Four Forces

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Igniting Emergent Generative Team Leadership in a Complexponential World (Inspired by Nature and the Tao)

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvKathleen Curran,Randal Joy Thompson,Jane Feng

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In our rapidly evolving "complexponential" world, where complexity and exponential change intersect, traditional leadership models are failing us. Drawing profound wisdom from nature's patterns and ancient Taoist principles, The Four Forces reveals how emergent generative team leadership can transform teams and organizations. Self-organizing, autonomous teams exercise this team-led leadership close to stakeholders where responsive decisions matter most.At the heart of this revolutionary approach lie four fundamental forces that mirror nature's own organizing principles. When team members align with intent, clear purpose that guides without constraining, they create space for authentic emergence. Through hope, they cultivate resilience and possibility thinking that enables teams to navigate uncertainty with confidence. Care becomes the nurturing force that allows individual talents to flourish while maintaining collective coherence. And love emerges as the binding energy that creates unshakeable connection, trust, and commitment.Perhaps most critically, this book illuminates how relationships become the stabilizing anchor in our turbulent times. Just as ecosystems derive their resilience from interconnected webs of relationship, teams that prioritize authentic human connection find stability amid chaos. These relational foundations do not constrain change, they enable it, creating the psychological safety and mutual trust necessary for true innovation and adaptation.The Four Forces offers leaders a pathway beyond command-and-control toward something far more powerful: the ability to ignite collective intelligence, foster genuine collaboration, and create organizations that thrive in complexity rather than merely survive it. This is leadership that works with life's natural flow rather than against it.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-06
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt359 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor276
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781805920311

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Kathleen Curran is a global coach, facilitator, and boundary-spanning strategist. Founder of Intercultural Systems, with 25 years of professional experience in Asia, she specializes in catalyzing the intersection of intercultural competencies, leadership, and global strategy in support of individual, team, and organizational global leadership development with the concomitant inclusive mindset and practices. She is also a Fellow with the Institute for Social Innovation, Fielding Graduate Universities.Randal Joy Thompson is an international development professional and Fellow of the Institute for Social Innovation Fielding Graduate University.Jane Feng has been a Fellow of the Institute for Social Innovation, Fielding Graduate University since 2018. As a scholar-practitioner, she has worked in multinational settings for over 35 years as an internal HR/OD professional/executive in three US multinational corporations and an external OD consultant to US/German MNC clients. She is now a Regional Advisory Partner in August Leadership, a global search and leadership consulting firm headquartered in NY, USA.

Part I. Emergent Generative Team Leadership in Our Complex WorldChapter 1. When Leadership Emerges from Within: The Power of Team-Led TeamsChapter 2. Inspirations from Nature and Taoism: Continuous Change, Emergence, and GenerativityChapter 3. Emergence and Generativity: The Living Forces of Team-Led LeadershipChapter 4. The New Age of Organizations: Teal and Self-Organizing by DesignPart II. Creating Context and Conditions so Emergent Generative Team Leadership will ThriveChapter 5. Context, Conditions, and Culture: Cultivating EGTLChapter 6. EGTL and the Four Forces: From Experience to Recognition to StewardshipPart III. Forming and Practicing Emergent Generative Team LeadershipChapter 7. Resonance and Flow: The Natural Development of Self-Organizing, Team-Led TeamsChapter 8. Harnessing Taoist Wisdom in EGTL Practice: Renewed Mindsets, Relationships, and Organizational ShiftsChapter 9. From Dysfunction to Connection: Transforming Team Challenges Through Intent, Hope, Care, and LoveChapter 10. Toward Generative Collective Emotional Literacy

As someone who has served as Director of Engineering, Director of Six Sigma, Director of Operational Excellence, and General Manager, I have led teams through the challenges of transformation, innovation, and complexity. In today’s fast-moving, complexponential world, we need leadership models that are as dynamic and human as the environments we navigate. The Four Forces: Igniting Emergent Generative Team Leadership in a Complexponential World, is exactly that. The authors’ deep understanding of systems thinking, human dynamics, and emergent leadership gives this work a level of credibility and insight that few can match. By grounding leadership in the forces of intent, hope, care, and love, the authors offer a transformative path forward, one that empowers teams to lead with authenticity, resilience, and purpose. This book is not just timely – it is essential.