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Author: Michael Lindfield

Building Receptive Group Fields for Innovation

The creative group process of innovation is the art and science of bringing forth SOMETHING out of NOTHING.NOTHING is an unmanifested reality that needs the creative process for it to become SOMEHTHING. An IDEA begins as a NO THING and when translated into a design by the imagination and the concrete mind, it can then be manufactured and presented to the world as SOME THING. If we believe that for every problem and challenge in the world there is a solution, then the innovative group process can play a valuable role by attracting and capturing solutions (in the form of Living Ideas) and translating them into tangible and useful products and services that serve the needs of society.

5 Stages of Group Life

The initial phase of energizing the upper aspect of the Vertical alignment – attracting and connecting the group to the vision and designated purpose contained within the original inspriational ‘seed idea’ The focus on the lower aspect of the Vertical alignment to connect “spriti and matter” and activate the vision by clearly naming the ‘service offerings’ and by declaring the individual and group commitments required to meet these deliverables.

The Dynamics of Renewal

In order that organizational renewal can occur, two factors need to be in play at all times. These are:
• A compelling vision of the future
• An honest assessment of current reality
The gap between where the group wishes to be (vision) and where it finds itself today (current reality) causes a state of creative tension. As the necessary choices for positive change are made and committed to by the group, this dynamic of ‘creative tension’ is harnessed and can be utilized to help move thing forward to help realize the vision.

Dynamics of Organizational Health

An airplane is a collection of integrated parts and systems traveling with structural integrity and velocity towards a chosen destination to fulfill a specific mission for the good of others propelled by powerful engines and guided by sophisticated navigational aids. An organization is a collection of diverse people joined together by a shared purpose and a commitment to work together who are journeying towards a preferred future to fulfill a specific mission for the good of others –propelled by an inspiring vision and guided by common values, experience, reliable processes and an inherent sense of what constitutes the right course.

The Inspired Leader

An inspired leader is someone who:
1. Is Self-aware and understands the many aspects of this integral Self
2. Is aware of the impact that he/she has on others
a. Sees Self as inseparable from others and the world
b. Knows that her/his actions are causal and therefore affect the
larger field
c. Is present to both the inner and outer content and context
3. Cares about this ‘power to influence’ for the greater good
a. Is fully present for themselves, others and the need in the world
b. Is aligned with a higher purpose and the common good. Thinks,
speaks and acts strategically, systemically, and holistically.
c. Takes an expansive view of life and generates expansiveness in
others
d. Creates conditions whereby others can grow, develop and
express the ‘truth’ of themselves more fully: thereby showing
up as an agent and an instrument for healing and transformation
e. Acts with inherent goodness in thought, word and deed

Spiritual Leadership

An exploration of the ‘psycho-energetic’ requirements and practices of spiritual leadership. Leadership is what happens when the aura of a person or a group is magnetically charged with the note of purpose and there is a clear working understanding of how the promise and potential of the shared desired future is best precipitated into the present. Spiritual leadership is the natural consequence of a soul-directed life that serves the wellbeing of others.