Change Dynamics

Peter Merry and Dr. Don Beck Video Interview
Followed by a Maestro Conference Call

 Saturday, June 15, 2013

Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue

8:45 Registration
(guest fee $5 at the door)
& Continental Breakfast

9:30 – 12:30 Program

BYOL at nearby restaurant 
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

About the Program

“Yes, it is time to change. But, I ask, change from what to what?”
– Barbara Jordan, 1992 DNC.

Don and Peter will discuss Change Dynamics in the context of bio/psycho/social adult development and current Life Conditions.

About the Presenters

Peter Merry, author of Evolutionary Leadership, is Executive Vice President of Ubiquity University and founder of the Center for Human Emergence, Netherlands.  Peter is the founder and Director of the Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence, founded in 2008 to support, learn about and promote innovative integral approaches to the global challenges that humanity faces today.

Dr. Don Beck, author of Spiral Dynamics, is founder of the Centers for Human Emergence and architect of The Meshworks Foundation: A New Approach to Philanthropy.  Recently, Don has been working on Middle East peace with the CHE-Middle East.

More of the 8 Cognitive Processes–The More You Explore, The More You Understand — Part II

Phoebe Clark (ENFP) and Liz Meadows (INTJ), Presenters

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue
9:00-9:30 Registration
(guest fee $5)
& Continental Breakfast
9:30 – Noon Program
BYOL at nearby restaurant
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

About the Program

**Discussion was so robust last month, we only had time to explore Perception.  We’ll tackle the Judging processes this month.  It’s not too late to join the conversation!**

One more round of exploration of the eight cognitive functions, with activities to help drive the concepts home.   This time, we’ll toss out the labels and help you decide which of the functions are more easily accessible to you and which are more difficult to use.  We’ll start with the Perception processes and then tackle the Judging processes, tying them together with whole type hierarchies.

About the Presenters

Phoebe Clark (ENFP) is a Career Counselor and owner of Type Interventions. Phoebe’s focus for her work with type is in helping people move beyond crisis management toward self-directed, sustained personal and professional development.  Liz Meadows (INTJ) is a Knowledge Seeker, Project Coordinator, Process Tweaker, Chaos Tamer, and User Experience Librarian. Liz uses type theory every day in trying to enhance her personal and professional relationships.

More of the 8 Cognitive Processes–The More You Explore, The More You Understand

Phoebe Clark  (ENFP) and Liz Meadows (INTJ), Presenters

Saturday, April 20, 2013
Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue
9:00-9:30  Registration
(guest fee $5)
& Continental Breakfast
9:30 – Noon Program
BYOL at nearby restaurant
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

About the Program

One more round of exploration of the eight cognitive functions, with activities to help drive the concepts home.   This time, we’ll toss out the labels and help you decide which of the functions are more easily accessible to you and which are more difficult to use.  We’ll start with the Perception processes and then tackle the Judging processes, tying them together with whole type hierarchies.

About the Presenters

Phoebe Clark (ENFP) is a Career Counselor and owner of Type Interventions. Phoebe’s focus for her work with type is in helping people move beyond crisis management toward self-directed, sustained personal and professional development.  Liz Meadows (INTJ) is a Knowledge Seeker, Project Coordinator, Process Tweaker, Chaos Tamer, and User Experience Librarian. Liz uses type theory every day in trying to enhance her personal and professional relationships.

The 8 Cognitive Functions–Part 2

Len Gomberg (INFJ), Presenter

Saturday, March 16, 2013
Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue
9:00-9:30  Registration
(guest fee $5)
& Continental Breakfast
9:30 – Noon Program
BYOL at nearby restaurant
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

About the Program

This program, perfect for newcomers to Type and equally valuable to those with Type experience, began with a summary of the 8 functions:

• Extraverted Sensing (Se – Sensory Experience)
• Introverted Sensing (Si – Sensory Memory)
• Extraverted Intuition (Ne – Generating possibilities)
• Introverted Intuition (Ni – Vision and insight)
• Extraverted Thinking (Te – Logical outcomes)
• Introverted Thinking (Ti – Internal analysis)
• Extraverted Feeling (Fe – Harmonizing people)
• Introverted Feeling (Fi – Universal values),

progressed to the hierarchy of functions by Type, followed by a Type dynamics action plan.

Part II delves into Type dynamics and conflict, as well as learning style patterns and Type.

Join us for a fun morning of interactive exercises demonstrating the 8 functions, learning experiences, and interaction styles!

About the Presenter

Len Gomberg is a transition and assessment counselor with over 25 years expertise in such diverse spheres as corporate defense, non-profit, county and Federal government, education and the military. Shortly after retiring from the military in 1993, he earned his Myers Briggs certification and immediately put his expertise to work utilizing the assessment to assist high school and college students, downsized adults and transitioning military. He recently served on the Board of the New York Metro Chapter of APT for two years as its Education Director and maintains his status with the Chapter as its Communication Director.

Len has masters’ degrees in counseling and public policy and a bachelor in political science. As an INFJ he recognizes his shortcomings in putting ideas into action but nonetheless remains enthralled with the possibilities the MBTI® offers and looks forward to serving the Houston Chapter.

