Jonathan Henry Reams
About
Jonathan Reams, PhD, is currently doing action research projects exploring how to scale micro-skill development for habituating core leadership practices. He approaches this work drawing on experiences from holding a position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) from 2007 until 2024, serving as editor-in-chief of Integral Review from 2005 to 2023, and being chief creative officer at the Center for Transformative Leadership and Adeptify.
Jonathan is driven by an insatiable curiosity about the essence of human nature and how to cultivate this essence in the service of leadership. He uses various outlets for achieving this. For 18 years, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, he taught and did research on leadership development, coaching and counseling. From 2005 until 2023 he served as Editor-in Chief of Integral Review, A Transdisciplinary and Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Praxis and Research. He is also a co-founder of the Center for Transformative Leadership. Jonathan’s Ph.D. is in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University.
Jonathan practices the cultivation of leadership through consulting and leadership development program design and delivery. He brings awareness based technology to this work, focusing on how the inner workings of human nature can develop leadership capacities for today’s complex challenges. He has done this for a diverse range of clients in the US, Canada and Europe.
Jonathan has presented at numerous international conferences on topics such as leadership development, consciousness research and transformative learning. His publications have been widely read and used in graduate level leadership programs. They include: Maturing Leadership. How Adult Development Impacts Leadership (Emerald) What’s Integral about Leadership? (Integral Review), Integral Leadership: Generating Space for Emergence through Quality of Presence (German Journal of Business Psychology), Leading the Future (Futures), Making Leadership Development Developmental (Academic Exchange) and Integral Leadership. Opening Space by Leading through the Heart (In C. Pearson, The Transforming Leader). He is also co-editor of Integral Education: New Directions for Higher Learning (SUNY Press).
Research
Jonathan Reams, PhD, is currently doing action research projects exploring how to scale micro-skill development for habituating core leadership practices. He approaches this work drawing on experiences from holding a position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) from 2007 until 2024, serving as editor-in-chief of Integral Review from 2005 to 2023, and being chief creative officer at the Center for Transformative Leadership and Adeptify.
Publications
2023
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Reams, Jonathan Henry.
(2023)
Deepening Our Understanding of Developmental Assessments Use in Developing Leaders’ Capacity for Complexity.
Integral Review
Academic literature review
2022
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2022)
Soul Space for Adaptive Work.
Academic chapter
2020
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Reams, Jonathan;
Fikse, Camilla;
Ness, Ottar.
(2020)
Leadership Development Laboratory.
Academic chapter
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2020)
Maturing Leadership: How Adult Development Impacts Leadership.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Anthology
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Bohinc, Tom;
Reams, Jonathan;
Claydon, Richard.
(2020)
The Prometheus Leadership Commons: A Meta-Framework for Leadership and Leadership Development.
Integral Review
Academic article
2018
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Wallin, Patric;
Reams, Jonathan;
Veine, Sven;
Anderson, Martha Kalvig.
(2018)
Creating Responsive Learning Environments to Develop Students’ Reflective Capacity.
Integral Review
Academic article
2017
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Veine, Sven;
Anderson, Martha Kalvig;
Andersen, Nina Haugland;
Espenes, Thomas Christian;
Bredesen, Tove;
Wallin, Patric;
Reams, Jonathan.
(2017)
Refleksjon som studentaktiv læringsform.
Læring om læring
Academic article
2016
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2016)
Immunity to change revisited: Theoretical foundations for awareness based practices for leadership development.
Integral Review
Academic article
2015
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2015)
Development and self-understanding: How understanding developmental theory can help us grow.
Academic chapter
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Reams, Jonathan;
Reams, Juliane.
(2015)
Awareness based technologies for leadership development: utilising Immunity to Change coaching.
International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Academic article
2014
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Reams, Jonathan;
Gunnlaugson, Olen;
Reams, Juliane.
(2014)
Cultivating leadership through deep presencing and awareness based practices.
Academic chapter
2013
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O'Brien, Karen;
Reams, Jonathan;
Caspari, Anne;
Dugmore, Andrew J.;
Faghihimani, Maryam;
Fazey, Ioan;
Hackmann, Heide;
Manuel-Navarrete, David;
Marks, John;
Miller, Riel.
(2013)
You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change.
