Change in Practice via the Dynamic Duality
L1: Variation
A is personally controlled but must respect and adjust to the social environment. Conversely, even if a variation appears possible, it will not occur unless it is simultaneously in someone's personal interest or socially valuable. So this Level is balanced.
There is therefore a single balanced Centre:
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L2: Alteration
An is similar. It may have to be imposed, but it must still respect and adjust to social expectations and factors in the environment. Even if the socio-physical environment enables or suggests an alteration it will not occur without premeditation. So this Level is balanced.
There is therefore a single balanced Centre:
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L3: Improvement
An improvement can be socially determined based on what is viewed as better taking into account the people and forces in the situation. However, a person on the spot may become aware of an opportunity to make a situation better without anything previously agreed and regardless of political or other social pressures.
So this level in the Tree will generate two polarized but connected Centres:
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These two Centres will naturally affect each other. The easiest and therefore dominant function is the use of opportunities that emerge and this will therefore be placed on the right in the Tree diagram.
Influence between these two Centres involves each looking carefully, and perhaps critically, at what is being proposed.
is provisionally labeled Focus
L4: Sustenance
is typically planned and deliberate while simultaneously drawing on what is immediately required, given and available. It is not possible to sustain opportunistically if there is no logical need for that sustenance. So the Level is balanced.
There is therefore a single balanced Centre:
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L5: Adaptation
When the inner or outer environment generates otherwise unmanageable stresses, there is a need to determine and get social agreement to adaptations that will handle them. Quite apart from such systematic handling, spontaneous adjustments to such events can be expected.
So this level in the Tree will generate two polarized but connected Centres:
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These two Centres will affect each other. The essential adaptations that have been organised, planned and agreed are the most important. So this will be dominant and must be placed on the right in the Tree diagram.
Influence between these Centres involves recognition that the environment must be handled one way or another as promptly and effectively as possible.
is provisionally labeled Release
L6: Representation
Those involved in any change must come to an agreement as to how the situation is to be pictured and communicated. However, it is unavoidable that individuals will have their own personal perceptions of the situation and the required change, which may be valuable and require consideration.
So this level in the Tree will generate two polarized but connected Centres:
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These two Centres will affect each other. However, the social choice of a representation will necessarily be dominant. So this will be placed on the right in the Tree diagram.
Influence between these Centres involves getting each to accept the other as realistic and inevitable.
is provisionally labeled Reconcile
L7: Transformation
Transformation involves an interaction between the imagination, which is intrinsically personal, and the reality, which is intrinsically social. Neither can function without the other. So this Level is balanced.
There is therefore a single balanced Centre:
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- Now consider the flow of influences between the Levels via Centres.
Originally posted: 30-May-2024