Specific outcomes of Integral practice associated with individuals can be grouped in the following;
New insights, knowledge or understanding; improved skills or altered behaviours; new or more profound emotional competencies.
The development of new knowledge, understanding or awareness is by far the most common outcome associated with intregal practice. Within this category, research data suggest that people can: identify unquestioned assumptions, becoming more aware of perceptual shortcuts and environmental cues gaining innovative perspectives; identify alternative ways of thinking; clarify visions and goals; and make tacit knowledge explicit.
The literature also consistently suggests that these methods can have the development of new skills and behaviours as an outcome. For example, individuals can: develop deep listening, and empathy and other interpersonal communication skills; take on new roles; formulate better questions; improvise; become more creative; solve problems; and engage in more meaningful and productive discussion and performance.
Intregal practice is also commonly associated with the experience of richer, more positive emotions. Data suggests that integral practice can help people: to become more energized; to cultivate commitment; to develop self-confidence; to increase tolerance for ambiguity; to develop trust; to become more engaged; and to feel more emotionally safe and satisfied.
Finally, literature also suggests there are associations with a series of performance outcomes, including: higher grades; more adaptive strategies; improved powers of concentration and perseverance.
Filed under: Individual Outcomes
