Carter Phipps

Carter Phipps

Director
and Senior Fellow

Institute for Cultural Evolution co-founder Carter Phipps is an author, a journalist, and a leading voice in articulating the emerging evolutionary worldview. He is coauthor of Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business, with John Mackey and Steve McIntosh. His acclaimed first book, Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea, was published by Harper Perennial in 2012, combining the insights of Integral Theory, evolutionary science, developmental psychology, the social sciences, and evolutionary philosophy. Publishers’ Weekly magazine called it a “masterful survey . . . of the diverse ideas that make up the emerging field of Integral thought … broadening the definition and scope of what evolution is understood to be.”

From 1999-2011, Phipps was executive editor of EnlightenNext magazine, where he honed his perspective and his writing skills at the forefront of contemporary spiritual, philosophical, and cultural discourse. His numerous feature articles and interviews have played a key role in making important new thinking accessible to a wider audience. Phipps is an unapologetic generalist and his areas of interest and expertise range from philosophy to mysticism to politics to science and technology. His writings combine the careful rigor of investigative journalism with a passionate personal concern for the development of human culture.

In 2009, Phipps’ feature article A Theologian of Renewal was awarded a Gold Award for Editorial Excellence from Folio, the leading magazine industry awards. Phipps regularly presents at conferences; has spoken at educational institutions around the country and participates in conferences and leadership gatherings, including the Evolutionary Leaders Forum and the Transformational Leadership Council. He has appeared on MSNBC, BBC Radio, NPR, and numerous other media outlets.

Carter lives in Denver, CO, with his wife Ellen and their cat. He enjoys reading and playing tennis, and appreciates fine wine.

Books By Carter Phipps

Conscious Leadership Exploring the vision, virtues, and mindset needed for innovative, value-based leadership in business and society.
Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea
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Author of Conscious Leadership and Evolutionaries. Co-Founder Institute for Cultural Evolution. Thinking Ahead Newsletter
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"I worry about the way in which our culture has spent years conferring unquestioned moral legitimacy to the protestor, the underdog, the resistance—as if there is an inherent ethical fragrance to being “against.” But anyone, with any harebrained mission, can walk in those shoes."
In this new article by Carter Phipps, he asks where 50 years of "I'll do me and you do you" has gotten us.

https://post-progressive.org/article/fifty-years-of-authenticity-and-all-we-got-was-the-qanon-shaman/?fbclid=IwAR1O1a1u2nImITLf5KVDfvC0ys8XdGsqh1bkfEbfFe3Qb0LYC6LKugA9qMs
So how did we get here? When did the anthems of self-acceptance become the soundtracks of insurrection? How did we go from “I’m OK, You’re OK” to “It’s my right to believe anything I want”?

https://post-progressive.org/article/fifty-years-of-authenticity-and-all-we-got-was-the-qanon-shaman/
My hope is that we stop pretending that something like that, however innovative and transformative, could create world peace.
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Polarity #4 is MERCY & JUSTICE. Mercy for the individual becomes unjust without concern for the good of the whole. And to be truly virtuous, justice must be balanced with care for each person.

Polarity #3 is COMPETITION & COOPERATION. One without the other can become problematic. But when both of these are brought together in a mutually correcting relationship that provides for both *challenge and support,* the value-creating potential of each side is maximized.

Polarity #2 is REAL & IDEAL. Each pole needs the other. Realism alone can lead to a cynical acceptance of a dysfunctional status quo. And unrealistic idealism can result in ineffectual wishful thinking. But through mutual co-correction they can fortify our power to improve things

In this new article by Carter Phipps, he asks where 50 years of "I'll do me and you do you" has gotten us.

https://post-progressive.org/article/fifty-years-of-authenticity-and-all-we-got-was-the-qanon-shaman/?fbclid=IwAR1O1a1u2nImITLf5KVDfvC0ys8XdGsqh1bkfEbfFe3Qb0LYC6LKugA9qMs

This tweet is the first in a series of our favorite positive-positive interdependent polarities: LIBERTY & EQUALITY. These two values need each other to maximize their value creating capacity. Through a dynamic relationship of challenge and support, each pole trues-up the other.