In the beginning – ‘first generation’ NLP – we had the tools and models that Bandler and Grinder derived from their study of innovative and effective therapists. The techniques and skills that were created were mainly focused on problem solving at behavior and capability levels with individuals. These included the meta-model, anchoring, eye accessing cues, predicates, 6 step reframing, etc.
‘Second generation’ NLP emerged in the mid to late 1980’s and emphasized the relationship between self and others. The areas of application widened to include health, education, negotiation and sales. Also the tools expanded to include higher level issues which were related to values, beliefs and ‘meta-programmes’ and integrated distinctions like time lines, sub modalities and perceptual positions into new formats like Re-imprinting and the Swish Pattern.
‘Third generation’ NLP for the 21st century, which has been developing since the 1990’s, is creating the more systemic and generative approaches to organizational and cultural issues as well as to individuals and teams. It is related more to identity, vision and mission and uses a whole system perspective. We are now using NLP to focus at even higher levels of learning and interaction – incorporating principles of self-organization and ‘field based’ thinking in which wisdom and resources can be discovered and released by creating the right kinds of contexts.
In our complex modern world the tools of NLP can help us pioneer a human way forward with wisdom and compassion.
“You can’t solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem” (Albert Einstein). The wisdom needed for change is already in the system.
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