Orfeus SQ helps you combine purpose and meaning which requires cultivating and applying Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) Intelligence for meaningful purpose
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Orfeus SQ is a niche advisory service that applies SQ-Informed frameworks to program design, evaluation and workshop facilitation. Our flagship offering is Meaningful Evaluation©, which provides a holistic and systemic approach to understanding and assessing a program’s outcomes and longer-term impact. Read the short article below about the key benefits of Meaningful Evaluation and how it differs from other approaches. Listen to the Measurement Matters podcast on the background and context to Meaningful Evaluation hosted by Matt Bevan Measurement Matters Read Gianni's essay 'Going deeper in social impact assessment: A focus on meaning rather than monetisation' in probono Australia Read Gianni's essay on cultivating Spiritual Intelligence in Kosmos Journal Read Gianni's recent article published in the Journal for the Study of Spirituality on the relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Archetypal Cosmology The Meaningful Evaluation approach![]()
Meaningful Evaluation©
Meaningful Evaluation (ME), an approach developed by Dr Gianni Zappalà in 2014, combines the Map of Meaning (MoM) with insights from next generation evaluation to better understand and assess outcomes. Informed by appreciative inquiry perspectives, it provides a means to bridge the divide between positivist and interpretivist approaches in evaluation. Key to ME is the assumption that it is more likely that immediate outcomes lead to medium and long-term outcomes (changes in behaviour) that are sustainable and lead to impact if participants experience program interventions as ‘meaningful’. Meaning is an important internal outcome that is essential if longer-term external outcomes are to occur. It also shifts the focus to capture unintended outcomes, key to developing holistic and systemic rather than linear and mechanistic Theories of Change.The approach arose from a desire to address some of the problems with existing outcomes frameworks such as Logic models and SROI and wanting to deal with complex social phenomena in a holistic and systemic manner. Meaningful Evaluation acknowledges the importance of focusing on the subjective experience of participants and their active participation in any program evaluation.If you want a unique, authentic and holistic evaluation framework and approach to understand and assess the outcomes and impact of a social sector program, contact us to see how Meaningful Evaluation can work for you. Read a short article about Meaningful Evaluation below.Social Impact advice & mentoring
The field of Social Impact and Social Impact assessment has developed and matured over the last decade spawning a wide range of specialist consultancies, practitioner networks, University Centres and courses. Despite this growth, confusion still exists with respect to definitions of social impact as well as which tools and frameworks are most appropriate (e.g. Logic models, SROI, RBA, Social Accounting etc). This can make demonstrating your social impact a difficult task and limited resources can often be wasted by using an inappropriate framework or in fact attempting to measure impact when it’s not feasible or necessary. We can tailor in-house workshops to help you and your key stakeholders understand the world of social impact as well as determine whether you should be assessing impact at all. Workshops can also focus building your internal capacity to undertake program design and evaluation. We can also provide mentoring services for evaluation staff or program staff that may have evaluation responsibilities. Gianni has extensive experience of facilitating training and workshops that deliver excellent learning outcomes. He is an acknowledged thought leader in the field with over thirty years experience in the University, commercial, Government and For Purpose sectors. He serves as an Adjunct A/Professor at the Centre for Social Impact, University of NSW, where he developed and taught its first graduate course in Demonstrating Social Impact.See the articles under Social Impact below.Meaningful Program Design
Most people design their projects and programs using Logic models, often also mistakenly referred to as a Theory of Change (ToC). Developing a Theory of Change usually occurs via ‘backward mapping’, namely, starting with the intended outcomes and moving backwards to identify the essential preconditions needed to achieve those outcomes. Developing a Logic model often occurs by starting with the main activities of a program, and then identifying the linked outputs and outcomes that follow. The ‘if-then’ causal logic inherent in both approaches often oversimplifies and reinforces the view that change is linear, predictable, straightforward and mechanistic. Logic models may work well for relatively simple programs or projects operating in uncomplicated external environments, but are less suited to programs