The Modulator is a model that integrates the many different business and management tools available to us into a meaningful overall picture. Based on Integral Theory, it illustrates where they come from, which parts of reality they include and where their limits lie. Thus it quickly becomes clear which modules complement each other and which module makes another obsolete.

The model consists of two basic building blocks: Quadrants and Stages. Let's start with the latter:

Developmental psychology describes clear stages that human consciousness passes through in the course of its development. These stages of consciousness are universal and independent of culture, ethnicity or gender. Human development begins with birth and thus always at the very first stage. It then passes through the sequence of the subsequent stages in exactly that order. What this development looks like (the surface structure, so to speak), is strongly influenced by individual differences, the social and cultural context and other influences. However, the depth structure of the development always follows these rules.

The stages are represented in the model below as concentric circles, since each stage includes and builds upon the preceding stages. The model contains the stages Orange (rational, success-oriented, linear), Green (multi-perspectivistic, relativistic, emotion-oriented) and Teal (holistic, integrating, recognizes the development of consciousness; first stage of the Second Tier). There are others before and after these levels, but they do not currently have much influence on leadership and management.

The quadrants show four perspectives on reality, which are always available to us, at every moment and in every situation. None of them should be neglected, otherwise a quarter of reality will be ignored.

Unfortunately, most approaches do exactly that: they are limited to one or at most two quadrants (the natural sciences, for example, completely ignore the interior, i.e. the two left-hand quadrants) and try to explain everything with the laws of the right-hand quadrants. This often leads to a gross reductionism.

The modules below are assigned to one quadrant and one level each. The stage indicates the consciousness from which an approach originates, while the quadrant explains which section of reality it is primarily concerned with. In some cases this is a simplification, for example when a module works in more than one quadrant. In particular, all modules on Teal will per se include the lower levels and more than one quadrant.

The modules marked with our logo are part of our offer. The diamond marks approaches that we consider recommendable despite their inherent limitations. If you move the mouse over a module, in some cases other modules will light up. These are the tools that we would recommend to someone as a supplement to the first module.

Disclaimer: This model is for illustration purposes only and does not claim to be complete. Some examples are simplified and not correct under all circumstances.