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Newfield
Network (Europe) At Newfield you’ll learn to see and interact differently with your world so that you generate effective action, meaningful living AND wisdom. Any of these without the other is insufficient. Contains a selection of articles on Ontological Coaching issues. x
Newfield Institute (Australia)Newfield Institute specialises in the research and teaching of Ontology as a substantive and rigorous methodology for the development of professional coaches. The site contains a wealth of articles on Ontological Coaching written by Alan Sieler. x .
The BizTech Network The Premier Global Knowledge Network for Business Technology Professionals - Business Technology - Information Economy - Knowledge Management Award-winning Content, Community, Research, and Practices. Contains a wealth of articles on a wide range of topics. x
Humberto Maturana's WorkContains papers written by Biologist Humberto Maturana, including his "Autopoiesis and Cognition." x
The Three Principles FoundationThe Three Principles Foundation offers a national and international home base for anyone interested in the principle-based understanding of Mind, Consciousness and Thought. Contains articles and case studies. x
The Blue Balloon FoundationSustainable personal and social change “from the inside-out”, through engaging the naturally existing capacities for health, well-being, and achieving, in adults, young people and children. x
The Encyclopedia of NLP It covers the branch of knowledge known as Neuro-Linguistic Programming in a comprehensive manner. It deals with the field known as Systemic NLP and NLP New Coding. It focuses on skills, tools and teckniques as well as theoretical concepts. x |
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Here is a selection of the books I would recommend you explore to challenge your thinking and enhance your understanding of Ontological Change. Your ontology is your 'way of being'. This includes your mind state, which is reflected in the language you use, and your mood state which reflects your reactions or intentions.
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Truth About the Truth De-confusing and Re-constructing the Postmodern World (New Consciousness Reader)  by Walter Truett Anderson 1995 Warner In the end, this is not a book about philosophy, it is about the dreams, worries and struggles of real people who live in the real world(s) of today. If you want to understand people and cultures of the late twentieth/early twenty-first century. We are in the midst of a great cultural shift that's hard to see when you're in the middle of it. |
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Knowledge to Wisdom by Julio Olalla 2004 Newfield Network Inc Explore how traditional ways of learning and knowing are insufficient for today’s world. In this landmark book Julio Olalla uses a historical and philosophical lens to view contemporary learning, its devastating consequences and how new learning practices can generate wisdom. |
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Navigating
Complexity Essential Guide to Complexity Theory in Business and Management (Managers Library Series)  by Arthur Battram 1996 Industrial Society Complexity theory is changing the way in which leading management thinkers are looking at organizations. No longer hierarchical and rigid structures, organizations are emergent, complex adaptive systems with highly flexible, infinitely creative component parts - people. |
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Building
Trust by Robert Solomon and Fernando Flores 2001 Oxford Press trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. |
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Reality
Isn't What It Used to Be by Walter Truett Anderson 1999 Harper A tour through the contemporary social-cultural-political landscape, making sense of everything from punk rock to terrorism to New Age religions, to give a new view of what is happening in our time. It is a penetrating view of the world we are moving into. |
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Leadership
and the New Science Discovering Order in a Chaotic World  by Margaret Wheatley 1994 Berrett-Koehler Initially published in 1992, the book outlined an unquestionably unique but extremely challenging view of change, leadership and the structure of groups. It contains powerful insights into the design, leadership and management of organisations. This edition has been expanded and revised, and has an epilogue, in which Mary Wheatley chronicles her experiences since the first edition. |
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Disclosing
New Worlds Entrepreneurship, Democratic Action and the Cultivation of Solidarity by Chatles Spinosa, Fernando Flores & Hubert Dreyfus 1999 MIT Books  This
text argues that human beings are at their best not when they are
engaged in abstract reflection, but when they are intensely involved
in changing the taken-for-granted, everyday practices in some domain
of their culture - that is, when they are making history. |
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Understanding
Computers and Cognition A New Foundation for Design  by Fernando Flores &Terry Winograd 1986 Intellect Books This volume is a theoretical and practical approach to the design of computer technology. The design and development of new technology is situated in an implicit understanding of human nature and work. The authors assert that the deep questions of design are those encountered when it is recognized that in designing tools we are designing new ways of being. |
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Retooling
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Emotional
Intelligence Why It Can Matter More Than IQ  Daniel Goleman 1996 Bloomsbury Goleman makes the case for "emotional intelligence" being the strongest indicator of human success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy and the ability to love and be loved by friends, partners, and family members. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships |
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Getting
