Four Forces

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.