ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER SERIES

Meet amazing People who are involved and concerned with practices which can make the world a better place. They are sharing with you their story and their insights about how to grow ourselves, discover our life’s purpose and to become an agent for positive change. Our guests come from many fields. What ties them together is their broader view on reality, their ability to see problems from multiple perspectives and to search for solutions which are integrated and able to catalyse the necessary changes we need to survive and even thrive in the future.

PSYCHOLOGY
SPIRITUALITY
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
HEALTH AND HEALING
ART AND MUSIC
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
SOCIETY; POLITICS AND ECONOMY
INTEGRAL WORLDVIEW
LIFE IN THIS WORLD

Anhand ihres Stufenmodells stellt Barbara Küchler zusammen mit Bodo Frenk die Unterschiede dar, wie Männer und Frauen mit Macht umgehen. Wie üben sie Macht aus? Und wie reagieren sie auf den Machtausdruck von anderen? Ein spannener und lehrreichr Vortrag und aufschlussreiche Antworten auf zahlreiche Fragen. Eine Einführung zum Stufenmodell vom Sommer 2921 kannst Du hier finden: https://thewisdomfactory.net/barbara-kuchler/

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Abhishek Thakore, integralist based in India, talks about the situation in India, about the culture differences and what he is doing to create a better life in his country.

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We are at a turning point today, where traditional masculine leadership in business and politics is recognized as totally unable to create a human life on earth which respects and cares living beings as opposed to care for money and success by all means. We need new leadership principles and new leaders. We need a feminine approach integrated in whatever we do, “down to earth”, realistic and with empathy and love for others, ourselves, life, nature.

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Nach 20 Jahren in der Geschäftsleitung im Mittelstand hat sich Carsten Grund 2018 als zertifizierter Systemischer Management Coach selbstständig gemacht. Mit Impulsen und Reflexion möchte er Entscheidern neue Erkenntnisse ermöglichen.

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What we can learn from a man who lived all through the 20th century:

In this conversation we talk about Jorges Buch about his fictionalised history of a man fated to live in extraordinary times. Born in the epoch of empire, three decades after the Prussian-led unification of Germany, he was a living testimony to the fast-pacing, deep change that revolutionised societies in the 20th Century.

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Barbara erklärt, wie sich Macht äußert auf den verschiedenen Stufen der Menschheitsentwicklung. Im Gespräch nehmen wir oft Bezug auf die gegenwärtige, von der Coronakrise geprägten Lage, um die Geschehnisse in die Stufen einordnen und damit verstehen zu können. Wir besprechen auch die Rolle der Frauen im Entwicklungsgeschehen.

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WER HAT MACHT?

Ein Gespräch mit Karin Rasmussen

“Die da oben” haben alle Macht. Stimmt das? Welche Macht hat jeder einzelne von uns?

Macht, Gegenmacht, Machtmissbrauch, Empowerment und mehr sind der gegenstand dieses Gesprächs.

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Corona hat die Welt fest im Griff, oder besser die Art und Weise, wie in den verschiedenen Ländern darauf reagiert wird. Die mehr oder weniger betroffenen Menschen reagieren und verhalten sich entsprechend ihrem Bewusstseinslevel: stimmt das wirklich?

Wulf Mirko Weinreich gibt eine umfassende Analyse der verschiedenen, teils sich feindlich gegenüberstehenden Positionen unter Verwendung der integralen Landkarte

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Women and GirlS’ empowerment

Why is it so important that girls grow up with confidence in their abilities? Why are women more capable to handle life than men are, especially in countries like Kenia? The future there and that of the whole world depends on women stepping up and change the way how we are organised today – following masculine principles and power structures.

Macht und Liebe versöhnen

Gerade in Zeiten von Corona ist dieses Thema wieder in seiner Wichtigkeit offenbar geworden.

Im Gespräch geht es auch um die gegenwärtige Situation im Zeichen von Corona, aber auch um die Notwendigkeit des “empowerment” von Frauen, die hervortreten müssen und die weibliche Qualitäten nicht nur einbringen, sondern ihre Achtung und Wertschätzung einfordern müssen.

Women Empowerment in Africa

An interesting conversation with a man in Rwanda, dedicated to empowering Women and young people in pursue of the reconstruction of their society after the total breakdown in the 90ies.

Women and Feminism

An interesting conversation with a young women who is trying to figure out how to use her knowledge of Integral Theory and other wisdom paths to lead her life as a woman in this world. Feminism who fights men doesn’t seem a way to gain a happy family life. How can men and women come together in a peaceful and constructive way?

Heidi shares her experience from her life in “serial monogamy”.

Dr. Loraine Lauscher assisted Don Beck, the co-founder of “Spiral Dynamics, to end Apartheid peacefully in South Africa.

She is an expert in the levels of development by lived experience.

Jon Freeman is a scholar and writer whose work is based on Spiral Dynamics.

