Redesigning the Business Mind: Inner Development
In a time of polycrisis, our survival depends not only on systemic change but also on transforming the inner landscapes that shape our decisions. In this talk, I share insights from my fellowship research at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam: Transforming Business – Redefining Profit-Driven Models for Sustainable Impact. This work explores […]
Monoatomic Gold: Growing in the light
According to the principles of “Waking Up”, “Growing Up”, “Cleaning Up”, “Showing Up”, and “Opening Up” of Wilber’s Integral Theory, psychotherapy and Alchemy can find the way to be together for improving the wellbeing of people. 10 years ago an Holistic Team called me to come to Bali and holdI a teaching program about inner […]
Finding Wholeness in a Fragmenting Global Economy
We are living through a period of tumultuous economic, geopolitical and technological disruptions: Trump’s upending of the global trading system, financial volatility, and Central Bank Digital Currencies; a seismic shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order; an epochal transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy; an explosion of Artificial Intelligence and biotech; and […]
Translating Integral into Everyday Language
The discovery and control of fire by humans was a long and convoluted process, starting approximately 1,5 million years ago, and culminating in a small, pocket-sized lighter. Like the fire we can now carry in our pockets, the endurance and participation of any complex phenomenon in our day to day living is dependent on whether […]
XYZ, Baby: Understanding Generations
Boomers built the system. Gen X hacked it. Millennials tried to fix it. And Gen Z? We’re rewriting the whole thing. But this isn’t just a generational cycle—it’s a shift in meaning-making, shaped by evolving worldviews, technology, and crises. Each generations sees more, feels more than those who came before—yet burn out faster. If the […]
Integral Chakrapsychology
Integral Psychology of the chakra system – Growing up and waking up through the seven centers of consciousness I aim to present a universal perspective on how our existence unfolds according to a divine law, guiding us through different stages of consciousness. My goal is to explore the deep connection between the chakra system and […]
The Entrepreneur’s Journey: An Integral Approach
How do entrepreneurs navigate the complex path from inspiration to global impact? The Entrepreneur’s Journey model, rooted in Ken Wilber’s Integral AQAL framework, provides a holistic roadmap that unites self-awareness, team collaboration, product development, and user engagement into a coherent, evolutionary process. This presentation explores how the Integral AQAL model informs entrepreneurial success by integrating […]
Growing Up and Waking Up with Poetry
Poetry is a skillful means for changing consciousness. It can move in a flash from separation to union, from “I” to “We,” and back again into the interior individual. This workshop will take up the key tasks of Growing Up and Waking Up, employing Ken Wilber’s formulation of Eros–the movement towards the Godhead, the nondual–and […]
The Evolution of the Guru-Principle
In Finding Radical Wholeness Wilber describes Waking Up as foundational – a truly Big Wholeness. It provides a “baseline position for those who want a deep, extensive, and even absolute experience of Wholeness.” We will explore the role of the guru in this foundational domain of Waking Up, considering questions like: Has the guru-function diminished […]
7Ps of Conscious Business: an Integral Framework
As global challenges become increasingly complex, traditional Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) based on People, Planet, and Profit is proving insufficient to create meaningful and lasting change. A new paradigm—Conscious Business—offers a more comprehensive and transformative approach that integrates ethical leadership, stakeholder well-being, and sustainable progress. Thought leaders such as Fred Kofman, Frédéric Laloux, Isaac Getz, […]