Action Inquiry : The Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Promise and the Power of Action Inquiry 1(12) PART ONE Learning Action Inquiry Leadership Skills Fundamentals of Action Inquiry 13(11) Action Inquiry as a Manner of Speaking 24(14) Action Inquiry as a Way of Organizing 38(17) INTERLUDE Action Inquiry: The Idea and the Experience 55(154) PART TWO Transforming Leadership The Opportunist and the Diplomat: Action-logics you probably resort to, but don't want to be circumscribed by 65(13) The Expert and the Achiever: The most common managerial action-logics 78(13) The Individualist Action-Logic: Bridge to transforming leadership 91(13) The Strategist Action-Logic: Developing transforming power 104(17) PART THREE Transforming Organizations Transforming Meetings, Teams, and Organizations 121(12) Facilitating Organizational Transformations 133(15) The Social Network Organization and Transformation Toward Collaborative Inquiry 148(14) The Quintessence of Collaborative Inquiry 162(15) PART FOUR The Ultimate Spiritual and Societal Intent of Action Inquiry The Fresh Action Awareness of Alchemists 177(17) Creating Foundational Communities of Inquiry 194(15) Appendix: Concluding Scientific Postscript on Methods of Inquiry 209(20) Bibliography 229(8) Index 237