Worldview LensAchievement / Strategic
Progress through reason, science, competition and individual success; one objective frame used to win, optimize or explain.
How it sounds
Innovation and hard work are how we got here; let the best idea win.
Research shows each value system emerges in response to new life conditions; here is how they compare.
Signs in writing
- data, results, progress, strategy
- competition and individual success
- linear, informational explanation in one objective voice, including explanations of value systems or the spiral itself
Values
success · rationality · autonomy
Fears
failure · stagnation
Staying healthy at this stage
- meaningful achievement with integrity
Growth edge
- notice who is left out of success; value feelings and community
How to be heard at this stage
- show ROI, evidence and opportunity
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
- Socialized → Self-authoring Kegan
- Achiever Torbert
- Social contract & rights Kohlberg
- Orange Wilber
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