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Holarchy plus Sociocracy equals Holacracy?

Posted on May 30th, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

‘Holacracy' refers to a structure of governance resulting from a synergy between the ideas on sociocracy and Ken Wilber 's work on holarchies. Sociocracy was developed mainly by Kees Boeke and Gerard Endenburg in the... More »

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Big Business and the Great Chain of Being

Posted on May 12th, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

I figured if I was going to talk about the Great Chain of Being, I'd better draw up some cool diagrams like that chaotic guy is always telling me to . You may have noticed,... More »

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Some thoughts about postmodernism

Posted on May 3rd, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

In the process of writing my thesis , I have been reading a lot about the development of sociological perspectives. There have been a few major streams of thought in sociology, most of which can... More »

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Half a book's worth of epiphanies and thesis notes

Posted on Apr 24th, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

"Novelty, as empirically found, doesn't issue by jumps and jolts; it leaks in insensibly ... All the old identities at last give out, for the fatally continuous infiltration of otherness warps things out of every... More »

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On -ism's, -ity's, Wilber and the birth of the tetrality

Posted on Apr 12th, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

Warning: this is a pretty theoretical, technical post. Please don't waste your time on it if you know that's not your cup of tea ;-) In the context of my thesis (I should write a... More »

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A Self-Negating Essay on... Me

Posted on Apr 9th, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

My deepest fear is that I am inadequate, and so I tend to set high standards for myself. Lately, however, I’m starting to see through that and recognize it when I do it. Sometimes. Because... More »

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Going berserk on my graduate thesis

Posted on Apr 7th, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

I'm in the process of finishing my studies, pursuing the parallel path of an internship at day and my graduate thesis at night, the latter corresponding loosely to what has been called 'the dark night... More »

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About me

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2006 by Diederick : Transformation agent Diederick

"The young man who has drunk for the first time from that spring is as happy as if he had found a treasure of wisdom; he is positively enraptured. He will pick up any discourse,... More »

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