In Memoriam: Edgar H. Schein 1928-2023. The Humble Inquirer: A Reflective Appreciation by David Coghlan Edgar H. Schein’s name may not be known to action researchers outside of the realm of organizational psychology and organization development.  For over fifty years he held the position of Professor of Management at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan […]
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I sought Dr. Val Livesay’s insights about developmental fallback last year. Now Val’s new book “Leaving the Ghostlight Burning” is out. The term ghostlight is taken from theatre where it means to welcome to ghostly characters. In her book Val invites us to welcome our inner characters, the ghosts that lurk in our own shadows. […]
Read More...ART Connection Notes share about impressive ART adjacent ideas and resources. They’re mostly about people doing leading edge work in the world that connects to and enriches ART as contemporary knowledge creation.  This Connection Note shares a podcast on Adult development, AKA vertical development. Two master action researchers in the field of leadership development […]
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Huang and colleagues in Taiwan aim to help businesses face their unknown future. This includes helping them become resilient regards ecological and social crisis. They argue that the public requires the kinds of deliberative democracy opportunities for problem solving that governments already avail of. For this they experiment with world cafe. Their paper is about […]
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