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David Gutmann is a highly successful consultant to leading
institutions and organizations. In this enriching and challenging
dialogue with the Italian journalist Oscar Iarussi, he brings his
passion for life and unceasing search for true awareness for all to
focus on the innovative principle of transformation. This book
talks about transformation in a two-voice encounter resulting in a
thought-provoking and rewarding read for laymen and academics
alike. The tone of the account is philosophical, whilst being light
and dense." I appreciated his approach of simultaneously mingling
his thoughts about his work and his private life. This manifested
that he was applying to himself what he was professing to his
clients: know how to manage the inescapable uniqueness of your
personality, at work as well as in your daily life." -- B Lescoeur,
Chairman of London Electricity Group (1999-2002), from the
Preface"For him it is essential that the interpretation must
transform understanding into action, hence his coining of the word
Transform-Action. In search for truth we live in a continuous
struggle to transform the zig-zag pathway. Gutmann calls "zig" the
progression, which we should strive to increase thereby decreasing
the "zag," which refers to regression." -- Estela V Welldon from
the Foreword'This book is an encounter with the Other... The book
is written for every student of life and organisations, for every
professional and leader struggling with the sweet turbulence, the
zigging and zagging, of transformation.' -- Beverley Malone
Chronicling the evolution of David Gutmann's cross-cultural,
empirical studies on which his developmental theories of aging are
based, this volume reveals how descriptions of the developmental
sequences (as they show themselves in older men and women) lead to
identification of the psychological forces that drive these
processes across the years. This book of new and previously
published work first reports on the research that buttressed the
more hopeful view of aging as a period of growth and then sets
forth the broad, unifying ideas that came out of the empirical
work. These concepts include the theory of the "Parental
Imperative"-the engine of human development in early and later
adulthood; observations on the "gentling" of the older man and the
increased assertiveness of the older woman; essays about the unique
qualities of aging leaders and the special role of the aged as
representatives of the community to its gods; and ideas about the
evolutionary basis of the third age-aging as a human adaptation, a
legitimate life stage, rather than the grim prelude to death. The
last group of selections focuses on the clinical perspective,
applying developmental insights to the psychological disorders of
later life, ultimately leading to a more hopeful view of these
conditions as well as more effective approaches to their treatment.
Each section contains original commentary placing the material in
the context of current research. This text is for gerontologists,
for all students of human development, and for all thoughtful
readers who are concerned with the great themes of the human
life-cycle-in-cluding their own.
The author is a highly successful consultant to leading
institutions and organisations. In this enriching and challenging
dialogue with the Italian journalist Oscar Iarussi, he brings his
passion for life and unceasing search for true awareness for all to
focus on the innovative principle of transformation. This book
talks about transformation i
Chronicling the evolution of David Gutmann's cross-cultural,
empirical studies on which his developmental theories of aging are
based, this volume reveals how descriptions of the developmental
sequences (as they show themselves in older men and women) lead to
identification of the psychological forces that drive these
processes across the years. This book of new and previously
published work first reports on the research that buttressed the
more hopeful view of aging as a period of growth and then sets
forth the broad, unifying ideas that came out of the empirical
work. These concepts include the theory of the "Parental
Imperative"-the engine of human development in early and later
adulthood; observations on the "gentling" of the older man and the
increased assertiveness of the older woman; essays about the unique
qualities of aging leaders and the special role of the aged as
representatives of the community to its gods; and ideas about the
evolutionary basis of the third age-aging as a human adaptation, a
legitimate life stage, rather than the grim prelude to death. The
last group of selections focuses on the clinical perspective,
applying developmental insights to the psychological disorders of
later life, ultimately leading to a more hopeful view of these
conditions as well as more effective approaches to their treatment.
Each section contains original commentary placing the material in
the context of current research. This text is for gerontologists,
for all students of human development, and for all thoughtful
readers who are concerned with the great themes of the human
life-cycle-in-cluding their own.
In a first book - already published in four languages - David
Gutmann expressed what transformation means for him. He did not
describe a new theory, but a very specific and useful approach. How
can human beings tranform their life. conditions, roles, as well as
institutions, mileu? In a second book, David Gutmann and his
colleagues explored these basic issues in relation to
disillusionment - seen as a liberating process - and its
corolloary, lack of desire. From Transformation to TransformaCtion
may constitute the follow-up of these first texts. it evokes the
practical consequences of this approach and relates several
interventions and reflections made by David Gutmann and his
colleagues travelling all over the world and discovering other
experiences, other countries and other cultures.This book is not
conceptual. It is a vade mecum, almost a manual of instruction for
those who want to deal with transformation ( which is nothing other
than our daily experience ).Thus, although it appears like a book
about practice for practitioners, this collection of texts has not
been written only for managers, or people of working in
institutions. It is about life and liberation; liberty and libido.
It is written to accompany everyone in the process of building and
transforming his, or her, own life.
This current volume by a successful consultant to leading
organizations and institutions combines two of his recent papers.
The first one looks at the phenomenon of illusion and disillusion
in organizations. He believes illusions construct us, as opposed to
us believing we create them. This is Gutmann s hypothesis which he
examines in the book with help of examples from a personal and
institutional point of view. He claims we can learn to recognize
our own illusions and learn from them and this is the process he
calls "disillusionment." The Dialogue of Lacks paper is a follow-up
from the first paper and further elaborates on the process that is
disillusionment and discusses the effects of the "lack of
dialogue.""The trudging that each of us is engaged in -- over a
shorter or longer distance -- whilst grappling with our own
illusions is a fundamental journey, intimate and unique, passing
through our own construction and touching on the very essence of
our life. It is not only about knowing whether we are being
manipulated, nor just how far these illusions can obscure our
judgement, our rational and reasonable mind. Our freedom is at
stake. It is about understanding where the boundary lies between
survival (and its frantic analogue all too frequent these days that
we refer to as "hyperlife") and a life of desire and creation.Our
intention here is to formulate a starting hypothesis and to begin
to unfold it in order to discover its consequences. It is based on
our experience as advisers in leadership which invites us to work
regularly with this kind of questions with leaders of
organisations. Illusion is indeed as much an individual issue as it
is a collective and institutional one." -- From the Introduction"
This current volume by successful consultants to leading
organizations and institutions combines two of their recent papers.
The first paper, 'Disillusionment', looks at the phenomenon of
illusion and disillusion in organizations. The authors believe that
illusions construct us, as opposed to the commonly-held view that
we create them.
This book describes a journey of discovery from transformation to
transformaction that extends and enhances the life of the
organization. It serves as an exploration of transformation from
its relation with chaos and the beginning to its currency with
power and authority.
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