Lasse Ramquist and Mats Eriksson believe that we all can access each one of the following intelligences. The more we use them, the more they develop.
Color | Values | Strenghts | Weaknesses |
Beige | Survival | Brings full energy to the job at hand if something is at stake. 1 | Falls into complacency when feeling safe. 2 |
Purple | Belonging | Builds strong relationships with colleagues, and always ready to help. 3 | Sense of belonging is not necessarily to colleagues or the organization. 4 |
Red | Concrete operational logic | Quickly finds the best solution to practical challenges. 5 | Stubborn and aggressive self-confidence. 6 |
Blue | Rules and roles | Uses basic routines and simple rules that make things work. 7 | Blindly follows structures and procedures. 8 |
Orange | Rationality and creativity | Ignores rules, if necessary, to achieve the objectives. 9 | Believes the ends justify the means. 10 |
Green | Contextual logic | Listens closely to the viewpoints of everybody involved. 11 | |
Yellow | Visionary and integral logic | Wants to understand how everything fits together. 12 | |
Turquoise | Global and holistic logic | Understands that the organization and its environment co-exist and co-evolve. 13 |
Notes:
1 Lasse Ramquist & Mats Eriksson, Integral Management, 2nd Edition, p. 162.
2 Ibid..
3 Ibid..
4 Ibid..
5 Ibid., p. 163.
6 Ibid..
7 Ibid..
8 Ibid..
9 Ibid..
10 Ibid..
11 Ibid., p. 164.
12 Ibid..
13 Ibid., p. 165.
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