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Commons & Richards found four higher stages of cognition—mapped closely to Orange, Green, Teal, and Turquoise. Each upgrade adds a new perspective: from seeing systems, to reflecting on systems, to integrating them into paradigms, to integrating paradigms into a larger whole—so every stage literally sees a different world.
Excerpted from “How to Think Integrally”
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#DevelopmentalPsychology #StagesOfDevelopment #SystemsThinking #IntegralTheory #SecondTier #MetaSystems #ParadigmShift #Sensemaking #CognitiveDevelopment #Teal #Turquoise #CultureWars
Commons & Richards found four higher stages of cognition—mapped closely to Orange, Green, Teal, and Turquoise. Each upgrade adds a new perspective: from seeing systems, to reflecting on systems, to integrating them into paradigms, to integrating paradigms into a larger whole—so every stage literally sees a different world.
Excerpted from “How to Think Integrally”
Watch the full discussion here:
integrallife.com/how-to-think-integrally
#DevelopmentalPsychology #StagesOfDevelopment #SystemsThinking #IntegralTheory #SecondTier #MetaSystems #ParadigmShift #Sensemaking #CognitiveDevelopment #Teal #Turquoise #CultureWars
