| The way we see ourselves as consultants and the
methods applied by us originate from
the constructivism schools of thought (cf. Glasersfeld, cf. Foerster),
the approaches of the short-term therapy derived from them (de Shazer,
Weakland) and from systemic communication consulting (Watzlawik). Radical
constructivism implies that every system (organisation, family, individual)
constructs its own reality. Each world or reality so constructed proves
at first to be suitable for the respective system and thus implies a
relative resistance to change (stable equilibrium). Systemic starting
points for consulting such as, for example, the so-called "systemic coaching" or "systemic organisation consulting" have
developed from this approach. These directions of consulting assume that
competence for change is inherent in
every system, i.e. that solution approaches are already inherent. However,
they are not recognised or not translated into practice because of the
tendency to inertia and the desire for stability of every system. The
contrary is the case: The learned patterns and the futile attempts at
solutions consolidate themselves.
Systemic consultants are experts in breaking
through patterns of thought and behaviour that inhibit solutions: "Learning
as forgetting how to learn!" It is possible to create skilful irritations
and linguistic reflections with the help of so-called interventions (linguistically,
visually, scenically) and to thus bring the system from a stable into a so-called
unstable equilibrium. This stimulates changes of perspective and opens new
scopes of action. |