that operate in complex domains. The assumptions underlying the logic as to why a short-term outcome will lead to a medium-term and then a long-term outcome and eventually impact are often not clearly articulated, nor whether the change is sustainable. The aspirations of the program participants that lie beneath the logic model’s intended impact are often unrealistic and simplistic given the uncertainty and unpredictability of the real world context.Logic models have their place, and may be a good starting point, however, the Meaningful Evaluation framework and approach is an ideal way to develop, test or review your program in a holistic and systemic manner. In brief, Meaningful Program design facilitation explores whether a program enables participants to grow personally, connect with others and feel a sense of belonging, give something back to the community, and express their unique skills and competencies. It is a circular and holistic Theory of Change rather than linear and mechanistic. If you want a unique, authentic and holistic approach to program design for your social sector program, one that will maximise its social impact, contact us to see how Meaningful Program Design can work for you. Read a short article about Meaningful Evaluation below.Workshops & Facilitation
In addition to social impact assessment using Meaningful Evaluation, Orfeus SQ also runs workshops and presentations on how SQ-based tools & frameworks such as the Map of Meaning (Link to map of meaning website) can be helpful to facilitate understanding and development in a range of areas including:• Leadership• Problem solving• Performance Appraisal • Strategic Planning • Counselling Gianni has extensive experience of facilitating training and workshops that deliver excellent learning outcomes. He is an acknowledged thought leader in the field with over thirty years experience in the University, commercial, Government and For Purpose sectors. His approach brings together adult learning principles with experiential and contemplative practices. His facilitation work has included workshops and Master classes on program design and evaluation, Theories of Change, Corporate Responsibility, and Adaptive Leadership. Key clients have included Philanthropy Australia, The Australia Council for the Arts and Social Leadership Australia.Services
Orfeus SQ is a niche advisory service that applies SQ-Informed frameworks to program design, evaluation and workshop facilitation. Our flagship offering is Meaningful Evaluation©, which provides a holistic and systemic approach to understanding and assessing a program’s outcomes and longer-term impact. Read the short article below about the key benefits of Meaningful Evaluation and how it differs from other approaches. Listen to the Measurement Matters podcast on the background and context to Meaningful Evaluation hosted by Matt Bevan Measurement Matters Watch 'An introduction to meaningful evaluation' by Gianni at a UTS Knowledge Bites seminar, 2020 Read Gianni's essay 'Going deeper in social impact assessment: A focus on meaning rather than monetisation' in probono Australia Read Gianni's essay on cultivating Spiritual Intelligence in Kosmos Journal Read Gianni's recent article published in the Journal for the Study of Spirituality on the relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Archetypal Cosmology![]()
Meaningful Evaluation©
Meaningful Evaluation (ME), an approach developed by Dr Gianni Zappalà in 2014, combines the Map of Meaning (MoM) with insights from next generation evaluation to better understand and assess outcomes. Informed by appreciative inquiry perspectives, it provides a means to bridge the divide between positivist and interpretivist approaches in evaluation. Key to ME is the assumption that it is more likely that immediate outcomes lead to medium and long-term outcomes (changes in behaviour) that are sustainable and lead to impact if participants experience program interventions as ‘meaningful’. Meaning is an important internal outcome that is essential if longer-term external outcomes are to occur. It also shifts the focus to capture unintended outcomes, key to developing holistic and systemic rather than linear and mechanistic Theories of Change.The approach arose from a desire to address some of the problems with existing outcomes frameworks such as Logic models and SROI and wanting to deal with complex social phenomena in a holistic and systemic manner. Meaningful Evaluation acknowledges the importance of focusing on the subjective experience of participants and their active participation in any program evaluation.If you want a unique, authentic and holistic evaluation framework and approach to understand and assess the outcomes and impact of a social sector program, contact us to see how Meaningful Evaluation can work for you. Read a short article about Meaningful Evaluation below.Social Impact advice & mentoring