Environmental Science and Policy
Academic article
2012
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2012)
Integral leadership. Opening space by leading through the heart.
Popular science chapter
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Reams, Jonathan;
Caspari, Anne.
(2012)
Integral leadership: Generating space for emergence through quality of presence.
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Academic article
2011
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2011)
Organizational Transformation for Sustainability. An Integral Metatheory. An Appreciative (Over)(Re)View.
Integral Review
Book review
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2011)
Leadership development. Can it really happen?.
Integral Leadership Review
Professional article
2010
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Astin, Alexander;
Reams, Jonathan.
(2010)
Spirituality and integral thought in higher education.
Academic chapter
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Esbjørn-Hargens, Sean;
Reams, Jonathan;
Gunnlaugson, Olen.
(2010)
Integral Education — New Directions for Higher Learning.
SUNY Press
Anthology
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Reams, Jonathan;
Fikse, Camilla.
(2010)
Making leadership development developmental.
Academic Exchange Quarterly
Academic article
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2010)
Leading the future.
Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Academic article
2009
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2009)
immunity to change: A report from the field.
Integral Review
Academic article
2007
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2007)
Illuminating the blind spot: An overview and response to Theory U.
Integral Review
Popular science article
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2007)
An experiment in education for states. AQAL.
Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
Academic article
2005
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2005)
What’s Integral about Leadership? A Reflection on Leadership and Integral Theory.
Integral Review
Academic article
Journal publications
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Reams, Jonathan Henry.
(2023)
Deepening Our Understanding of Developmental Assessments Use in Developing Leaders’ Capacity for Complexity.
Integral Review
Academic literature review
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2016)
Immunity to change revisited: Theoretical foundations for awareness based practices for leadership development.
Integral Review
Academic article
-
Reams, Jonathan;
Caspari, Anne.
(2012)
Integral leadership: Generating space for emergence through quality of presence.
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Academic article
-
Reams, Jonathan.
(2007)
Illuminating the blind spot: An overview and response to Theory U.
Integral Review
Popular science article
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Bohinc, Tom;
Reams, Jonathan;
Claydon, Richard.
(2020)
The Prometheus Leadership Commons: A Meta-Framework for Leadership and Leadership Development.
Integral Review
Academic article
-
Reams, Jonathan;
Fikse, Camilla.
(2010)
Making leadership development developmental.
Academic Exchange Quarterly
Academic article
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O'Brien, Karen;
Reams, Jonathan;
Caspari, Anne;
Dugmore, Andrew J.;
Faghihimani, Maryam;
Fazey, Ioan;
Hackmann, Heide;
Manuel-Navarrete, David;
Marks, John;
Miller, Riel.
(2013)
You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change.
Environmental Science and Policy
Academic article
-
Wallin, Patric;
Reams, Jonathan;
Veine, Sven;
Anderson, Martha Kalvig.
(2018)
Creating Responsive Learning Environments to Develop Students’ Reflective Capacity.
Integral Review
Academic article
-
Reams, Jonathan.
(2010)
Leading the future.
Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Academic article
-
Reams, Jonathan.
(2007)
An experiment in education for states. AQAL.
Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
Academic article
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2005)
What’s Integral about Leadership? A Reflection on Leadership and Integral Theory.
Integral Review
Academic article
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2011)
Organizational Transformation for Sustainability. An Integral Metatheory. An Appreciative (Over)(Re)View.
Integral Review
Book review
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2011)
Leadership development. Can it really happen?.
Integral Leadership Review
Professional article
-
Reams, Jonathan;
Reams, Juliane.
(2015)
Awareness based technologies for leadership development: utilising Immunity to Change coaching.
International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Academic article
-
Veine, Sven;
Anderson, Martha Kalvig;
Andersen, Nina Haugland;
Espenes, Thomas Christian;
Bredesen, Tove;
Wallin, Patric;
Reams, Jonathan.
(2017)
Refleksjon som studentaktiv læringsform.
Læring om læring
Academic article
-
Reams, Jonathan.
(2009)
immunity to change: A report from the field.
Integral Review
Academic article
Books
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Esbjørn-Hargens, Sean;
Reams, Jonathan;
Gunnlaugson, Olen.
(2010)
Integral Education — New Directions for Higher Learning.
