Grok, Talk, Walk, Rock: Choreography for Four Generations

Special Event

Saturday, July 9, 2011

In today’s Human Hive, how do generational cohorts align (or not) as they clash, coordinate, collaborate, and constellate? What differentiates those born before World War II from the baby boomers, Gen X, and the millennials? How are these four generations archetypal in their thinking, behaviors, relationships, and systems? Join our quartet as we voice the worldviews, capacities, and complexities of four generational patterns and how we open and/or block effective practices and strategies in today’s city. As we Grok, Talk, Walk, and Rock, presenters will reveal the four generational cohorts we represent. Research from Integral City will underline the dynamics of generational values in decision making and resource allocation. This session will finish with a performance that choreographs cosmic cycles with the resilience cycles of the Human Hive.

Who should attend: Anyone who needs a new paradigm for succession planning. Anyone interested in how generational lifecycles affect city dynamics. Anyone who would like to explore theory, research, and non-linear methodologies for shifting relationships in human systems.

What you’ll learn: The theory of generational change and it contributes to resilient human systems. Patterns of human development within generational cohorts. What you'll learn: Participants will learn how to work with different cohorts to make a difference.

How this new knowledge can be applied: Within organizations (including all levels of government) to create new generationally sensitive approaches to leadership.

Marilyn Hamilton, founder, Integral City Meshworks Inc.; founder of the Center for Human Emergence; author, Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive, Abbotsford, Canada

Barbara Marx Hubbard, author, speaker, and evolutionary educator, and one of the original Advisory Board Members of the WFS, Santa Barbara, California

Cherie Beck, practitioner and trainer, Spiral Dynamics; emissary, for Strauss and Howe's seminal work on Generations and Cyclical Change; a certified executive coach; partner, American City Girls

Vanessa Fisher, author, poet, Vancouver, Canada

key words: generations, integral, human development, evolution, non-linear, constellation, change, city

issue areas: Society and Culture, Learning and Education, Business and Careers