The field of Social Impact and Social Impact assessment has developed and matured over the last decade spawning a wide range of specialist consultancies, practitioner networks, University Centres and courses. Despite this growth, confusion still exists with respect to definitions of social impact as well as which tools and frameworks are most appropriate (e.g. Logic models, SROI, RBA, Social Accounting etc). This can make demonstrating your social impact a difficult task and limited resources can often be wasted by using an inappropriate framework or in fact attempting to measure impact when it’s not feasible or necessary. We can tailor in-house workshops to help you and your key stakeholders understand the world of social impact as well as determine whether you should be assessing impact at all. Workshops can also focus building your internal capacity to undertake program design and evaluation. We can also provide mentoring services for evaluation staff or program staff that may have evaluation responsibilities. Gianni has extensive experience of facilitating training and workshops that deliver excellent learning outcomes. He is an acknowledged thought leader in the field with over thirty years experience in the University, commercial, Government and For Purpose sectors. He serves as an Adjunct A/Professor at the Centre for Social Impact, University of NSW, where he developed and taught its first graduate course in Demonstrating Social Impact.See the articles under Social Impact below.Meaningful Program Design
Most people design their projects and programs using Logic models, often also mistakenly referred to as a Theory of Change (ToC). Developing a Theory of Change usually occurs via ‘backward mapping’, namely, starting with the intended outcomes and moving backwards to identify the essential preconditions needed to achieve those outcomes. Developing a Logic model often occurs by starting with the main activities of a program, and then identifying the linked outputs and outcomes that follow. The ‘if-then’ causal logic inherent in both approaches often oversimplifies and reinforces the view that change is linear, predictable, straightforward and mechanistic. Logic models may work well for relatively simple programs or projects operating in uncomplicated external environments, but are less suited to programs that operate in complex domains. The assumptions underlying the logic as to why a short-term outcome will lead to a medium-term and then a long-term outcome and eventually impact are often not clearly articulated, nor whether the change is sustainable. The aspirations of the program participants that lie beneath the logic model’s intended impact are often unrealistic and simplistic given the uncertainty and unpredictability of the real world context.Logic models have their place, and may be a good starting point, however, the Meaningful Evaluation framework and approach is an ideal way to develop, test or review your program in a holistic and systemic manner. In brief, Meaningful Program design facilitation explores whether a program enables participants to grow personally, connect with others and feel a sense of belonging, give something back to the community, and express their unique skills and competencies. It is a circular and holistic Theory of Change rather than linear and mechanistic. If you want a unique, authentic and holistic approach to program design for your social sector program, one that will maximise its social impact, contact us to see how Meaningful Program Design can work for you. Read a short article about Meaningful Evaluation below.Workshops & Facilitation
In addition to social impact assessment using Meaningful Evaluation, Orfeus SQ also runs workshops and presentations on how SQ-based tools & frameworks such as the Map of Meaning (Link to map of meaning website) can be helpful to facilitate understanding and development in a range of areas including:• Leadership• Problem solving• Performance Appraisal • Strategic Planning • Counselling Gianni has extensive experience of facilitating training and workshops that deliver excellent learning outcomes. He is an acknowledged thought leader in the field with over thirty years experience in the University, commercial, Government and For Purpose sectors. His approach brings together adult learning principles with experiential and contemplative practices. His facilitation work has included workshops and Master classes on program design and evaluation, Theories of Change, Corporate Responsibility, and Adaptive Leadership. Key clients have included Philanthropy Australia, The Australia Council for the Arts and Social Leadership Australia.
About us
Gianni ZappalàGianni began Orfeus SQ in 2016 to provide SQ-based training, evaluation and advisory services to people and organisations across all sectors. From 2003 to 2016, he was the founder and Director of Orfeus Research, a boutique consultancy that assisted hundreds of organisations to better understand their Theory of Change and demonstrate their social impact. Gianni was a key player in popularizing the use of logic models in the social sector in Australia and responsible for The Westpac Foundation’s focus on Social Enterprise since 2005 to whom he consulted until 2013.
