perspective refers to the particular perspective within the quadrants or zones it is
taking.
Intrinsic features of Kosmos are themselves not pre-given but are in part,
interpretive and constructed.
The “location” of a “real object” in the AQAL matrix, including its altitude (i.e.,
degree of development) and its perspective (i.e., the quadrant in which it resides).
Kosmic address = altitude + perspective
Kosmic address = (altitude + perspective)S x (altitude + perspective)O
Kosmic address = (altitude + quadrant) x (altitude + quadrivium)

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Quadrants and Quadrivia
Quadrants
Holon/ Sentient being
Artefact
Quadrivia
I possess 4 quadrants; the painting can be looked at through the 4 quadrants (which
then constitute a quadrivia). Or in general: the perceiving subject has quadrants,
which must be specified as part of its Kosmic address; and the perceived object,
referent, or phenomenon has a quadrivium, which must be specified as part of its
Kosmic address.
Another way to say it—more loosely—is that because an object is being looked at
through or from a particular quadrant, then the subject is looking at the object
through a quadrant, and the object itself exists “in” a quadrant. In both cases, the
quadrant of the perceiver and the quadrant (quadrivium) of the perceived must be
specified for the Kosmic address of the referent to be known

Assessing Environmental Capacity Using the Quadrants
Interior (“soft”) Exterior (“hard”).
Personal capacities:
Capacities that allow for a
greater self awareness and
empowerment, capacity for
moral care, capacity for
mental models for
understanding complex
issues.
Interpersonal
capacities:
Capacities to engage
meaningful relationships, to
foster new cultural trends,
social norms, and social
discourse.
Systemic capacities:
Capacities to effect systemic
change, be it societal,
ecological, political, etc, such
as policy dialogue, advocacy,
scientific research.
Technical capacities:
Capacities for undertaking
practical work, such as for
sustainable resource use and
land use practices.
Capacity
Development
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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals

Paul van Schaik
Founder - IntegralMENTORS; Co-Founder/Executive Director - Integral Without Borders (Integral International Development
Centre); Partner of the ThriveAbility Foundation; Principal Associate/Founder of iSchaik Development Associates, and Founding
member of the Integral Institute.
He has 40+ year experience of working in international development – with extensive experience in the education, health, and
infrastructure sectors.
As Principal Associate of iSchaik Development Associates he worked with national governments, bilateral and multilateral
development organisations and international NGOs to bring an Integrally informed approach to program development,
implementation and evaluation, either directly or through the training of operational staff. He has been an Advisor and
Consultant to DFID UK, Danida Denmark, European Commission, KfW/GTZ Germany, Sida Sweden, UNICEF, World Bank among
others with extensive experience of working in Asia, Africa, Europe and Middle East.
As mentor he works with individuals and small groups to develop a deeper understanding of Integral praxis and to become more
integrally informed practitioners. He has co-hosted Integral without Borders gatherings in Perpignan, France in 2006 and in
Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 and 2010 and in South Africa 2012.
He is a UK trained Architect with extensive global experience doing pioneering work with passive solar energy in the 1970/90s in
Africa and Australia, working with the award winning team for the Burrell Museum in Glasgow and has tutored at the
Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.
Currently he is an Integral Mentor, an International Development Advisor, instructor at IWB, and Chief Knowledge Officer of the
ThriveAbility Foundation.
Lives in Kent, UK with his wife Barbara and has three sons and four grandchildren
See also www.facebook.com/integralMENTORS
https://www.facebook.com/IntegralUrbanHub/
http://paulvanschaik.wixsite.com/integralmentors (new draft website)
Books
Guides for Integrally Informed Practitioners - 1 BASIC
Guides for Integrally Informed Practitioners - 2 ADVANCED
Urban Hub 1: Smart Sustainable - Thriveable Cities
Urban Hub 2: Integral Methodological Pluralism - Thriveable Cities
Urban Hub 3: Integral Theory - Thriveable Cities
Urban Hub 4: Workbook – Thriveable Cities

Acknowledgements
I would like to pay special thanks to all those who have assisted me in my work in this area: Ken Wilber who first invited me to be
a founding member of the Integral Institute in 1999 and has since provided us with so much as a special advisor to Integral
Without Boards; to my fellow founder of Integral Without Borders Gail Hochachka and director Emine Kiray; to my fellow
founder of IntegralMENTORS my wife Barbara to all the IntegralMENTORS Fellows who have been a part of this discussion; to
Robin Wood who has provided much stimulating dissuasions as founder/CEO and fellow director of the ThriveAbility
Foundation and to the many people I have worked with as an Integrally informed practitioner in, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan,
Cambodia, Vietnam, Egypt, Syria, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Zanzibar, Australia, England, Scotland, France, Italy
and the USA.
To Clare Graves, Christopher Cowan and Don Beck for all the pioneering work they have done in the area of values
development. And to all others engaged in work exploring the various Quadrants, Stages, Lines, States & Type in development.

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