Revaluing Purple, Red and Blue
In 2005, Don Beck, founder of Spiral Dynamics, inspired Peter Merry to establish the Dutch Center for Human Emergence. By 2008, consultants from the center, including Jasper Rienstra, launched Synnervate, a consultancy focusing on organizational growth through integrating diverse value systems. Synnervate emphasizes revaluing foundational systems like Purple, Red, and Blue to foster healthy leadership and sustainable innovation within organizations, ensuring holistic development.
Do the change the world needs – Dr. Don Beck
There is a famous quote, often mistakenly attributed to Gandhi, that states, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” This phrase invites us to be authentic, to […]
Pro-sports team or family, what is the perfect organizational culture?
A video in which Netflix CEO Reed Hastings states that a company is not a family but more like a pro-sports team, recently went viral. Hastings is brutally honest about […]
Leading – from task execution to social thinking
How BGK’s strategy implementation transformedits organizational culture All organizations can explain what they do. Some can also show how they are different from others. However, only a few know why […]
Spiral Dynamics integrated in Organizational Development
Marc Dortu is the Manager of the Department of Organizational Development at the Municipality of the Hague. The Department consists of ten internal consultants that advise the Municipality management in […]
THE REAL TEAL DEAL: WHY WE NEED TEAL ORGANIZATIONS
By Auke van Nimwegen for Enlivening Edge Lately there is a lot of interest in what is called Teal organizations, thanks to the book Reinventing Organizations from Frederic Laloux. His description of […]
Spiral Dynamics in Leadership Development
How can Spiral Dynamics and ValueMatch support leadership development? This article describes how Martin Malley has integrated both into leadership development programs with clients in the United States for the […]
Integrand – Team building
My name is Jolijn Uittenbogaard and this year I am chairman of Integrand Nederland, a student foundation that brings students and companies into contact by organizing internships and career events. […]
GrantTree London
GrantTree in London helps innovative companies acquire state aid. Right from day one in 2011, they have been a pioneer in creating an open culture based on trust and using […]