Gianni also works in association with:• The Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney (as a Professional Fellow);• The International Map of Meaning Trust (as a Certified Practitioner of the Map of Meaning);• Supply Nation (as P/T Head of Research).
Gianni is an accomplished and engaging educator, facilitator and social impact expert with over thirty years experience in the University, commercial, Government and For Purpose sectors. Since leaving full-time academia, he has been an Adjunct A/Professor at the University of Sydney and at the Centre for Social Impact, University of NSW, where he developed and taught graduate courses in Corporate Responsibility, Demonstrating Social Impact, and Spiritual-based leadership. He is currently a Professional Fellow at the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney, where he provides oversight and mentoring on a range of evaluation projects and facilitates a community of practice on Meaningful Evaluation.
He has held teaching, research and policy positions at the Universities of Sydney, Cambridge, Wollongong, the Australian National University, UNSW, Parliament House Canberra, NSW Government agencies and The Smith Family. Gianni has degrees in Economics & Politics from the universities of Sydney, London and Cambridge and taught and published on a wide range of social and economic policy issues including Corporate Responsibility, Spirituality and Business and social impact assessment (visit his Google Scholar profile). He has also undertaken accredited training in a range of social impact & personal development frameworks and tools, including LogFrame, Social Accounting, SROI, the Map of Meaning, HeartMath, The Callings Program, Rites of Passage and studies in Transpersonal and Depth Psychology through the Alef Trust in London and Pacifica Graduate Institute in California.
Clients
Corporate
- The Westpac Foundation (2005 - 2013) and many of its grant recipients
- Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- Gadens
- BASF
- Leighton Holdings
For Purpose/NFP
- Fundraising Institute Australia
- Mission Australia
- WorkVentures
- The George Institute
- CanTeen
- The Smith Family
- Big Brother Big Sister Australia
- Peer Support Australia
- The Millennium Foundation
- Philanthropy Australia
- Supply Nation
- NASCA
- Social Leadership Australia
- Aurora
- Primary Ethics
Government
- The Australia Council
- Artsupport Australia
- Responsible Gambling Fund
- Parliament House, Canberra
- Sutherland Shire Council
- Centre for Social Impact, UNSW
- University of Technology Sydney
What people say
"The concept of spiritual intelligence was initially a challenging concept to accept, in the context of leadership theory. However as Gianni's presentation progressed and he answered the questions put to him by the group about this my understanding and appreciation for this idea shifted and changed. By the end of the session I felt motivated to work with this idea, and especially with the framework presented"
Participant, Adaptive Leadership for Social Impact workshop, Canberra, 2016
"I speak for the whole group when saying that this semester has been fantastic – challenging and very enlightening. We have all been able to directly take practical items learnt into the workplace and for use with clients. We have also had our pre-conceptions of evaluation and measurement challenged and expanded. A great combination! Thanks for your teaching"
Participant, 2015 DSI course at CSI
"It was an enormous pleasure being in your class - hope to join one of your workshops in the future. Or an SQ subject!"
