“Dialectical Thinking for Requisite Organization”

Ten Audio Lectures With Notes

Between April and June 2009, IDM founder Dr. Otto Laske presented ten lectures based on chapters of his latest book Measuring Hidden Dimensions of Human Systems: Foundations of Requisite Organization (IDM Press, 2009).

These interactive lectures focus on the practical consequences for coaches and consultants of the theoretical content of the book. The recordings of these lectures, together with accompanying handouts (slides, articles), are now available.

Lecture topics:

1. A cognitive-developmental theory of work capability (MHD-II chapter 2)
2. A cognitive theory of organizational structure and human capital (MHD-II chapter 3)
3. On transformational interventions in a developmental framework (MHD-II chapters 14-15)
4. Understanding your Inquiring System and the notion of truth (MHD-II chapters 4-5)
5. The concept of dialectic and its practical use (MHD-II chapter 6)
6. Four phases of conceptualizing the world (MHD-II chapters 7-8)
7. The internal workplace (MHD-II chapters 9-10)
8. Understanding a specific individual's internal workplace (MHD-II chapter 11)
9. Cognitive interviewing as a template for professional consulting conversations (MHD-II chapters 12-13)
10. Coaching approaches as pop-theories of "what is a human being?", and criteria for developmental coaching: an interpretation of the purpose of volumes 1 and 2 in the context of evidence-based coaching).

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