The 8 Cognitive Functions

Len Gomberg (INFJ), Presenter

Saturday, February 16, 2013
Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue
9:00-9:30  Registration
(guest fee $5)
& Continental Breakfast
9:30 – Noon Program
BYOL at nearby restaurant
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

About the Program

This program, perfect for newcomers to Type and equally valuable to those with Type experience, begins with a summary of the 8 functions:

• Extraverted Sensing (Se – Sensory Experience)
• Introverted Sensing (Si – Sensory Memory)
• Extraverted Intuition (Ne – Generating possibilities)
• Introverted Intuition (Ni – Vision and insight)
• Extraverted Thinking (Te – Logical outcomes)
• Introverted Thinking (Ti – Internal analysis)
• Extraverted Feeling (Fe – Harmonizing people)
• Introverted Feeling (Fi – Universal values),

progressing to the hierarchy of functions by Type, followed by a Type dynamics action plan.

Part II delves into Type dynamics and conflict, as well as learning style patterns and Type.

Join us for a fun morning of interactive exercises demonstrating the 8 functions, learning experiences, and interaction styles!

About the Presenter

Len Gomberg is a transition and assessment counselor with over 25 years expertise in such diverse spheres as corporate defense, non-profit, county and Federal government, education and the military. Shortly after retiring from the military in 1993, he earned his Myers Briggs certification and immediately put his expertise to work utilizing the assessment to assist high school and college students, downsized adults and transitioning military. He recently served on the Board of the New York Metro Chapter of APT for two years as its Education Director and maintains his status with the Chapter as its Communication Director.

Len has masters’ degrees in counseling and public policy and a bachelor in political science. As an INFJ he recognizes his shortcomings in putting ideas into action but nonetheless remains enthralled with the possibilities the MBTI® offers and looks forward to serving the Houston Chapter.

The Function-Archetype Decoder

Bob McAlpine (ISTJ), Presenter

Saturday, January 19, 2013
Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue
9:00-9:30  Registration
(guest fee $5)
& Continental Breakfast
9:30 – Noon Program
BYOL at nearby restaurant
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

About the Program

The Function-Archetype Decoder
The only instrument that provides information regarding how people of each type have reported they react to using each function-attitude and experiencing others using each function-attitude.

Provides the following information:
Type table distribution of teams.

Type descriptions for each of the 16 types include the dynamic pattern for the type code the temperament associated with the type code plus what those for whom the type code is a best-fit have said regarding a motto, strengths, weaknesses, job satisfiers, assets to a group, common stressors, behaviors under stress, what is enjoyed, and what is valued.

Information in the decoder is updated annually.

• Role of each function-attitude.

• Definition of each function-attitude.

• The non-verbal aspects of using each function-attitude.

• Activities for engaging each function-attitude.

• Activities that shut-down the use of each function-attitude.

• Description for each dynamic position, including the role of the position, how the function-attitude in the position is experienced, what use of the function-attitude in the position can lead to, and what development of the function-attitude in the position may entail.

• Different ways to view team members relative to other members.

About the Presenter

Bob McAlpine is the president of Type Resources.  He has worked with Jungian psychological type since 1985.  From 1993 until 2010 he certified people to use the MBTI.  He co-developed the current Majors PTI and PT-Elements certification program with Mark Majors and Amy Evers and currently conducts certification training on the Majors line of instruments.  He also consults using type, temperament, interpersonal behavior and interaction theories to corporate and government organizations.  His passion is around understanding how to apply the 8 function-attitudes in problem-solving, meeting management, time management, and providing constructive feedback to individuals.

Bob is the co-author of the Function-Archetype Decoder, Exploring You, Introduction to Type and the 8 Jungian Functions, and Journey of Understanding: MBTI® interpretation using the eight Jungian functions. Bob has also presented for many APTi chapters and at many APTI conferences.

2013 – The Psycho-Social Imperative
Part II — Working on Our Development

Barbara Brown (INTJ) Presenter

 Saturday, December 15, 2012

Bilingual Education Institute
6060 Richmond Avenue

9:00 Annual Meeting and Registration
(guest fee $5 at the door)
& Continental Breakfast

9:30 – Noon Program

BYOL at nearby restaurant
(Buy Your Own Lunch)

Registration

Annual Meeting

**Please join us at 9:00 am for a brief business meeting.  Bring your ideas for 2013 programs.**

About the Program

In November, the group participated in an analysis of current life conditions and the personal development we will need to undergo if we are to be “fit” for the curriculum of modern, 21^st Century life. Graves points out that as your current form of mind solves the immediate problems of your life, success itself creates more complex problems.  We sometimes call these new issues unintended consequences.  The problem is not political, or even social.  It is rather that our rate of technological change has outpaced human ability to cope with the life conditions complex technologies create.

We must widen our perspective to engage in more complex thinking and sophisticated behaviors appropriate to our current complex life conditions.  Join us for an active program of personal development.  This development is something you need to do for yourself; however it’s important to find a supportive environment to help you get there.  Come and start today.

In December, we will continue the process by working to find our growth edges and build individual growth plans based on this understanding.  We will also set up ongoing support groups to keep ourselves on track during this journey.  If you missed the November program, you can still participate in Part II.  Do a quick review of the November handouts and fill out the worksheet the group completed.  Materials are at:  www.technologytransformation.com/APT-HoustonDevelopmentPrograms.htm.

Barbara Brown has applied innovative strategic planning, systems theory and adult development methodologies to design and implementation of complex, multinational IT systems for over 30 years.  She is founder of Technology Transformations, which provides high-end enterprise services, solution-driven process designs and business strategies to SMB clients in carefully targeted, affordable chunks.  We are dedicated to the manifestation of a vibrant Yellow diversity generating response to current economic, political and social conditions.