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Transformation #04: How the Tree of Alignment Took Root

Transformation #04: How the Tree of Alignment Took Root

Learning from Nature to Shape ALAE

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A Part of the Transformation Series

When I first started writing about Creative Evaluation and Engagement, I didn’t know I was also planting the earliest seeds of what would become ALAE — Align, Learn, Adapt, Embody. At the time, it simply felt like a way to organize the work. These four phases offered a flexible but clear structure for navigating complexity in systems change. Each phase had its own set of strategies (see below).

Each phase built on and intertwined with the others. It made sense. It was useful. And yet… something was missing.

Actually, two things were missing.

First, the role of the person — the evaluator, the leader, the changemaker. The human being doing the work. Their presence, their inner experience, their reflection. What I now understand as the inner work of transformation. I’ll share more about that in a future piece.

The second missing piece was something more metaphorical — something that could help people not just think about ALAE, but feel it. See it. Grow with it.

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