Participant, 2015 DSI course at CSI
The (defining moment for me) was when I was asked to reflect on how I am bringing meaning into my life. The moment when we received the SQ questionnaires. This caused deep reflection on what was missing in the way I approach my life /work / other people, and where I need to grow more to have purpose and build a meaningful life"
Participant, Adaptive Leadership for Social Impact workshop, Canberra, 2016
"... I really appreciated the synergy of the organic-to-social impact-and-evaluation-theory...I had no idea that this (SQ-based frameworks) was coming in this unit and for me, was the most amazing and inspiring part(s) of the unit"
Participant, 2015 DSI course at CSI
"The map of meaning was interesting and took some thought to digest. I felt I went from thoughts of no meaning to meaningfulness"
Participant, Adaptive Leadership for Social Impact workshop, Melbourne , 2015
Meaningful Evaluation©
Meaningful Evaluation© (ME), an approach developed by Dr Gianni Zappalà in 2014, combines the Map of Meaning (MoM) with insights from next generation evaluation approaches to better understand and assess outcomes. Applying the MoM to evaluation and social impact analysis is a simple yet profound framework to capture complex, emergent, internal and unintended outcomes. It can inform program design; evaluate existing programs; and develop more holistic and systemic rather than linear and mechanistic Theories of Change. The approach arose from a desire to address some of the problems with existing outcomes frameworks such as Logic models and SROI and wanting to deal with complex social phenomena in a holistic and systemic manner. As meaning is a subjective phenomenon, Meaningful Evaluation acknowledges the importance of focusing on the subjective experience of participants and their active participation in any program evaluation. Evaluators define outcomes as the changes that occur in a person resulting from an intervention or as part of participating in a program. Most definitions of social impact are based on a ‘logic chain’ or ‘impact value chain’, where outcomes are delineated along a spectrum as falling into short, medium and long-term results, with impact defined as significant and sustainable change in long-term outcomes. Assumptions as to why short-term outcomes lead to longer term outcomes often do not capture the complexity and inner drivers that shift human behaviour.Applying a Meaningful Evaluation approach as a process to program design and evaluation assumes that:• It is more likely that immediate outcomes lead to Medium and Long-term outcomes (changes in behaviour) that are significant and sustainable, that is, achieve social impact, if the experience/s from participating in a program are ‘meaningful’; • Meaning is an important internal outcome, needed for longer-term external outcomes to occur. Longer-term change and the accomplishment of so-called ‘hard’ outcomes often requires shifts in attitudes and meaning. Important aspects of inner change also include intangible and tacit changes embodied in relational processes;• Capturing meaningful unintended outcomes is just as important as capturing intended outcomes, especially where people did not experience those intended outcomes as meaningful. Simply stated, Meaningful Evaluation puts in play a process that uncovers the extent to which participants in any given program experience the various activities and outcomes of a program as ‘meaningful’ as defined by the MoM framework. By doing so, it enables the identification and assessment of the sustainability of any outcomes experienced, captures the inner process of change and any unintended consequences of the participation or program intervention. The approach of ‘Meaningful Evaluation’ is to identify and examine the main Pathways along which meaning occurs as well as any imbalances or barriers to meaning.
Key issues explored in Meaningful Evaluation include: • Whether and how participation in a program leads to experiencing a sense of self development and personal growth (inner focus);• Whether and how participation in a program enables a sense of connection and unity via working together, sharing values with others and creating a sense of belonging (among the group, the wider community etc.);• Whether and how participation in a program provides opportunities to serve and assist others (whether the local or broader community and/or the planet);• Whether and how participation in a program enables the expression of participants’ full potential through creating, achieving, influencing others (external action oriented/skills and competency);• Whether and how any internal changes/outcomes (Being) lead to any external changes/outcomes (Doing);
• Depending on the target group and/or type of program, what inspires people to participate in a program? • Depending on the target group and/or type of program, how does the reality or boundaries of the program constrain the experience of meaning? • The more balanced and extensive is the experience of meaning across a program the more likely that any intended outcomes achieved are long lasting and lead to impact. Even if program participants may not have achieved the intended outcomes, the focus on ‘meaning’ is more likely to capture unintended outcomes, which may also be important to achieving social impact.
Informed by appreciative inquiry perspectives, ME provides a means to bridge the divide between positivist and interpretivist approaches to evaluation, and has an open approach with respect to how data on meaning is collected. That is, it does not prescribe any one method or Inquiry paradigm for collecting or analysing data on the issues listed above but rather can be adapted to suit the principles of the inquiry paradigm adopted by the researcher or the nature of the evaluation undertaken.
