Technology Integration 2

09 October 2009 19:27 Filed in: Stuff

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler. - Albert Einstein

I've always kept this thought in the recesses of my mind as a check for whenever I look at processes and techniques. NLP modelling is a great exercise in enacting the statement as it expects one to synthesise all the bits of a model that make that model work and junk the rest.

Since deciding to start sharing the stuff I'm doing life has been very interesting. Opportunities have arisen, on a daily basis, to challenge some of the processes and techniques and I have been learning fab things every day.
The other thing I've noticed is that every 'opportunity' has a significant payload: it tends to solve a problem and teach me the solution; it introduces a principle most of the time that can be used in a much wider context in the one that it is applied in; it starts a chain reaction of changes as the principle gets applied in other contexts.
A good example of this was the recent feedback from a wise person that some of the processes and techniques were a bit flabby. When I looked in more detail, it was indeed the case and a load of process was cut out without impacting on the quality of outcome. In this instance it introduced a couple of principles:
  • the process one uses to deliver something is the product of the person who designed it and the context it was designed in;
  • There may be proof checks in there that are useful when you are learning but can be dropped when you have confidence;
  • There may be techniques in there that make the techniques safe within the delivery context or are specific to the context. if you change the context these need to change.
In this case I was dealing with a process that separated the emotion of a memory from the memory itself. Because the delivery mechanism for the process was to the unconscious with the conscious 'watching' there was an element of disassociation in the process so the client wouldn't be at risk of accessing strong negative emotions. Because the current methods I use do not involve the conscious, the disassociative techniques could be removed and the process simplified.
As a result I've reviewed the current courses and it looks like by applying these principles i can get the complete course done in 4 days instead of 6, which is of benefit to everyone.
The other important thought that has come out from some interesting conversations is that the courses offer one specific use of a set of principles that have a much wider application that is only limited by our imaginations.
I'm looking forward to sharing this stuff with people Happy

Mike