SYSTEMS LIFE CYCLES AGS 2011

BY ROBERTO BONILLA

P.H.D. STUDENT

ESSAY BASED ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY THE STAGE OR LIFE CYCLE OF AN

INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, ORGANIZATION, OR HISTORICAL EVENT?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PREDICTABLE LIFE CYCLES IN

INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS?

15 SLIDES PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING A

SUSTAINABLE WORLD

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

UNITED NATIONS DEFINITION

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability#Definition 2

IN SEARCH FOR HEALTHY

DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

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PROPOSAL FOR A BASIC

WORLD SUCCESS MODEL

Desing Equation:

How SHOULD we MANAGE NOW our world, in order to keep it

healthy, allowing present generation to meet their integral needs and

foster future generations to meet their own integral needs?

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Internal External

Individual Emotional

Health

Physical

Health

Collective Healthy

Relations

(family &

friends)

Sustainable

value added

in the

community

Integral healthy people

bonded with authentical

Mutual Trust & Respect

Allowing diversity in society

and participative decision

making

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4 QUADRANTS / 8 LEVELS

INTEGRAL MODEL

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS

BY DR.ICHAK ADIZES

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FORMULA FOR SUCCESS

BY DR.ICHAK ADIZES

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Opportunities Capabilities

Trust Respect

INTEGRATING

ELEMENTS

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Integral People

Integral

• Families

• Communities

Competitive &

Social

Responsible

Companies

Team based on

Mutual Trust & Respect

INTEGRATING

ELEMENTS

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Competitive and Social Responsible Country

Integral

• People

• Families

• Communities

Competitive &

Social

Responsible

Companies

Country Culture based on

Mutual Trust & Respect

INTEGRATING ELEMENTS:

A SUSTAINABLE WORLD…

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Competitive and Social Responsible World

Integral

• People

• Families

• Communities

Competitive &

Social

Responsible

Countries

World Culture based on

Mutual Trust & Respect

BIG BUT…

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HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY THE STAGE OR LIFE

CYCLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, GROUP,

ORGANIZATION, OR HISTORICAL EVENT?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PREDICTABLE LIFE

CYCLES IN INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS?”

10 GUIDELINES TO PREDICT

SOCIAL SYSTEMS COLLAPSE

1. Everything is about social HUMAN energy

2. Available Energy is finite

3. All human beings are –by definition- different, every single person has strenghths and weaknesses, no one is perfect

4. Because of that we do need complementary teams, working into mutual trust and respect cultures

5. If we are different and together is a blessing, but if we are different and separated is a curse!

12 Warning: Please do not forget to keep balance in a dynamic way the Flexibility and Control

10 GUIDELINES TO PREDICT

SOCIAL SYSTEMS COLLAPSE

6. An integrated society or community will be more

likely to be succesfull since is investing low energy

in internal marketing

7. There will always and endles stream of

opportunities, but that does not imply success,

unless the individuals have a collective capabilities

to harvest them

8. To generate and keep a mutual trust and respect

culture 4 ingredients are needed:

1. Sound Human interaction processes

2. Shared Visión & Values

3. Well design Structures

4. Healthy and Capable people (integral)

9. Detect and /or Anticipate any potential sign of

disintegration, (Beta Condition) through the

continue use of whole society Vital Signs Monitor

10. Pay special attention and care, to key

SUCCESSION processes, i.e. when a social system

requires to change its leaders.

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Warning: Please do not forget to avoid the use of «one size fits all» solutions

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Cycles: how to get and stay at the top.

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of mutual trust and respect in personal life,

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Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change.

Blackwell Publishing.

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books

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. Roberto Bonilla, is a small business

consultant and an activist focused to

Orchestrate Sustainable Social Solutions and

Whole Systems Transformations

He is part of Dr. Don Beck´s global constellation

Contact him at: roberto.bonilla@orquestandomexico.org

roberto.bonilla@humanemergencela.org

Skype:

robertovbn

http://orquestandomexico.ning.com/

http://www.orquestandomexico.org/

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