Worldview LensSocialized mind
Subject to relationships and the expectations of others; self defined by them.
How it sounds
If my team thinks it's a bad idea, then it probably is.
I'm hurt because she thinks I'm selfish, so I must be.
Signs in writing
- self defined by others' views
- 'I feel bad because they are disappointed'
- internalized group values unexamined
Values
approval · loyalty
Fears
disapproval · being alone
Staying healthy at this stage
- trustworthy relationships and communities
Growth edge
- ask 'what do I think, apart from what they expect?'
How to be heard at this stage
- affirm the relationship; show how others they trust see it
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Diplomat Cook-Greuter
- Conformist Loevinger
- Concrete Commons
- Synthetic-Conventional Fowler
- Diplomat Torbert
- Order / Purpose Spiral Dynamics
- Interpersonal conformity Kohlberg
- Amber Wilber
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