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The Tragic Tale of Apartheid
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Dr. Don Beck, founder of Spiral Dynamics Integral (SDi), based on the internationally renowned work of pioneering developmentalist Clare Graves, made over 60 trips to South Africa during the turbulent period leading up to the dismantling of apartheid. Don not only participated in many of the discussions surrounding that event, he helped coach the country's rugby team to its first international World Cup championship.
More than anything else, the entire ordeal of apartheid and its dismantling was a microcosm of developmental studies in action. The lesson brought home to Don again and again was that without an understanding of the ways in which human beings grow and evolve, there is literally no way to foster that growth and development. Nobody wants to confuse the map with the territory; but with no adequate maps at all—let alone flatly inaccurate ones—the journey to wholeness is littered with road-kill.
Don uses the terms of Spiral Dynamics Integral to make his points. Although you can enjoy his discussion without a familiarity with SDi, if you would like a 25 minute introduction, Don has recorded a fantastic overview of SDi that is available at Integral Facts (see the "Explore" links below).
This call was originally recorded in 2003.
Don Beck
Don Edward Beck, Ph.D., is Co-founder of The National Values Center in Denton, Texas, and President and CEO of The Spiral Dynamics Group, Inc., a global enterprise. He is a member of The American Psychological Association; The World Future Society; The International Paleopsychology Project; and the "Cadre-of-Experts on Ethnopolitical Violence," named by the American and Canadian Psychological Associations. Dr. Beck is also a Fellow of the George Gallup Institute at Princeton. Beck co-authored The Crucible: Forging South Africa's Future (with Graham Linscott, l991) and Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership & Change (with Christopher Cowan, l996). He also writes a "Sports Values" column for the Dallas Morning News and appears often in the media regarding issues related to values, sports, and racial divides. He is Sports Psychology Editor of the magazine Baseball's Inside Pitch.
