This schematic was created to stimulate thought about the kind of strategies which might be developed, using the understanding provided by Spiral Dynamics, in response to 'A Downward Spiral..'. (It was created as part of a package of training materials in February 2001.)

In part the strategies depicted are based on the work of Paul Edwards, then Headteacher of Knottingley High School, whom I modelled (using Spiral Dynamics) for my NLP Master Practitioner training. (In 5 years Paul had turned Knottingley High from being the worst-performing secondary school in the Wakefield District to being its best - his results being so impressive that the entire local Education Action Zone bid was built upon what he had done. Although he knew nothing of Spiral Dynamics or NLP and did not in any way consider himself a psychologist, Paul acted as if he understood the principles intuitively.

In essence Paul developed a full MeshWORK approach by linking with community bodies and external agencies to address those issues outside the school's immediate control but which nonetheless were impacting upon it.