Under a positivist paradigm, for example, one can use a structured questionnaire that aims to capture and measure the extent of meaning experienced along the four Pathways as well as tensions. Constructivist paradigms of inquiry are concerned with how individuals interpret, understand and experience their social world. They explore the meanings and interpretations people give to their subjective experiences. Methodologically, a qualitative approach describes and analyses from the point of view of research participants. Under this paradigm, for example, using the MoM framework to inform interview and focus group protocols or guide Most Significant Change (MSC) analysis is flexible, responsive and generates rich descriptions of phenomena. The validity of an outcomes measurement tool in constructivist approaches is about assessing the tool against the subjective experience of workers and service users and about the usefulness of the tool in addressing practical problems. Participatory Assessment and Measurement (PAM) approaches treat participants as active agents and validate their experience and perception of the change process. A person receiving a service is an active agent in their own life, inner change is key to achieving outer change, and data on change is collected collaboratively by participant and program worker (i.e. measurement is ‘co-produced’). The process of participating in an assessment can itself result in change (through engagement and reflection). Standard measures of ‘distance travelled’ for each meaning Pathway or the relationship between program outcomes sought and each Pathway can be developed to quantify any relative change in meaning for program participants. In this approach the Pathways are discussed between case workers and/or evaluators and participants and plotted on the MoM to provide an overview of the ‘meaningfulness’ of outcomes. The process can be repeated longitudinally to provide a dynamic analysis of change as a well as a point in time snap shot. These data can also be aggregated across all participants to provide program level outcomes. This approach not only enables the collection of richer and deeper data on the sources of meaning, it also allows the knowledge about meaning to be ‘co-produced’ between evaluator (and/or case worker) and participant.
Spiritual Intelligence (SQ)
Intelligence is about our ability to solve problems and think about them in different contexts. While the traditional rational intelligence usually used to solve logical or strategic problems (IQ) is important, as is the ability to empathise and display compassion with another’s situation (EQ), they need to be underpinned by Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) – the ability to access higher meaning, values and purpose through a greater level of self-awareness and consciousness. Higher levels of SQ enable us to leverage our IQ and EQ in order to act with meaning, purpose and compassion. The term Spiritual has no necessary connection with religion, but rather draws on a biological understanding of spirituality, where it is seen as a unique and innately human trait that is physiologically determined and therefore can have both secular and theist expressions. Spirituality is part of humanity’s search for meaning and purpose, it is what ‘makes us ask why we are doing what we are doing and makes us seek some fundamentally better way of doing it. It makes us want our lives and enterprises to make a difference’ (Zohar & Marshall 2004, p.29).
Orfeus SQ’s approach is informed by the seminal work in SQ, Spiritual Capital by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, who broaden the notions of ‘capital’ – from material, social, human, natural to that of Spiritual Capital, which defines a ‘sense of wider meaning, the possession of an enlivening or inspiring vision…and a deep sense of wider purpose’ (p.27). Spiritual Capital is the capital necessary to move society onto an expanded concept of wealth and one which should inform movements such as Corporate Responsibility if it is to be a genuine vehicle to achieve deep transformative change rather than simply a PR led strategy to maintain a business-as-usual approach.
Linked to the concept of Spiritual Capital is Spiritual Intelligence (SQ), which Zohar & Marshall define as ‘an ability to access higher meanings, values, abiding purposes, and unconscious aspects of the self and to embed these meanings, values and purposes in living a richer and more creative life’ (p. 3). SQ can be best understood in relation to other forms of intelligence and capitals as summarized in the Table below.
