David Grove (1950 - 2008)

I knew and studied with David Grove for twenty years. I will miss him.

David was an explorer in the tradition of his Māori ancestors. That tradition conferred great respect upon navigators known as "finders of islands." A few, intrepid and with perseverance and luck, became "discoverer of islands."

David was such a man and his fundamental discovery is called Emergence, a process which integrates both Freud and Einstein. Freud because Grove essentially resolved Freud's dilemma of transference. Einstein because Grove's insights allow us to systemically explore an observer-independent four dimensional space-time using an Emergent Iterator.

The Emergence Iterator process starts with one or more persons mapping information in 3 dimensional space. David would then "run the numbers" by asking the client(s) to iteratively visit information contained in this space.

This focused Iterator, or Power of Six as David called it, can be modeled mathematically. What we get is a fractal called a Strange Attractor, so called because of it's appearance. Each iteration of the fractal is different because the starting point of one iteration includes the output of the iteration before.

An Emergence Session is a series of embedded Iterators; towards the end of an Emergent Session David would often ask for six Action Plans.

Earlier, brain theory and clinical applications were discussed. In a later post we will we apply Grove's work to group problem solving and the art and science of Software Engineering.