Rev. Sam Alexander is disappointed by Paul Smith’s book Integral Christianity. In his new review, Sam concludes: So here is how Paul Smith describes a modernist view of the Bible: “The Bible is often viewed suspiciously as a relic from the past. It may be basically discarded or radically reinterpreted. Thomas Jefferson simply cut out [...]

See Brett Thomas’s “Integral Should Be More Like Apple.” Money quote: Those of us who are enthusiastic advocates for applied Integral Theory can be a lot like the early mp3 player manufacturers. We often speak of the technical capabilities of this new “technology.” But rather than talk about transfer rates, megabits per second, and miniaturization, [...]

From Jeff Salzman’s Daily Evolver: The big news for this year’s event is that Ken Wilber is going to increase his participation by offering us specially prepared video teachings on Kosmic Creativity on each of the three main days, and cap it off on Sunday with a LIVE Q&A session. For those of us who have [...]

In a free audio posted on the Core Integral site, Ken Wilber addresses some tough questions from advanced students of Integral Theory. The first question is from Kiernan who asks, My question is about the higher structures in the cognitive line. Could you describe how you use Vision Logic, Illumined Mind, Intuitive Mind, Overmind and [...]

The discussion of the state of academic research into race, IQ, and genetics continues at Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Today’s update: I’ve reached out to some academic pros in the intelligence field, and the feedback I get is that the exploration of IQ and race is effectively toxic as a subject. But the rest of the [...]

How will consumers change in the decades to come and how can businesses adapt to those changes? Andy Hines summarizes his new book in this way: Values are changing in a consistent direction over time. Understanding these changes will provide critical insight for understanding the future consumer landscape and designing products, services, and offerings that [...]

Mike Morrell offers a heart-centered approach to spirituality, including this: Jesus came to this planet as a master of the transformation of consciousness – he’s all about demonstrating and calling people to a new & higher degree of heartfulness; a deeper understanding, a more intimate, global, and non-divisive way of seeing a world held together [...]

Bill Becker has brought a campaign to the United Nations encouraging people to have a global conversation about what they want their communities and world to be like in 2030. He writes: We have incredible technologies and tools today – arguably all we need to create communities that are resource efficient, resilient, safe and prosperous while [...]

Five reasons you may not have thought of to explain why December is a good month for your career.

In the article “AQAL Elements Applied to Leadership,” Brett Thomas applies Integral Theory to a new simple model of leadership development. He describes three broad groupings of activities to be used in organizational leadership: Awareness, Approach, and Action. These groupings in turn suggest three fundamental questions for leaders: What is really happening? What is most [...]