Leading with NLP

Guides and Rules of the Road 129

you stay where you were. Do not pass GO, do not collect
£200. This learning cycle is also known as single loop learn-
ing.^2 In practice, when Roman law limits the range of choices
and we get stuck, we often break the rules.

Generative Learning
Generative learning is when you question your assumptions
about yourself and what is possible in the situation. This is
possible with common law, because you have a larger idea
space and you can use the results of your actions to question
the basis of the problem. Your beliefs come into the loop.

Actions

Decisions

Difference between

where you are

and where you

want to be

Feedback –

experience and

results of

your actions

Your

purpose

Mental models

beliefs

assumptions