THE METRICS OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS, Self-Liberation Through Power Psychology

By Richard Barrett

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Reviewed by Maryann Miller

In The Metrics of Human Consciousness, Richard Barrett deftly explains why the measurement of consciousness in any business is vitally important and how the accurate interpretation of these metrics can produce more engaged, satisfied and productive employees.

Businesses, as well as societies, use metrics for just about everything but Barrett contends their measurements are missing a key ingredient – consciousness.

The Metrics of Human Consciousness, not only explains what consciousness really is and how it can be quantified, it probes the possibilities of how psychological measurement technologies can actually help resolve critical global issues facing world leaders.

Barrett’s Seven Levels Model of consciousness looks at the “ego-soul-dynamic – the progressive, and normally subtle, influence of the motivations of the soul over the motivations of the ego” and how one’s personal entropy[1] affects our individual lives, social performance and employment engagement.

In Barrett’s Seven Levels Model, we’re offered an exciting new purpose, direction and use for measuring consciousness. He proves that the insights these measures bring “can significantly improve our individual, organisational and societal performance. The work of the Barrett Values Centre stands as a testament to what can be achieved by seriously applying ourselves to the measurement of consciousness.” ~Dr. Marc Gafni, Co-Founder and Director, Center for Integral Wisdom Dr. Zachary Stein, Academic Director, Center for Integral Wisdom.

Bio: Richard Barrett, Founder and Chairman of the Barrett Values Centre, is an internationally recognized thought leader on values, culture and leadership in business and society. He is a Fellow of the World Business Academy, Member of the Wisdom Council of the Center for Integral Wisdom, Honorary Board Member of the Spirit of Humanity Forum, and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. Barrett’s models and tools for measuring and transforming consciousness have been used by Barrett Values Centre’s clients for almost twenty years. Clients include banks, hospitals, governments, manufactures, IT organizations, schools, communities and nations.  Client leaders have discovered that the implementation Barrett models lead to more productivity and business success.

His books include: Evolutionary Coaching (2014), The Values-Driven Organization (2013), What My Soul Told Me (2012), Love, Fear and the Destiny of Nations (2011) and The New Leadership Paradigm (2010).

[1]  Entropy is the quantitative measure of disorder in a system