3D Management, an Integral Theory for Organisations in the Vanguard of Evolution

by Marco A. Robledo

If organisations are not working as well as they could, it is because they are still being managed by obsolete principles rooted in the Industrial Age. Until now, management has been a very one-dimensional discipline, in which only profits mattered. Having eyes fixed squarely upon the bottom line has endangered the planet, increased inequality, and disengaged employees. It is an unsustainable situation that calls for the radical redesign of management philosophical foundations. This book shows how to liberate organisations from the constraining assumptions and structures that hold them back, and how to build more conscious, humane, efficacious, and responsible forms of enterprise. 3D Management is an application of Ken Wilbers ground-breaking Integral Theory that embodies the next stage of management smarter, nimbler, wiser, fairer, and fitter for the forthcoming metamodern times. This disruptive theory denies the imperialism of the bottom line and replaces it with a harmonic triumvirate that takes profit, people, planet, and purpose into account equally. An integral organisation is made up of three fundamental and irreducible science, arts, and ethics, which refer respectively to the techno-economical, developmental, and moral aspects of organisational reality. These three aspects are woven together into an essential unit by the spiritual dimension, which strives for unity and meaning. 3D Management is a summum bonum of these four key dimensions to achieve sustainable excellence, spur organisational development, and create radically engaging workplaces, as well as making a better world. The text features more than 60 vanguard organisations, harbingers of the teal consciousness that will define the future of management. One thing is the more a truly integral business catches on, the more whole and fulfilled that humanitys future will be. And 3D Management will have helped pave the way. (from Ken Wilbers foreword)

363 pages, Hardcover

Published July 6, 2020

Reviews

[Berto Mas]

The book -from an author that has really been a continuous inspiration since many years ago- makes important contributions towards our understanding of the organizational life and the future of business. Goodness, Truth, Beauty and Unity -the three dimensions of science, arts, ethics, plus the fourth one of spirit in the book- are presented as the four necessary axes on which to re-design our reality and re-create our future. Drawing from different literature streams (Sociology, Anthropology, Organization Studies and Science and Technology Studies), this book analyses patterns of re-design in relation to new possibilities of organizing business and, beyond that, to any social activity. In my opinion, beauty, especially, is the most singular theme -mostly unexplored by literature- of the entire model, offering new insights in this discussion on the deep nature of organizations, providing a long-needed integration of the manifold elements of knowledge and perspectives -the holy grail of the Integral Theory- in management practice. More perspectives -and their integration- are needed, that may be the ultimate challenge humans are facing in the present century. Your frame of reference and the way you look at a business project will change for sure.

[Ramon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This great book describes the 3D Management theory, a great application of the Integral Theory (Ken Wilber) to Business and Management world. It also covers a big group of modern managerial concepts and theories, and offers a promising perspective of the future of organizations.

in my opinion it is a must read for anyone interested in Organizational transformation and change management.

Besides that, I really enjoyed the spiritual perspective, present in all the book