Authenticating
Continually searching for and weighing information; we need to know the reality in our circumstances.
Authenticating in practice
Immersing ourselves in life to experience it; researching the past to learn about it.
- Tasting food. reading reports.
Reporting our view of things; recounting or presenting the record we made during our experiences.
- Confirming the race winner from the video provided.
Confirming opinions or claims put forward by others; we corroborate their stories
- Certifying my student’s achievement.
Examining evidence with others to establish jointly-believed truths
- Consulting with others on the same floor, determining that no one is comfortable when the air conditioning is switched off.
Activities that create authenticating patterns are endeavours to confirm the state of things.
Luminating
Constantly wondering about the meaning or significance underlying the things people do. Wanting to explain the ways our existing path advances individual or group values.
Luminating in practice
Contemplating and interpreting knowledge, wanting to understand the consequences of our activities.
- Thinking about the significance of the government’s latest law.
Instructing others in aspects of knowledge, influencing their attitude and understanding.
- Coaching football.
Sharing insight with others so they can understand the implications in their circumstances more effectively.
- Counselling individuals and groups.
Talking with others about the ways that individual or group activities have changed our perspective.
- Exchanging thoughts with the rest of our team following the diversity training.
Activities that create luminating patterns are attempts to increase and pass on our understanding.
Proposing
Suggesting new ways of doing things by identifying available options and promoting these ideas.
Proposing in practice
Imagining changing the way things are done, and developing these ideas into proposals that can be used.
- Making a list of features to be included in our next home.
We promote our vision for change, intending to convince others to support it.
- Advertising our products, emphasising the benefits they provide.
We advocate for others, taking their side in an issue, because we believe in the values the proposal will advance.
- Presenting arguments at a planning hearing on behalf of a non-profit organisation.
We generate ideas in collaborative processes that benefit from multiple viewpoints and life experiences.
- Generating a proposal for changing the timetable, with a representative group of students.
Activities that create Proposing patterns produce ideas that could be used to create change.
Resolving
Determining to change course, or take steps to continue action that is proving effective.
Resolving in practice
Deciding between options without help from others, accepting responsibility for the path chosen.
- Electing to go bungy-jumping without a second thought.
Telling those we influence or control about the next action we expect.
- Issuing a judgement in the case being adjudicated.
Empowering others by encouraging them to back their judgement.
- Telling the greenkeeper that the committee will endorse whatever decision he makes about whether to re-sow the bowling green.
Agreeing the way forward, after consulting – and perhaps negotiating – with others who want to be involved in the decision and are entitled to have a say.
- Casting a vote for pizza when the family meets to determine which takeaways will be ordered for movie night.
Activities that create Resolving patterns decide which proposals will be implemented.
Initiating
Effecting change by starting the engine or taking a step; beginning to implement decisions by moving forward in some way.
Initiating in practice
Making progress along the path we have chosen, in steps, innovating and accruing assets.
- testing ideas for a new windmill blade; modifying the prototype and testing it again.
Directing others in the way resources are to be used.
- demonstrating how the progress charts are to be completed, to ensure that everyone fills in the fields the same way.
Donating or delivering resources to people who need them.
- connecting an investor I know well with a friend who is looking for funding.
Cooperating with others, sometimes in formal partnerships, to enable decisions to be implemented.
- organising the wedding.
Activities that create Initiating patterns use resources to implement resolve.
Maintaining
Achieving goals by continually applying focused effort. Safeguarding resources, replenishing, recharging or replacing them whenever possible.
Maintaining in practice
Continuing processes that are underway, and recording milestones reached, while balancing current needs with those we anticipate in the future.
- keeping records of every trade, so the performance of these can be tracked
Supervising and regulating resource use, endeavouring to maintain momentum.
- matching people with tasks a week in advance, so resources keep pace with demand.
Ensuring others have the resources they need to continue reaching milestones.
- volunteering time every week to help coach a sports team.
Working together; many hands make multiple things possible.
- putting in hours on the coding team; we have a lot going on, but together we’ll meet the deadlines.
Activities that create Maintaining patterns achieve milestones.