Breaking
Out of the Box
First-Order (Single-Loop) Change
refers to solving a problem by
doing something better. You've tried this and may have learned new skills and capabilities, but
without examining or challenging your underlying beliefs and assumptions.
Second-Order (Double-Loop) Change refers
to stepping outside your current perspective, examining your frame of reference, and
doing something different. To take this
step, you ask what assumptions and patterns have kept the same problems
cropping up over and over, fundamentally reframe your worldview, and become
less habit-driven, more open, and increasingly self-aware.
Transformational (Triple-Loop) Change
will occur
as second-order change creates a shift in your point of view. This change may happen gradually or
all of a sudden, but you will never be the same:
