Ken Wilber’s Quadrants

This model lies at the heart of Ken Wilber’s work and is also what transforms NLP into Integral NLP.

Ken noticed that many people view the world through a particular lens. They believe that their perspective is true and this leads them to believe that different views are therefore wrong.

By recognising the truths and values of all viewpoints, we develop a more useful map to navigate around the world.

The perspectives are:

Individual Interior – the beliefs and values of the individual.

Individual Exterior – the actions, behaviours and physical body of the individual.

Social Interior – the beliefs and values of the collective.

Social Exterior – the structures, organisation and artefacts created by the collective.

In any situation, if our work or intervention is to be truly ecological (see The Target Model and P.O.S.E.E.) we need to pay attention to all of these elements.

A lot of early NLP was concerned primarily with the individual and did not pay attention to what would happen in a different context; Integral NLP redresses the balance