Forms of capital and corresponding Intelligence
Type of Capital Type of Intelligence Type of Thinking Function
Material capital IQ – Rational intelligence Rational What I think – the intellectual intelligence we use usually use to solve logical or strategic problems
Social Capital EQ – Emotional Intelligence Associative What I feel – the intelligence we use when we empathise or display compassion with someone else’s
situation. It enables us to respond to different situations and behave appropriately to the context of
different situations
Spiritual Capital SQ – Spiritual intelligence Quantum What I am – the intelligence we use to address and solve problems of meaning and value
Source: Adapted from Zohar & Marshall (2004); Zohar (2016)
These three forms of capital and intelligence are not mutually exclusive, in fact Zohar and Marshall argue that SQ is a prerequisite for both IQ and EQ to function effectively – it is what they refer to as our ‘ultimate intelligence’. IQ, EQ, and SQ can function separately or together, and more importantly, they show how IQ and EQ work within boundaries while SQ allows humans to change the rules and to alter situations and allows us to play with the boundaries and provides access to higher levels of consciousness. In other words, this is the intelligence required to solve complex social problems. See also articles in the Resources section.
Resources
Papers by Gianni on SQ related areas Gianni Zappalà, Cultivating Spiritual Intelligence for a participatory worldview: The contribution of Archetypal Cosmology, Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 2021
Gianni Zappalà, Cultivating Spiritual Intelligence and the emerging participatory worldview, Kosmos Journal, Spring 2021
Gianni Zappalà, ‘Spirituality is the new black…and it has a social impact! (Part 1 – Definitions and concepts)’, Background Paper No. 1 Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, May 2009.
Gianni Zappalà, ‘Spirituality is the new black …and it has social impact! Part II – Explaining the increased interest in spirituality’, Background paper 3, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, June 2009.
Gianni Zappalà, ‘Beyond Corporate Responsibility: The ‘Spiritual Turn' and the rise of Conscious Business’, Background paper 6, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, February 2010.
Gianni Zappalà, ‘Solving social problems and demonstrating impact: A tale of two typologies’, CSI Briefing Paper No. 5, 2011.
Gianni Zappalà & Anna Scott, 'Intelligence for Purpose and Meaning: Foundations for achieving social impact', CSI Knowledge Connect, 17, 2013.
Gianni Zappalà, 'The importance of Critical Intelligence in navigating the VUCA world' Online Opinion, 6/4/2018
Gianni Zappalà, Intelligence is no longer just about your IQ
Papers by Gianni on Social ImpactGianni Zappalà, 'Going deeper in social impact assessment: A focus on meaning rather than monetisation', probono Australia, 2 June 2021
Gianni Zappalà, 'Meaningful Evaluation: a Holistic and Systemic approach to understanding and assessing Outcomes' Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: an Interdisciplinary Journal, 12(2), 2020
Gianni Zappalà, ‘Solving social problems and demonstrating impact: A tale of two typologies’, CSI Briefing Paper No. 5, 2011.
Gianni Zappalà & Mark Lyons, ‘Recent approaches to measuring social impact in the Third sector: An overview’, Background paper 5, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, July 2009.
Useful sources on SQ Danah Zohar & Ian Marshall, SQ: The ultimate intelligence, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
Danah Zohar & Ian Marshall, Spiritual Capital – Wealth we can live by, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004.
Danah Zohar, The Quantum Leader – A revolution in business thinking and practice, NY: Prometheus Books, 2016.
Cindy Wigglesworth, SQ21 – The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence, New York: Select Books, 2012.
Other publications by Gianni on a range of social science areas
Gianni’s google scholar publications list
Resources on the Map of Meaning
Lips-Wiersma, Marjolein & L. Morris. 2011, The Map of meaning – A guide to sustaining our humanity in the world of work, Sheffield, Greenleaf Publishing.
Lips-Wiersma, M & S. Wright. 2012, ‘Measuring the Meaning of Meaningful Work: Development and validation of the Comprehensive Meaningful Work Scale (CMWS)’, Group & Organization Management, 37(5), pp.655-685.
SQ and Social Impact
Watch a presentation by Gianni and Anna Scott on Spiritual Intelligence & Conscious Leadership given at a CSI Knowledge Connect forum in 2013
Contact Us
Contact gianni to discuss further how Meaningful Evaluation or any of our other services may work for you.