THE CRUCIBLE AXES OF CHANGE

The following is a longer article than usual and one about a new development—the unifying of two models: The Axes of Change and The Crucible Model. The reason is as David Murphy said, “The more critical distinctions that a coach knows and is able to handle, the more effective the coach.”

“But what if they could be recognized?” Ah, yes, it was that question, and it was repeated several times by several different people that began it all. I was either presenting The Axes of Change Model and someone asked how The Crucible Model related to it or I was presenting the Crucible Model and someone asked how it related to the Axes of Change. In answer I would explain the difference between the two change models that we use in Neuro-Semantics using the distinctions that I wrote in book on The Crucible. I would say,

“They address different kinds of change and operate in different ways, the Axes of Change is a conscious model whereas the Crucible is mostly unconscious and deals with deeper changes, changes more likely to be in one’s blind spot or at the level of one’s assumptive frames. You can’t put them together.”