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The Never-Ending Upward Quest
An WIE Interview with Dr Don Beck by Jessica Roemischer
"I think I am beginning to see people as colours. Having just immersed myself for the past 3 months in Spiral Dynamics - and incisive and far-reaching theory of human developement - I can say without exaggeration that Spiral Dynamics is, indded, one of the major breakthroughs in mapping and managing complexity - that complexity being us. Our diverse worldviews, our beliefs, our very identities, represented by eight "memes," or value systems which apply as much to individuals as to entire cultures. And, as I a discovering, this dynamic spiral-shaped model of human consciousness, with its hierarchy of color-coded memes, is literally coloring my perception.
I was at a friend's wedding and suddenly realised that I was seeing the BLUE (absolutist) meme in the conservatively-dressed woman wearing a crucifix, The ORANGE (achievist) meme in the young go-getter with the rolex, the GREEN (egalitarian) meme in the aging bearded hippie. And not only that - I am beginning to see just how "GREEN" I am, with my longing for communal living and acceptance, my strong bias against corporations and political conservatives, and my passion for environmental causes, even though I am, addmittedly, attached to driving my Audi (ORANGE), fast (RED-impulsive)!
Sould I be worried? Am I typcasting other people, and myself, with these apparently broad-brushed color-coded characterizations called "memes"? Is the Spiral Dynamics model, comprised of these memes, simply a convenient way to avoid having to grapple with post-modern life, acording to Spiral Dynamics, we human being are only just emerging from the first great episode of human history - a 100,000-year epoch defined fundamentally by "survivalism": the Spiral's "First Tier."
Dr Don E Beck has developing, teaching and implementing Spiral Dynamics for nearly 3 decades. Transmitting the genuinely inclusive or "integral" perspective the is the essance of the Spiral Dynamics model, Beck portrays the vast tapestry of global cultures with the care, insight and easy famimiarity with which one might speak about members of on's extended family, each with their unique capacities and challenges. And this evolved humanitarianism convey's Beck's passionate and sincere conviction that Spiral Dynamics can resolve the immense challenges and responsibilities we face at this juncture in
history."
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