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African Solutions for African Problems

Their country. Their people. Their culture.

Illustration of a Psychometric Quadrant Analysis

Concrete

Empiricism Intellectual
(Trial & Error)

Reflective

Explanation

Horizontal axis = Dominant learning process
As we progress through formal education we gradually acquire the ability to learn
‘intellectually’ e.g. from reading books
Intellectual learning ability is key to most professional occupations

Highly developed economies build up a greater density of intellectual learning ability in
their populations

Vertical axis = Dominant thinking approach
Very young children can’t relate to ‘invisible’ dangers such as electricity.

Reflective thinking develops as we progress through secondary education and
intensifies as we develop professional careers

Children Highly developed economies require and develop a greater density of
‘intellectual’ learning ability

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Disconnects - Social Conditioning, Acceptance & The Pain of Change

Acceptance
My time as a consultant reinforced in me the flow of people's deeper emotional states

A problem that does not get resolved becomes a frustration
A frustration that is not resolved becomes an obsession
Obsession has two phases

At first the obsession leads to aggression