In the conversation they exchange their views on the pandemic in preparation for the discussion at the Integral European Conference 2020.

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Jon Freeman and Dr. Loraine Laubscher talk about the racist events in the US and the response to them, as well as to Corona. The recording is from the live event at the Integral European conference.

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Who are we in times of Corona?

Ubuntu and Integral perspectives with Dr. Magadlela Dr. Pampallis, South African Wisdom and the need for Leeadership development-

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Ubuntu and Integral

Dr Dumisani Magadlela is an Executive Coach, Coach Trainer, Leadership Facilitator and Organisational Development Strategist based in Midrand, South Africa. He uses the Ubuntu philosophy and its approaches in his coaching and leadership development work. He spoke on the connection of Ubuntu and Integral Theory on the first Integral African Conference in June 2019

Exploring Life in Africa and in the World

Hannelie Venucia was born and grew up in South Africa. She talks about her upbringing and how she gained awareness of the need for change.
Professionally she works all over the world in leadership development.

Anders Leben nach Corona

Joy Foley hat andere Lebensformen erprobt, von denen sie glaubt, sie würden höchst relevant für das Leben der Menschheit auf diesem Planeten nach der Corona Krise.

Zurück aufs Land?

Was können wir lernen, wenn wir temporär oder dauerhaft auf dem Land leben?

mit Monia Frühwirth und Rainer v. Leoprechting

INTEGRATIVE vs. INTEGRAL MEDICINE with Matt Dorsey

What role do Spiral Dynamics and Integral Metatheory have to play in understanding the current state of ‘integrative medicine’?  How do modern and post-modern perspectives about medicine clash, and what role might Integralists play in the future of medicine?

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THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND with John Taylor

John Taylor is a veteran from the Iraq war. He is now trying to raise consciousness about the fate of thousands of Iraqi (and Afghanistan) interptreters who have served the US army by taking huge risks for their lives and their families, and after the US soldiers left the country were left behind without any protetion or recognition of what they had done for the US. Only very few could enter into safety and come to the US so far. What can we do about that?

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CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES
Loraine Laubscher – the crucial force behind Don Beck in the peaceful ending of Apartheid in South Africa
VIDEOPOST, published for October 9th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES
René de Beer, a close friend and collaborator of Rica Viljoen of Mandala Consulting loves her country, South Africa. Her dream is to keep the beauty of purple  alive, the qualities which people naturally have when they live in a close family bonding with a sense of belonging. She needs to move into the UK and will continue to work for the goal to hold dear and cherish the purple qualities in humans.
VIDEOPOST, published for October 23rd 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES
Why I organised the Integral African Conference
with Paddy Pampallia
VIDEOPOST, published for September 25th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER – THE AFRICAN DIALOGUES

Caritas spoke at the Integral African Conference about her difficult journey escaping the genocide in Ruanda. See her talk here: In this conversation with Heidi she allows us an insight how the life of a refugee is like, even after having survived the worst. Heidi puts it into the context of the present European “refugee crisis” where refugees are left to die in the see and often treated badly on land. As if the Europeans had forgotten how many of them were refugees themselves, only a few decades ago!

VIDEOPOST, published for November 6th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
Integral and Spiral Dynamics in South Africa
with Dr.Rica Viljoen
VIDEOPOST, published forNovember 20th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
Experience with African tribal ways of being within an enterprise.
René de Beer and Alain Volz
VIDEOPOST, published for December 11th 2019

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CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP

Als Expertin für Conscious Leadership und Conscious Business Culture unterstützt Gudrun ihre Kunden, vertrauensvolle Zusammenarbeit in interdisziplinären Teams und Win-Win-Win-Lösungen für alle Interessengruppen zu gestalten.
VIDEOPOST, published forDecember 4th 2019

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INTEGRAL ASTROLOGY

Astrology is very important and often undervalued Typology, probably due to the rarely serious presentation of astrological advice in newspapers and journals. But actually, as soon as we strip it from the woo-woo components we find out that it is very neatly matching integral theory and should be considered as a valuable tool for knowing people and the world.
VIDEOPOST, published for December 18th 2019

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CHRISTMAS – WEIHNACHTEN 9.0

An attempt to talk about Christmas from an integral perspective
Wir wollen über Weihnachten sprechen von einer integralen Perspektive.
VIDEOPOST, published for December 25th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG

Human Connection: das soziale Netzwerk der Zukunft  mit Hardy Groeneveldmit Hardy Groeneveld
VIDEOPOST, veröffentlicht für den 7.9.2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
Co-Creating Europe
mit Annette Kaiser und Sonja Student
VIDEOPOST, veröffentlicht für den 31.8.2019

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Purple is living on in the US
with Heather McDowell
VIDEOPOST, published for August 28th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
How I survived the genocide in Rwanda
with Caritas Uwizera
VIDEOPOST, published for August 24th 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
The Secret Life of Yoga
with Petra Nienaber
VIDEOPOST, published for August 21st 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
The American Dream in Africa? Africa
with Frank Magwegwe
VIDEOPOST, published for August 17th

