Worldview LensSelf-authoring mind
Has relationships and expectations as object; subject to own value system / ideology.
How it sounds
I listen to my team, but ultimately I decide based on the principles I've set for myself.
My framework explains this, and people who reject it haven't thought it through.
Signs in writing
- own internal compass and standards
- evaluates others' expectations against own values
- ideology or framework treated as true
Values
integrity · self-direction
Fears
losing control · compromising values
Staying healthy at this stage
- a coherent personal philosophy
Growth edge
- seek out frameworks that contradict yours and let them change you
How to be heard at this stage
- appeal to their own stated values
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Achiever Cook-Greuter
- Conscientious Loevinger
- Formal Commons
- Individuative-Reflective Fowler
- Achiever Torbert
- Achievement / Strategic Spiral Dynamics
- Social contract & rights Kohlberg
- Orange Wilber
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