How Values Work

Hyatt and De Ciantis on Values Perspectives

This book, originally published in 2014, lays out our theory of values dynamics and how they work. It includes a chapter on the history of values development as an idea and describes models in current use. Values Perspectives is different, in that it rests on a firm assumption that no values are superior to any others and that values must be seen as dynamic, like human development truly is, allowing us to reach in any direction when life compels us, or presents us with new opportunities.

This is a PDF edition, and the authors grant permission for its download and use by Humber ORI staff. Further dissemination is not permitted.

Mythopoesis: Your Hero/ine’s Journey

Ginger Grant on The Hero/ine’s Journey

Ginger has created a robust life model using perennial wisdom, that can accompany you through a lifetime of journeys. The wisdom of the Journey process appears afresh in every step taken in a life that is centered in attaining the grail of self-awareness which compels us to seek ways to bring the most most valuable gifts we know to the larger community.

Together we will be tracking your Hero/ine’s Journey process with Ginger through the ORI Values-Based Leadership seminar process, iterating and amplifying the learning you will receive at each stage.

On Phronesis and Power

Flyvbjerg on Phronesis, Power and Action

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. We regard this book as one of the most important sources for our ongoing development of values theory and how to put it into action. The entire book amply returns on your reading investment, and we keep it on our most-used reference shelf. Especially useful in understanding the concept of Phronesis (chapter 4). Perhaps most importantly, Flyvbjerg carefully and pragmatically re-defines power, a topic we shy from in our culture and avoid acknowledging as leaders. Now more than ever we need to understand the nature of our own power and how to exert it ethically and effectively. This book is available to you in the ORI digital library. Find a chapter listing here.

What is Creativity?

Kenton Hyatt on Creativity

In this challenging and rewarding book Radical Creativity suggests a radically relational approach to creativity, that challenges everything we thought we knew about creativity. Hyatt enters into a conversation with the great philosophical minds whose insights form the foundations for our ideas on consciousness—and the unconscious—in order to help us come to a better understanding of how creativity truly arises, for each of us. Taking into account the growing edge of neuroscience, Hyatt overturns the self-limiting ideas about creativity we have become attached to. This book is also a creative work in itself, infused with an interweaving of imaginal passages and a coda by Hyatt as a working artist who knows that everyone is creative.

Power and the Ethics of Narrative

Annette Simmons on Narrative Choices

This is Annette’s most recent work, based on years of research into the question she put to women in organizations: “What does power mean to you?” Her findings on the effects of approaching leadership with a Collaborative Narrative or with a Competitive Narrative have relevance for all leaders. We already know we can choose our values; we can also choose which kinds of stories to tell. Annette is the author of five books. Her book, The Story Factor, has been named one of the “100 Best Business Books of All Time.“

How to Lead High-Innovating Teams

Lina Echeverría on How She Led the Team That Created Gorilla Glass

One of the most daunting challenges leaders face is discovering how to harness creativity--without stifling passionate, intelligent people. How do you unleash their energy and simultaneously channel it into something tangible? By showcasing how to juxtapose creative freedom with management rigor, Idea Agent gives readers the skills to lead dedicated professionals through one great innovation after another.

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