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER VLOG
Integral and Spiral Dynamics in South Africa
with Dr.Rica Viljoen
VIDEOPOST, published for July 31st 2019

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER BLOG
What I learned in South Africa with Heidi Hornlein
VIDEOPOST, PUBLISHED ON JULY 3rd

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER
26.Juni 2019

Was kommt nach dem Feminismus? mit Verena Neuenschwader, Regina Hunschock, Monia Frühwirth und Heidi Hornlein
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CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER/ INTEGRAL WORLDVIEW
June 5th 2019

Inquiring into Integral
with Jeremy Johnson
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CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER
MAY 8th, 2019 7pm UTC+2
RYAN FOR PRESIDENT
This conversation applies this relationship with Life to the spiritual practices of intention and co-creation
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SOCIETY, ECONOMY, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
MITTWOCH 16. JANUAR 2019
Privat und im Business: wie Flow entsteht – und die Zahlen stimmen. Appreciative Inquiry als Weg zu einem besseren Leben, nicht zuletzt am Arbeitsplatz

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SOCIETY AND POLITICS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19th
How we unconsciously create a political reality which, more often or not, we wouldn’t want by conscious choice. Psychologist Nich Duffell explores the psychological background of our political life.
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PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5th
How decisions are much less “rational” than we would like to believe. Unconscious conditioning is often interfering with what we think we want. What are the  psychological factors which we are not aware of and which play out in what we believe and do in the world?

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THE SIMPOL SOLUTION: SOLVING THE WORLD’S BIGGEST PROBLEMS
JUNE 7th, 7PM CEST
John Bunzl founded “Simpol”, a system when adopted by enough nations, which has the potential of really solving the world’s biggest problems – by Simultan Politics – and at the same time transform the present two or more party systems into a real democracy where everyone of us has the possibility to influence the outcome of the decisions made by the parliament.
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CRISIS AND POSSIBILITY
OCTOBER 16th, 2015
Elza and Said are native Libanese and know the political situation well in the Middle East. Elza has been working to create understnding and peace in that region for many years adopting “Spiral Dynamics”, a road map of psycho-social development and the need and worldview of the people according to where they are on the spiral. We did several conversations with both in the moment of time when terrorism flooded the West.
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UPDATES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
NOVEMBER 21st, 2015
Elza and Said, Libanese living in USA, meet their friends, Neri Bar-on in Israel and the palestinian author Nafiz Rifaie, to talk about the situation seen from inside and outside the Middle East. Although the encounter in the Wisdom Factory was some time ago, the historical background and the challenges haven’t really changed much.
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WHAT ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
NOVEMBER 25th, 2015
We meet in a public chat with Neri Bar-on to talk about the situation which he is experiencing every day in Israel. We are joined by Dough Breitbart.
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AFTER THE TERROR ATTACK IN PARIS – SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE
NOVEMBER 27th, 2015
Elza and Said are native Libanese and know the political situation well in the Middle East. Elza has been working to create understnding and peace in that region for many years adopting “Spiral Dynamics”, a road map of psycho-social development and the need and worldview of the people according to where they are on the spiral. We did several conversations with both in the moment of time when terrorism flooded the West.
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AMERICAN POLITICS – THE GAP BETWEEN HOPE AND REALITY
JUNE 17th, 2015
Jeff Salzman is a leading voice in the integral movement in America, but also globally. His speciality is the analysis of everyday events through the integral lense. Especially using the levels of development he succeeds to make us understand the deeper reasons why things are as they are – and where we need to aim to.

His DAILY EVOLVER has become an  (almost) daily source of knowledge, understanding and inspiration.
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REINVENTING CAPITALISM
DECEMBER 4th, 2015
Jon Freeman is an interesting person with very interesting and grounded ideas about the world. He bases his considerations on Integral Theory and very much on “Spiral Dynamics”. He has written many papers and two books, one of which called Reinventing Capitalism.
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REINVENTING CAPITALISM – THE AFTER SHOW CHAT
DECEMBER 4thth, 2015
After the main show we meet in a public chat with Meloney Hall and Jon Freeman to talk in a more informal way about the topics which arose during the conversation with Jon Freeman before
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A NEW ECONOMY FOR PEACE
JULY 15th, 2015
Said Dawlabani has written a book about the arising new economy. In our conversation he shows us the principles of the evolution of economic systems. Very interesting and enlightening, also for those of us who don’t know much about economy.
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ECONOMIC PEACE THROUGH RESILIENT DESIGN
JULY 24th, 2015

Said Dawlabani has written a book about the arising new economy. In our conversation he shows us the principles of the evolution of economic systems. Very interesting and enlightening, also for those of us who don’t know much about economy.
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