CV: Alan Briskin

Ph.D., Psychology, 1984, Wright Institute
B.A. Education, 1974, Goddard College

 I have maintained a management consultation practice for the past twenty years and have been conducting research on collective intelligence and spiritual wisdom for the past three years supported by grants from the Fetzer Institute.

Centered on the Edge: Mapping the Field of Collective Intelligence and Spiritual WisdomBringing Your Soul to Work: An Everyday PracticeThe Stirring of Soul in the Workplace

Bringing Your Soul to Work: Presentations in London, Johannesburg, San Francisco, Vancouver, Scottsdale, and Kalamazoo

My work explores the conditions by which groups may develop a capacity for collective wisdom. My research interests have also included leadership, systems thinking, unconscious aspects of group life, the role of shadow in organizational systems, and the spiritual dimensions of work life.

My area of research competence is primarily in qualitative studies, including phenomenology.

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Research Expertise Rating Guide:

1. studied in a class or have read intensively on my own
2. special training in the form of a workshop or equivalent
3. taught a class in, or supervised research using this method (research practicum, on a dissertation or master's committee
4. used in research myself
5. published or presented at conferences my research using this method

Methods Traditionally Considered As Quantitative (But Need Not Be)

Laboratory Research
Field Experiments
Randomized Controlled Clinical
Quasi-experimental methods
Correlational Methods

Methods That Could Use Quantitative Or Qualitative Methods

Action Research
Survey Research
Interview Research
Observational Research
Epidemiological Research
Ethnography
Focus Groups
Self-Observational Methods
Narrative Methods
Feminist Methods
Content Analysis
Discovery-Oriented (psychotherapy)
Events paradigm (psychotherapy)
Archival Research
Case History Methods
Appreciative Inquiry
Multiple Case Depth Research
Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design
Longitudinal research
Cross-sectional research

Methods Primarily Associated With Qualitative Research (But May Also Use Quantitative)

Ethnoautobiographical research
Hermeneutics
Grounded Theory
Phenomenology
Heuristic Research

Types of Analysis

Simple Parametric Statistics (t-test, etc.)
Confidence intervals
Analysis of Variance (including MANOVA)
Analysis of Covariance
Regression (including multiple regression)
Discriminant Function Analysis
Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis
Causal Modeling
Cluster Analysis
Survival Analysis
Nonparametrics
Bayesian Analysis
Meta-analysis and effect sizes
Factor Analysis
Time series analysis
Multidimensional scaling