societal appreciative inquiry

Egmond

Prologue

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

I had to stop for the night

Welcome to the hotel CaliforniaSuch a lovely placeSuch a lovely face

Welcome to the hotel CaliforniaSuch a lovely placeSuch a lovely face

Mirrors on the ceiling,

the pink champagne on ice

And she said �we are all just

prisoners here, of our own device�

And in the masters chambers,

they gathered for the feast.

They stab it with their steely knives,

but they just can’t kill the beast

Mirrors on the ceiling,

the pink champagne on ice

And she said �we are all just

prisoners here, of our own device�

And in the masters chambers,

they gathered for the feast.

They stab it with their steely knives,

but they just can’t kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was

running for the door

I had to find the passage back

to the place I was before

Relax,� said the night man,

we are programmed to receive.

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Societal Appreciative Inquiry

rethinking human dignity and sustainability for re-inventing society

Klaas van Egmond Utrecht University

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Financial system

Economic system

Implicit societal ends

Economic growth GNP

Democracy

Societal Ends Values

Financial system

Economic system ‘Capabilities’

big world

progressive

masculin

Caring

Conservatives

Cosmopolitans

Hedonists

Balanced

Luxury Seekers

Business like

Engaged

the other feminine

religeous security

non-social Self

thinking

doing

conservative

wordly Risic-taking

Small world

Idealistic Giving

Materialistic Taking

Uniformity the Other

Diversity Pluriformity I

big world

progressive

masculin

Caring

Conservatives

Cosmopolitans

Hedonists

Balanced

Luxury Seekers

Business like

Engaged

the other feminine

religeous security

non-social

Self

thinking

doing

conservative

wordly Risic-taking

Small world

Idealistic Mind

Materialistic Matter

Uniformity the Other

Diversity Pluriformity I

big world

progressive

masculin

Caring

Conservatives

Cosmopolitans

Hedonists

Balanced

Luxury Seekers

Business like

Engaged

the other feminine

religeous security

non-social

Self

thinking

doing

conservative

wordly Risic-taking

Small world

Idealistic Giving

Materialistic Taking

Uniformity the Other

Diversity Pluriformity I

The Whole Wave

Diversity Pluriformity ‘I ‘

Uniformity The Other Collective

The Part Particle

Uniformity The Other Collective

Idealistic Giving

Materialistic Taking

Diversity Pluriformity ‘I ‘

Materialistic

Art Culture

Technocracy; Individualisation (Consumer)

Global Solidarity

Diversity Regionalisation

Separation Autarky

Anti-globalism

Uniformity Globalisation

Social Orientation

Science Rationality

Idealistic Im-material

Local orientation

Overshoot & Collapse

Early Christianity

Inquisition

Absolute Idealism

Modernism “Post Modernism”

Idealistic Religious

Materialistic Worldly

Church

Technology

Science

State Diversity Individual Regionalisation

Uniformity Collective Globalisation

Dekadence Hedonism

Fragmentation Barbarism

Subjective Idealism

Capital

Early Christianity

Macrohistory

Absolute  Idealism  

Modernism   Post  Modernism  

Idealis(c  

Church

Technology

State  Diversity          Individual  Regionalisa3on  

Uniformity  Collec3ve  Globalisa3on  

Dekadence Hedonism Fragmentation Barbary All against All

Subjec6ve  Idealism  

Financial crisis

Transition Towns

Science

Ecological crisis

Idealistic Im-material Idealistic

Collective Uniformity

Materialistic Matter

Individual Diversity

Centripetal forces

Centrifugal forces; ‘Fear for Freedom’ Identity

Centrifugal forces

Idealistic / Non-material

Diversity Individual Regionalisation

Materialistic

Uniformity Collective Globalisation

Ethical Framework

Freedom

W.B.Yeats (1865-1939) The Second Coming

Turning and turning in the widening gyre

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

W.B.Yeats (1865-1939) The Second Coming

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

Collective Uniformity

Individual Diversity

Materialistic Matter

Idealistic Mind

Collective The Other

Individual

Materialistic Matter

Idealistic Mind

Collective The Other

Individual

Materialistic Matter

Idealistic Mind

Principles More needed than Democray Reconciliation of Opposites Discouragement of Caricatures Supporting the Centre

Societal implications Democracy ! but also Societal Objectives

Encouraging centripetal forces: Political process; 100 % representative governments

Discouraging centrifugal forces Ending the current caricature; financial system

Societal entrepreneurship Value Creation and Leadership

Im-material Idealistic

Collective

Materialistic

Individual Ego-centric

Culture

Spirituality

Nature

Art

Labour

Employment Consumentism Safety

Institutional religion

Im-material Idealistic

Collective

Materialistic

Individual Ego-centric

Culture

Spirituality

Nature

Art

Labour

Employment Consumentism Safety

Institutional religio

Societal Ends Values

Financial system

Economic system ‘Capabilities’

Collective Public

Individual Private

Immaterial ‘Mind’

Materialistic Matter

Fysical labour

Mental labour

Nature

Culture Capital

Common Pool Resources

Immaterial Private goods

Material Private goods

Public goods

P C

Collective Public

Individual Private

Immaterial ‘Mind’

Materialistic Matter

Nature

Culture Capital

Common Pool Resources

Immaterial Private goods

Material Private goods

Public goods

Financial system

Collective Public

Individual Private

Immaterial ‘Mind’

Materialistic Matter

Nature

Culture Capital

Common Pool Resources

Immaterial Private goods

Material Private goods

Public goods

Financial system

Collective Public

Individual Private

Immaterial ‘Mind’

Materialistic Matter

Nature

Culture

Common Pool Resources

Immaterial Private goods

Material Private goods

Public goods

Capital

Collective Public

Individual Private

Immaterial ‘Mind’

Materialistic Matter

Nature

Culture

Common Pool Resources

Immaterial Private goods

Material Private goods

Public goods

Public Banking

Private Banking

Idealistic

Materialistic

Diversity Individual

Uniformity Collective

Idealistic

Materialistic

Diversity Individual

Uniformity Collective

Value creation within the circle

Connective leadership operates from the centre

Social Entrepreneurship

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