The Science of Social and Cultural Evolution - Dr. Don E Beck Special Spiral Dyanmics Event in Boston

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 8, 2005

Internationally renowned geopolitical consultant Dr. Don Beck will be speaking in Cambridge on Thursday, June 16, as part of the Voices from the Edge speakers series sponsored by What Is Enlightenment? magazine. The talk, entitled “Cultural Codes, Global Maps, and Human Emergence: How to Design a Positive Future for All,” will present the fruits of his 30 years of real-world experiential research into the theory of Spiral Dynamics.

Dr. Beck is a global activist and authority on Spiral Dynamics, an analytical and practical theory for understanding cultural development and social systems. Often referred to as “the theory that explains everything,” it unveils the dynamic and often hidden forces that shape human nature, create global diversities, and drive social change. And Dr. Beck is arguably the world’s leading Spiral expert.

Beck's consulting career has taken him from corporate boardrooms, to high-level government offices in England, Mexico, and Iraq, to the World Bank, and even to the National Football League. Most notably, he made 63 trips within 18 years to South Africa where he tirelessly committed himself to helping catalyze the peaceful transition out of apartheid. Willing to risk his own safety to create open channels of communication across highly polarized racial divides, Beck conjured a vision of a future beyond apartheid that played a significant role in convincing the de Klerk government to release Nelson Mandela from prison. The book, The Crucible: Forging South Africa's Future (1991), chronicles his experiences there during this historic time.

In the spring of 2004, Beck established the Copenhagen Center for Human Emergence (CCHE)—the first public institution dedicated to the Spiral Dynamics paradigm of solution-making, and the next chapter of his work. Beck's ongoing conviction is that in order to address the root causes of social fragmentation and conflict, we must understand the fundamental and often widely differing ways in which both individual human beings and entire cultures prioritize their values. “Only then,” he says, “will we be able to create a new form of global governance that will guide the emergence of a new global society in the twenty-first century.”

Dr. Beck will also be leading a week-long series of intensive workshops in Cambridge on Spiral Dynamics for the beginner and intermediate levels from June 17-21. Both the public talk and the workshops will be hosted at 38 Cameron.

38 Cameron is located at 38 Cameron Avenue, near the Cambridge/Arlington line; 5-minute walk from Davis Sq. and the Red Line. Tickets: $20, students w/ID $10: available at the door or purchase online at 38cameron.com (strongly recommended since space is limited). The June 16 evening will include an audience Q+A, and a reception with Dr. Beck. Wheelchair-accessible. For more information, visit 38cameron.com or call 617-492-4091.    

Dr. Don Beck is available for interviews through Kenzo An, 617.407.2558.

For more information on Don Beck’s talk, or the week-long workshop, visit wie.org/voices, or call 617.492.4091.

For Don Beck’s biography, and resources, visit wie.org/bios/don-beck.asp

What Is Enlightenment? magazine (WIE) was founded by Andrew Cohen in 1991. It is published quarterly by EnlightenNext Media, part of EnlightenNext (formerly the Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship) a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to a revolution in human consciousness and culture. What Is Enlightenment? also sponsors the Voices from the Edge speakers series which offers an annual calendar of lectures and seminars featuring innovative thinkers and prominent leaders in various fields of expertise. What Is Enlightenment? has an international readership of 75,000 and growing. wie.org

Political/Cultural Lecture

June 2005

Contact for Voices from the Edge:

Kenzo An, Media Relations

617.407.2558

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