Our Bodies Back Recovery, Healing and Transformation Through Body-centered Psychotherapy  by Christine Caldwell 1996 Shambhala |
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Sitting
in the Fire Large Group Transformation Using Conflict and Diversity  Arnold Mindell 1995 Lao Tse Press Using examples ranging from disputes in small organisations to large-scale conflicts in countries around the world, this volume offers practical methods for working with conflict, leadership crises, stagnation, abuse, terrorism, violence, and other social action issues. It brings an understanding of the psychology of conflict and the knowledge that many disputes can be traced back to inequalities of rank and power between parties, providing tools that will enable people to use conflict to build community. |
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The
Wisdom Within Roger Mills & Elsie Spittle 2001 Lone Pine This book explores profound discoveries about the role of our thought in mental stability and peace of mind. Their work is practiced in boardrooms and the roughest city streets which is enriching lives and building community. |
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Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilbur 2001 Gateway In clear, non-technical language, Wilber presents complex, cutting-edge theories and models that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real world problems in fields such as politics, medicine, business, education and the environment. |
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Presence Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society  by Peter Senge. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski & Betty Sue Flowers The book offers a leading edge understanding of human learning and awareness. It shows us how to become change agents for the future, by offering a new set of social innovations and promises to shift humanity away from its destructive path towards a brighter planetary civilisation.. |
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Cosmos
and Psyche Intimations of a New World View  by Richard Tarnas 2006 Viking This book mainly concerns the transits to our planet and illustrates the activity of the archetypal influences represented by the transits by historical events and movements. Tarnas does this well. He is as learned as you would expect from an author of a history of western philosophy |
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Language
and the Pursuit of Happiness by Chalmers Brothers 2005 New Possibilities This book represents the cutting edge in personal and professional development. Human beings create through language, both in their speaking and listening. This book breaks through some of the destructive and manipulative myths contained technique-laden communications programs. Chalmers Brothers explains how language is so much more than a means of communication. Through it we define our limits and potential. |
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Coaching
to the Human Soul by Alan Sieler 2003 Newfield Australia This book is based on the thinking that was introduced by Dr. Flores and is a new way of understanding the nature of being human. This learning has helped me to more effectively communicate, generate action in others, suffer less and open new possibilities. It was Flores who invented the term Ontological Coaching. He wanted to produce more than a theoretical discipline. He was keen to ensure that the knowledge of a new discipline would be relevant and applicable to everyday living. |
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Healing
the Whole Person A Solution-focused Approach to Using Empowering Language, Emotions and Actions in Therapy  by Robert McNeilly 2000 Wiley Solution-oriented therapy is a form of brief therapy that focuses on resolving or defusing clients' immediate concerns and helping them resume normal functioning. This is a comprehensive manual for conducting solution-oriented therapy that combines positive language, emotions, and body orientations to effect change. |
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Masterful
Coaching by Robert Hargraove 2002 Pfeiffer Wiley  The book provides guiding ideas, tools, and methods that will empower you on your own journey to Masterful Coaching. You will learn to empower people to transform who they are as leaders and at the same time their ability to produce results that were previously considered impossible by applying triple loop learning. |
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Co-active
Coaching New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and Life  by Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House & Phil Sandahl 1998 Davies-Black Presenting an approach allowing client and coach to work together to identify both work-related and personal areas of development, this book is aimed at professional coaches who want to increase their proficiency and for those interested in integrating coaching skills into their current practice |
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Leading
with Soul An Uncommon Journey of Spirit  by Lee Bolman & Terrence Deal This contemporary parable chronicles the journey of Steve, a dispirited leader in search of something deeper and more satisfying than a preoccupation with the bottom line. He seeks answers from Maria, a sage whose wisdom was forged in her own hard-won business career. Although Maria's initial questions seem far afield from business, Steve unexpectedly discovers the true meaning of leadership. |
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The
Divine Matrix Bridging Time, Space, Miracles and Belief by Gregg Braden Recent scientific discoveries are showing that Plank's "matrix" is real. Gregg brings together research in the new sciences with ancient texts to show how the miracle that is our imagination can be made real in our lives. It seems that our ability to create a new reality is limited only by our imagination and our beliefs about change. |
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Leading
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