PART FOUR The Ultimate Spiritual and Societal Intent of Action Inquiry
by William R. Torbert
Action Inquiry
- Cover Page
- Praise for Action Inquiry
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION The Promise and the Power of Action Inquiry
- PART ONE Learning Action Inquiry Leadership Skills
- INTERLUDE Action Inquiry: The Idea and the Experience
- PART TWO Transforming Leadership
- FOUR The Opportunist and the Diplomat: Action-logics you probably resort to, but don’t want to be circumscribed by
- FIVE The Expert and the Achiever: The most common managerial action-logics
- SIX The Individualist Action-Logic: Bridge to transforming leadership
- SEVEN The Strategist Action-Logic: Developing transforming power
- PART THREE Transforming Organizations
- PART FOUR The Ultimate Spiritual and Societal Intent of Action Inquiry
- TWELVE The Fresh Action Awareness of Alchemists
- THIRTEEN Creating Foundational Communities of Inquiry
- Joan Bavaria, Trillium Asset Management, and Socially Responsible Investing—An Evolving Foundational Community of Inquiry?
- The United Nations as a Foundational Community of Inquiry?
- Future Possibilities
- A New Organizational Form—The Not-for-Prophet
- Communities of Practice and Communities of Inquiry
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX Concluding Scientific Postscript on Methods of Inquiry
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author and Associates