| Preface | viii |
| Introduction | ix |
| Chapter 1 | Global Interdependence And Synergy In A Multi-National, Multi-Cultural World | 1 |
| Synergy And Organizational Eco-Systems | 4 |
| Leadership In High Synergy Organizations | 8 |
| Synergy And The Collaborative Consumer | 10 |
| Chapter 2 | Building High Synergy Organizations: Commitment Of The Workforce To An Organizational And Global Mission | 13 |
| Collaborative Core Values And High Synergy Systems | 16 |
| Collaborative Experience And Synergy | 18 |
| Synergy, Adaptive Systems And Performance | 21 |
| Synergy And Transformation | 24 |
| Chapter 3 | Synergy, Individual Transformation: And Human Development | 27 |
| Redefining Leadership | 30 |
| Finding A Higher Order Of Thinking And Communicating | 33 |
| Self-Discovery Through Shared Experience | 36 |
| Finding Synergistic Paths To Self-Discovery | 40 |
| Developing Collaborative Consciousness | 45 |
| Chapter 4 | Organizational Transformation Building A Collaborative System For Organizational Change | 49 |
| Motivation And Transformation In Collaborative Groups | 54 |
| Synergistic Strategies For Organizational Change | 57 |
| Assessing Collaborative Performance And Synergistic Progress | 61 |
| Cultural Identity And Critical Thinking In Collaborative Groups | 65 |
| Chapter 5 | Transformation Through Collective Consciousness | 67 |
| Collaborative Consciousness In A Democratic Society | 69 |
| Collaboration, Conciliation And Conscious Change In Organizations | 72 |
| Synergy And Collective Consciousness In The Global Environment | 75 |
| Chapter 6 | Collaborative Consciousness, Synergistic Benefits And Systems Thinking | 78 |
| Synergy And Complex Systems In Organizations | 79 |
| Synergy And Problem Solving Systems | 83 |
| Conciliation And Mediation As Synergy Systems | 85 |
| Synergy Systems And Resolving Value Conflict | 87 |
| The Collaborative Leadership Experience | 90 |
| Chapter 7 | The Conscious Evolution Of Leadership | 92 |
| Collaborative Values And Ethics In Organizations | 95 |
| Ethics, Synergy And Safe Learning Environments | 98 |
| Collaboration Or Domination: A Leadership Choice | 100 |
| Transformative Leadership And Empowering Others | 103 |
| Learning Organizations, Affirmation And Performance | 106 |
| Chapter 8 | Synergy, Communication And Confidence In Organizations | 109 |
| Finding Solutions Beyond The Structure And Programs | 112 |
| Collaborative Communication And Research Across Disciplines | 115 |
| Creating Collaborative Leaders And Interdisciplinary Learners | 117 |
| Global Trends In Collaborative Communication And Research | 120 |
| Chapter 9 | Moving From Simple To Complex Collaborative Systems | 123 |
| How Collaborative Leaders Transform Organizations | 123 |
| Searching For The Concept Of Leadership | 126 |
| Developing A Seamless Collaborative Leadership Curriculum | 129 |
| Improving Performance In Complex Collaborative Systems | 132 |
| Chapter 10 | Global Trends In Collaborative Learning And Technology | 136 |
| The Focus, Flexibility And Future Of Collaborative Technology | 140 |
| Collaborative Learning Communities | 142 |
| Global Learning Communities | 146 |
| Dynamic Complex Systems | 151 |
| Chapter 11 | Great Transformative Leaders | 154 |
| Political Leaders | 154 |
| Leaders Of Social Change | 158 |
| Leaders Of Science | 160 |
| Everyday Leaders | 163 |
| Chapter 12 | Transformative Cultures And Civilizations Cultures Of Freedom, Peace And Enlightenment | 166 |
| Cultures Of Change And Renewal | 170 |
| The New Collaborative Culture | 173 |
| Contexts For Learning In A Democratic Society | 176 |
| Chapter 13 | Transformative Organizations In Business And Education | 178 |
| Confidence-Driven Global Businesses | 178 |
| Educational Organizations As Synergy Systems | 182 |
| Critical Literacy And Educational Transformation | 185 |
| Global Leadership | 188 |
| Chapter 14 | Working With Adaptive, Self-Organizing Systems In A Global Society | 191 |
| Developing Adaptive, Self-Organizing Systems | 194 |
| Responsive Collaborative Systems | 197 |
| Global Adaptive Systems | 200 |
| Adaptive Leadership | 203 |
| Chapter 15 | Transformative Leadership And The Process Of Change Leaders As Facilitators Of Change And Transformation | 206 |
| Everyday Leaders Of Change | 208 |
| Discovery And The Process Of Change | 212 |
| Leading The Way To A Transformative Future | 215 |
| Glossary | 218 |
| Bibliography | 220 |
