Center for Applied Dialectics

Our Manifesto

  • There is a fascinating emerging body of knowledge in the field of adult development.
  • Notably, the insights around cognitive development are not fully accessible yet.
  • How would our world look if we applied these evolving insights to the fields of businesses, education, politics etc?
  • CAD, the Center of Applied of Dialectics, opens up a platform for practitioners in the field of adult development, integrating research into their practice, exchanging findings and thereby nourishing each other, empowering others to do likewise.
  • Our mission is to grow the understanding of dialectical thinking, not as something that is abstract and of use only to high-minded philosophers, but as a practical tool for all adults to apply in thinking about the complex problems that surround us in today’s world. 

Next Salon:

  • Tuesday July 28th 1900 CEST:  “What does a good dialectical integration between human and AI coaching/supervision look like?”

In this Salon, we will introduce you to Mentri.coach – an intelligent workspace for coaches, and give a short live demonstration where Nick will coach Ursula Clidière as she reflects on her current research project, examining the Need–Press questionnaire at the intersection of developmental coaching, therapy, and other forms of psychological support. Ursula's project explores whether patterns within the Need–Press Inventory may offer useful indicators of the pressures and psychological demands that influence developmental work, including circumstances in which coaching may be sufficient and those in which parallel or additional psychological support may be relevant.

After the demonstration, we plan to have a live debate about the pro’s, con’s and ethical issues involved in using AI in coaching and supervision.

Mentri is the work of Andrés Fossas and Charles McInerney, among others. Andrés is Mentri’s CEO and a psychologist specialising in culture and leadership assessment for over a decade. A student of Robert Kegan's adult development theory at Harvard, Andres has also supported people in some of the most demanding settings — including as a prison chaplain and crisis befriender.

Charles is an anthropologist, systems thinker, and researcher with a background in organisational culture, psychology, and people development, consulting internationally across Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and the UK. At Mentri, Charles leads product vision, design, and research in the field — shaping where AI can meaningfully support the coaching relationship, and where clear lines should be drawn around what should remain human.

More details at https://mentri.coach/

Recent Salons:

  • Tue May 12th: Grainne McAnallen - Can Yoga Nidra support and accelerate the evolution to higher states of consciousness and pave the way for the dialectical re-organisation of thinking?
  • Thursday 9th July: John Kesler - Integral Polarity Practice 

Calendar:
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Past Salons: 

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The Reading list - please recommend more :  https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/68149330?shelf=cad-center-for-applied-dialectics

Our youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@cad-centerforapplieddialec9451

The current expert practitioners holding the platform:

 

Some of the people at least loosely connected with CAD and their resources (in progress):

CAD - Otto Laske / interdevelopmentals.org