SUNY Press
Anthology
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2020)
Maturing Leadership: How Adult Development Impacts Leadership.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Anthology
Part of book/report
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Reams, Jonathan;
Gunnlaugson, Olen;
Reams, Juliane.
(2014)
Cultivating leadership through deep presencing and awareness based practices.
Academic chapter
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2012)
Integral leadership. Opening space by leading through the heart.
Popular science chapter
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Astin, Alexander;
Reams, Jonathan.
(2010)
Spirituality and integral thought in higher education.
Academic chapter
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Reams, Jonathan;
Fikse, Camilla;
Ness, Ottar.
(2020)
Leadership Development Laboratory.
Academic chapter
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2022)
Soul Space for Adaptive Work.
Academic chapter
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Reams, Jonathan.
(2015)
Development and self-understanding: How understanding developmental theory can help us grow.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
My main teaching in the Masters in Counsleing program was a couse on Coaching and Leadership Development. I also taught parts of the introduction to counseling theory for 18 years, and sections of the group counseling course.
In the NTNU continuing education program Masters in Managment, I taught Leadership Development and Organizational Transformation for 15 years.
Supervision
I supervised about 60 masters theses in the counsleing program, and a few in the masters of maangement program as well.
I supervised two PhD's at NTNU, and have been involved in co-supervising several other PhDs internationally.
Outreach
2023
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan Henry; Reams, Juliane. (2023) Building Emotional Resilience in Leaders by Scaling Micro-skill Development. Cultivating Leadership for a Thriving Future
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan Henry; Reams, Juliane. (2023) Building Emotional and Relational Resilience in Leaders. The Leadership Dynamics of Systems Change
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan Henry; Reams, Juliane. (2023) Scaling Micro-skill Development. European Society for Research in Adult Development
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan Henry; Mascolo, Michael; Kallio, Eeva. (2023) Debating Wisdom: There can be no psychology of wisdom without wisdom in psychology. European Society for Research in Adult Development
2022
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Bohinc, Thomas; Mascolo, Michael; Fuzie, Chris; Carvallaro, Liz; Susan, Mary. (2022) People Leading People in Crisis. Wisdom in Times of Crisis
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Raei, Mohammed; Rasmussen, Harriette Thurber; Hawkins, Jacqueline; Watanabe, Lise. (2022) Leading Adaptively Across Cultures: A Panel of Perspectives. Wisdom in Times of Crisis
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Bohinc, Thomas; Mascolo, Michael; Allen, Scott T.; Lovegrove, Simon. (2022) Leading in Plain Sight. Wisdom in Times of Crisis
2021
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LectureReams, Jonathan. (2021) Soul Space for Adaptive Leadership. Launch Event: Spirituality in Society and Professions
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Bohinc, Tom; Roux, Marianne; Allen, Scott T.; Riggio, Ron; Sendjaya, Sen. (2021) New Intersections in Leadership Development Programming. Reimagining Leadership Together
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2021) Leading our Lives by Learning from Life. Perspectives on Adult Development and Human Relations. European Society for Research in Adult Development Conference
2020
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Roux, Marianne; Lynam, Abigail; Raei, Mohammed. (2020) Maturing Leadership: How Adult Development Impacts Leadership. International Leadership Association annual conference: Leading at the Edge
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Bohinc, Tom. (2020) The Prometheus Project: Creating a Framework for Navigating the Meta Problem of Leadership Development. International Leadership Association annual conference: Leading at the Edge
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Lecture
2019
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Lecture
2018
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane; Fikse, Camilla; Ness, Ottar. (2018) Leadership Development as Growing up and Cleaning up. International Leadership Association conference
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2018) Leadership Development as Growing up and Cleaning up. European Society for Research in Adult Development conference
2017
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2017) Scaling Leadership Development: Developing Internal Practitioner Capacity in a Multi-national. International Leadership Assocaition Annual Conference
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2017) Improving Leadership Decision-making in a VUCA World. International Leadership Assocaition Annual Conference
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2017) Integrating Psychological and Learning Lenses to Facilitate Leadership Development. International Leadership Assocaition Annual Conference
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Conference lectureVeine, Sven; Anderson, Martha Kalvig; Andersen, Nina Haugland; Espenes, Thomas Christian; Bredesen, Tove; Wallin, Patric; Reams, Jonathan. (2017) Refleksjon som studentaktiv læringsform. Læringsfestivalen
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Wallin, Patric; Veine, Sven; Anderson, Martha Kalvig. (2017) Exploring Ways to Build and Evaluate Reflective Capacity in Students. Læringsfestivalen
2016
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2016) An Overview of Adult Development Research and Application in the Field of Leadership Studies. Advances in Positive Adult Development
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Lecture
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Lecture
2015
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InterviewReams, Jonathan; Rowson, Jonathan. (2015) Wisdom, spirituality and the virtuality of self: An interview with Jonathan Rowson.
