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The 4E Model
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Individually and in groups, participants apply the 4E model to move from ego-system to eco-system awareness — examining how a challenge looks from progressively wider circles of concern and learning, in the model's own phrase, to dance with complex systems.
Practical
- Time
- 120 min
- Group
- 4–40 · individual, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Miro board or wall; sticky notes
- Mechanisms
- systems-sensing, cognitive-reframing, perspective-taking
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- transitionmakers.nl/tool/the-4e-model — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Maria Garcia Alvarez (Windesheim Honours College) via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA) — Eco-systemic awareness frameworks (Scharmer's ego-to-eco lineage)
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox
status: checked · added 2026-08-25