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The Ways of Being at the 50th Annual Gebser Conference

The Ways of Being at the 50th Annual Gebser Conference

Two weeks ago I gave a talk on Gravesian theory and the Ways of Being (which is what I'm currently calling the diagram stuff) at Jeremy Johnson's local chapter of the 50th annual conference of the Gebser Society. The talk attempts a rather difficult balancing act

The Map Imposes on the Territory

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The Map Imposes on the Territory

The map is not the territory – Alfred Korzybski, 1931 In the Great Stage Theory Debate, Korzybski's famous quote has been referenced a great deal as a reason (or even the reason) to accept the mismatches between any given theory and the reality of living individuals and cultures.

A common E-C theory visualization showing progress to A'N', flanked by SD-colored spirals.

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Spiral Dynamics and E-C Theory

I recently gave a talk to the SDi Live group, nominally about the distinction between E-C theory and SD. While I did cover that distinction, the second half of the talk turned into a deep dive into A'N' and how it relates to AN, and B'O' and how it relates to BO.