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Vertical development
Developing how we make meaning, take perspective and exercise judgement in complex situations.
The question we start from
How do we develop the way we understand what we meet?
Reading depth
Four ways to read the same topic. Start wherever you like.
We can develop by learning more. But we can also develop how we understand what we meet.
Vertical development is about gradually developing more complex ways of understanding ourselves, others and the world – and through that being able to act more consciously in a complex and changing reality.
Horizontal development
Developing what we can do.
More knowledge · more skills · methods · tools
Vertical development
Developing how we see and understand.
More perspectives · greater capacity to handle complexity · more conscious action
On the left a row growing wider, on the right open arcs widening outwards. Two different movements side by side, neither above the other.
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Keep exploring in whichever direction matters most to you.
Self-leadership
Directing attention, regulating your state, choosing deliberately and learning in everyday work.
Leadership in complexity
Creating direction, collaboration and purposeful action while holding many perspectives and dependencies at once.
Organisational culture
The shared patterns that shape how people interpret, prioritise, decide and act together.
Transformation capacity
The capacity to understand which kind of change a situation calls for and to improve, develop or transform accordingly.