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Conference lectureFikse, Camilla; Reams, Jonathan. (2015) The Leadership Circle: Experiences Using Integrative 360 Assessments for Leadership Coaching and Development. 17th Annual ILA Global Conferece- Leading Across Borders and Generations
2014
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Feature articleReams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2014) Mindful leadership: Changing the way leaders develop their attentional skills.
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LectureReams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2014) Awareness-Based coaching: Immunity to Change for Developing Consciousness in Leaders. Conscious Leading for Global Change: Emergence of Our Collective Realities.
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LectureReams, Jonathan. (2014) Leading with Spirit, Presence and Authenticity. Panel presentation. Conscious Leading for Global Change: Emergence of Our Collective Realities.
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LectureReams, Jonathan. (2014) Creating Collective Realities to Achieve Multi-Agency Collaborations. Panel presentation. Conscious Leading for Global Change: Emergence of Our Collective Realities.
2013
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2013) Authentic leadership through deep presencing. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, Leadership for Local and Global Resilience: The Challenges of a Shifting Planet.
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2013) Awareness based leadership development. How practice and coaching facilitate developmental growth. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, Leadership for Local and Global Resilience: The Challenges of a Shifting Planet.
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Caspari, Anne. (2013) Feeling into the moment: Applying integral maps and processes to corporate leadership training and trans-disciplinary education. Third Integral Theory Conference. Mapping the Integral Cosmopolitan
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LectureReams, Jonathan. (2013) Leadership transformation through unfolding awareness. The Alchemy of Leadership: Demystifying the Science and Magic of Transformation. Third annual conference on leadership development and business
2011
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan; Johannessen, Bjarte. (2011) Leading with impact: Design and pilot implementation of a global corporate leadership development program. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, One Planet, Many Worlds: Remapping the Purposes of Leadership.
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2011) How integral education can address meta-issues in adult learning. 4th Nordic Adult Learning conference
2010
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2010) Making Leadership Development Developmental. Leadership 2.0: A time for Action.
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2010) Worldviews and Leadership: A Time for Action. Leadership 2.0: A time for Action
2008
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2008) Integral Theory in Academia Panel. Integral Theory in Action: Serving Self, Other & Kosmos. Konferanse på John F. Kennedy University
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2008) Strategic Foresight and the Evolution of Consciousness. Strategic Foresight Workshop. Strategic Foresight Workshop
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2008) A Transpersonal View of Integral Theory. Ingtegral Theory in Action: Serving Self, Other & Kosmos. Konferansepresentasjon
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2008) Integral Education Panel. Integral Theory in Action: Serving Self, Other & Kosmos. Konferansepresentasjon
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2008) Leadership as a Spiritual Practice. Ingegral for the Next Generation Seminar. Integral for the Next Generation
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2008) "Encouraging" Emerging Worlds. Consciousness, Process and Social Technology for Enabling Emergence. Konferansepresentasjon
2007
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2007) Wholeness Lost/Wholeness Regained: A Process Model View. Transdisciplinarity and the Unity of Knowledge: Beyond the Science and Religion Dialogue.
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2007) Spiritual Beings Having Human Experiences: How Viewing Consciousness as Primary Reframes Science and Religion. Human Persons and the God of Nature Conference.
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Conference lectureReams, Jonathan. (2007) Sustainable Leadership: The Impact of Meeting Postmodern Complexity by Raising Levels of Cognitive and Values Development in Leaders. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, Leadership: Impact, Culture, and Sustainability,
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LectureReams, Jonathan. (2007) Education for States: How Educators’ State of Consciousness Creates a Space for Integral Education and Education for States: An Experiment in Teaching and Learning. Integral Education Seminar.