Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Change Leaders

6    NLP and the Law of Requisite Variety

Introduction

This chapter will review the operating philosophy that NLP is built around which could be categorized under the meta-idea ‘The Law of Requisite Variety’. NLP has a conceptual structure around which its capacity for practice as a change methodology is enabled. I call this the ‘architecture of ideas’. I do not think that practicing NLP methods without having a fundamental appreciation of these foundational ideas benefits either the trainer or the practitioner. I invite you to think about these ideas as resources you can use as a conscious change leader to broaden your perceptual map and, thus, increase the range of your behavioural, cognitive, and emotional flexibility.

The Law of Requisite ...