Orange (Rational / Worldcentric begins)
Rational, scientific, achievement-oriented; universal rights begin. One objective frame, applied to reach goals or explain.
How it sounds
Let's look at the data and do what actually works.
The research identifies five stages; here is how each one differs from the last.
Signs in writing
- evidence, results, progress, optimization
- linear, informational exposition in one objective voice, even when the subject is spirituality or development
- individual merit and strategy
Values
progress · reason
Fears
irrationality
Staying healthy at this stage
- meaningful achievement
Growth edge
- honor the perspectives reason leaves out
How to be heard at this stage
- evidence and results
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
- Achievement / Strategic Spiral Dynamics
- Social contract & rights Kohlberg
See the stage of anything you read. Worldview Lens is a Chrome extension that reads posts, threads, articles and books through 9 stage models, including this one, and helps you say things so people at any stage can hear them.
Add to Chrome, free How scoring worksStage descriptions are paraphrased summaries for orientation, written for Worldview Lens; they are not the official scoring manuals. Example sentences were written to illustrate each stage.