Day 2, 11:00 AM "Radical Inclusivity"

Hosted by Jean Richardson (@JeanAtAzureGate)

Discussion of Radical Inclusivity: Expanding Our Minds Beyond Dualistic Thinking by Jeff Carreira and other consciousness-raising topics

Radical Inclusivity

• There is no inside.  There is no outside.

• "Dancing on the edge of the wormhole"

• Dualistic thinking in Western culture

• Integral consciousness: We live in metaphor all the time (like software)

• There is only one reality

• Speculative realist space: Experiments around consciousness raising (like Agile transformations and personal transformations)

• Systems thinking

• Consciousness as "gel"

Butterfly effect: We're already connected beyond the system

• Jill Bolte Taylor TED Talk.  Author of "My Stroke of Insight"

• "Consciousness Explained Better" by Allan Combs

• The poetic nature of integral consciousness

• Poetry leverages ambiguity to move to metaphor

• See also "clean language"

• Outcomes when people realize that they are not separate: Bonding, collaboration, breakdown of preconceptions, breakthrough improvement, self-realization

• Consciousness in the workflow

• Become a "Changed" Agent

Coming out of the wormhole…

• What happens when you come out?

• How do you got back to the "real world"?

• "Re-entry"

• Is it a calling?

Jim and Michele McCarthy's "Core Protocols"

• "Live in greatness"

"Consciousness Hacking" by coders (see Mikey Siegal's video)

• Meditation, mindfulness apps, pairing TDD

• Is there a similar concept for coaching?

• A moment of mindfulness before a meeting

Greater consciousness can result in being able to engage in respectful conflict

Learn more…

• David Hawkins "Power vs. Force"

• Jean's Facebook page and InfoQ article

• "Magical Consciousness"

• "Conscious Software Development" by Jeff McKenna

• "The Field" by MacTaggart

• "The Journal of Consciousness"

• Upcoming talk in March at AgilePDX

• "Theory U" by Otto Scharmer

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David Whitlock
Adjunct Lecturer
Portland State University