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The Aesthetics of Leader Development: A pedagogical model for developing leaders. Brian Woodward & Colin Funk

Breath Watching: The One-Minute Stress Buster. Jim Force

Creative Questioning: The Art of Asking Dumb Questions. Jim Force

Embodying Transitional Awareness: Sensing and Shifting Place and Space. Penelope Best & Jim Force

Holding Anxiety in the Midst of Chaos: A differentiated Leadership Perspective. Jim Force 2007

Navigating Complexity: Understanding Organizational Complexity through Interactive Theatre. Jim Force & Colin Funk

One Man's Story: Leadership Development via Aesthetic-based Learning Practices. Jim Force

Stories. Jim Force

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Book Notes

Study Guide: for making the best use of the Book Notes

The Art of Possibility. 2000. Zander & Zander

Complexity & Emergence Series

Crucial Conversations. 2002. Patterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler

Difficult Conversations. 1999. Stone, Patton, & Heen

How to Observe Your Group. 2007. Dimock & Kass.

Illusion of Leadership. 2008. Ibbotson,

Improv Wisdom. 2005. Madson

Leader's Legacy. 2006. Kouzes & Posner.

Learning in Relationship. 1998. Short

The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion. 1998. Wilber

The Speed of Trust. 2006. S. M. R. Covey

Spiral Dynamics. 1996. Beck & Cowan

Status. In Impro. 1981. K. Johnstone

The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. 2003. King

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Dissertation

A Case Study in Sensemaking: An Ethnographic Inquiry into a Pre-conference Geological Field Trip as an Instance of Sensemaking and as an Instance of Pilgrimage, 2000, Jim Force

Abstract
Chapter1: Journey to the Start
Chapter 2:   The Evolution of What Counts as Knowledge
Chapter 3: Journey into the Rocky Mountains
Chapter 4: The Map is Not the Territory
Chapter 5: An Instance of Pilgrimage
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Haiku by Nika

after the thunder
Animal Encounters
Critters Big & Small
Frogs Singing
lovemaking

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Research Project Resource Material

APA Quick Reference Chart: Compiled by Terry Ogilvie
APA Documentation in Research Papers: From Mt. Royal College, Calgary, AB
Supervision of Research Projects
Understanding Action Research: prepared by Barry Stevenson

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Readings

Blank Spots, Blind Spots, and Methodological Questions in Postgraduate Research. This paper by Noel Gough explores some alternative approaches to generating and framing epistemological and methodological questions in ways that are strategically useful in organizing postgraduate research.

Collaborative Ways of Knowing. Storytelling, Metaphor and the Emergence of the Collaborative Self. Lawrence, R. & Mealman, C. 1999. National-Louis University.

Creativity and Improvisation in Jazz and Organizations: Implications for Organizational Learning by Frank Barrett.

Crisis and Renewal. This article by David Hurst outlines an organizational ecocycle that he uses to describe a process for organizational renewal and sustainability.

Dialogic Leadership. This article by William Isaacs discusses four key practices involved in dialogic leadership.

Experiences in Communication. This 1964 lecture by Carl Rogers focuses on growth-promoting interpersonal communication and is still very relevant in today's fast-paced world.

Human capacities in the integral age. This article by Beck, D. (2001, October) focuses on how value systems shape organizational productivity, national prosperity and global transformation.

Layers of Human Values. This article by Cowan and Todorovic outlines the differences between surface, hidden and deep values as interpreted through a spiral dynamics lens.

Leading Creatively: The art of making sense. This article by Palus and Horth describes six creative leadership competencies for dealing with complex challenges.

Managers Want Tribes, Not Teams. In this article, Gervase R. Bushe defines three kinds of managerial groups, federations, tribes and teams and the differences between them and how to manage them. Based on the differences outlined, he invites the reader to rethink teambuilding.

Narrative Inquiry. This chapter from David Quinlan's 1996 doctoral dissertation provides a framework for writing and a methodology for inquiry.

Never-Ending Upward Quest. This interview between Don Beck and Jessica Roemischer outlines the details of Beck's thinking around Spiral Dynamics.

The Nonsense of Knowledge Management. This paper by Professor Emeritus, T.D. Wilson, of the University of Sheffield, UK outlines the misuse of the term "knowledge management." He differentiates the difference between information and knowledge. This article is a must read for any one using the term "knowledge management."

A Manifesto for an Innovation Revolution: This article by Doug Hall documents the rise of "Corporate Communism;" i.e., Command and Control leadership, and the fall of the entrepreneurial spirit.

Stages of social development. This article by Beck, D. (2000, October). focuses on the cultural dynamics that spark violence, spread prosperity, and shape globalization.

The Ultimate Guide to Anecdote Circles: This article by Callahan, Rixon and Schenk outlines a simple yet powerful storytelling process for organizational learning, change and evaluation.

Using the Likert Scale. This Heriot-Watt University page describes the use of the likert scale. It also contains a few good links to writing effective survey questions.

What Artists Know About Leadership. This excerpt from Sharon Daloz Parks' book 'Leadership Can Be Taught', suggests that art, artist, and artistry be given a more prominent place within the lexicon of leadership theory and practice.

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Theses

Force, JimChapter 5: Personal Impact: Restructuring Attendance Policy and Procedures in a Secondary School through Process Consultation (1992)
Lowan, GregoryOutward Bound Giwaykiwin: Wilderness-based Indigenous Education (2008)
2002 - 2008Royal Roads Research Projects Supervised

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Zen Soup for the Soul

Ambition
Archery
Awareness
Buried Treasure
Death
The Feast
Full Cup
Holding On
Keep Your Chopsticks
Praise
Quitting
The Strawberry
Trouble Tree
What is Zen?
Wiggling Toe
Wisdom of the Mountain

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