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Vertical development

The difference between knowing more and seeing differently.

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

Two different forms of development — not two levels.

On the left a row growing wider, on the right open arcs widening outwards. Two different movements side by side, neither above the other.

This connects with

Keep exploring in whichever direction matters most to you.

  • Self-leadership

    Leading yourself when no one else decides for you.

  • Leadership in complexity

    Creating direction, collaboration and capacity for action when reality is complex.

  • Organisational culture

    What shapes how we actually act together.

  • Transformation capacity

    The capacity to develop and renew the organisation over time.

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