Core Architecture
Constructed Development Theory, IACR, CAIR, Awareness, Construction and Identity as Construction.
IAD Knowledge
A connected knowledge base for adult development.
IAD Knowledge organises the Institute’s concepts, frameworks, measures, methods, tools and principles into a single connected system. Each page distinguishes theoretical proposition from evidence and shows how ideas relate across research and practice.
Knowledge map
The CDT ecosystem, organised by function.
The categories below help visitors enter the system from different directions. They are navigational rather than rigid boundaries: many constructs legitimately sit across more than one family.
Measures & Construction
Awareness Quotient, Thinking Quotient and Cognitive Intentions.
Developmental Concepts
More Complex Other, Zone of Dynamic Development, Development Onion, Developmental Environment, Transition Awareness and Complexity Gap.
Methods & Practice
Real-Time Modelling, Linguistic Listening, Vertical Introspection / Interoception, FRAME and Constructed Questioning.
Intelligence & Navigation
Dynamic Intelligence, Ontophronology, Developmental Navigation Engine and Flowareness.
Leadership & Systems
Construction Universe, Leadership Topology, 3D Leadership Capacity and Three Leaders.
Principles & Propositions
Core CDT propositions about awareness, will, thinking, adulthood and deliberate reconstruction.
Connected Applications
How the knowledge base links into coaching, leadership, education, policing, prisons and organisational development.
Live knowledge
Eleven connected canonical pages are now available.
The Knowledge Base will grow progressively. Only completed pages are shown as live; the rest remain visibly in development.
Start with the theory
Constructed Development Theory overview → connects the ten specialised entries below into one account of construction, awareness and development.
Concept · Live
More Complex Other
How greater available complexity can create the possibility of developmental reconstruction.
Connects to
- Zone of Dynamic Development
- AQ+1
- IACR
- Developmental Environment
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- Open canonical page →
- Theory and evidence status
- Applications and research questions
Framework · Live
IACR
Intention → Awareness → Choice → Response. The core developmental architecture of Constructed Development Theory.
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Reference
Definition, related constructs, applications and evidence status.
Measure / Model · Live
Awareness Quotient · AQ
Contextual awareness of construction, the AQ4–AQ10 map and the distinction between AQ and TQ.
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Reference
Definition, related constructs, applications and evidence status.
Concept · Live
Zone of Dynamic Development · ZDD
The developmental space in which another construction becomes usable, with timing, support and evidence boundaries.
Concept · Live
Developmental Environment
How relationships, language, norms, incentives, resources and power shape developmental possibility.
Framework · Live
Cognitive Intentions
Directions of cognition, contextual combinations, awareness and available alternatives.
Measure / Model · Live
Thinking Quotient · TQ
Structural cognitive complexity, its distinction from AQ and the evolution of the research construct.
Method · Live
Real-Time Modelling · RTM
Collaborative developmental dialogue: make construction visible, explore usable alternatives and review response.
Framework · Live
CAIR
Choice, Awareness, Intention and Response: a coaching and therapeutic adaptation with explicit source and evidence boundaries.
Model · Live
Development Onion
Ten layers of construction, with contextual inquiry, practical examples and evidence boundaries.
Knowledge taxonomy
Different kinds of knowledge, clearly labelled.
Each canonical page carries a small type label so readers can immediately see what kind of intellectual object they are encountering.
Concept
An idea used to explain a developmental relationship or phenomenon.
Framework
A structured architecture for organising developmental processes or practice.
Measure
A construct intended to support structured assessment, differentiation or comparison.
Method
A repeatable way of observing, questioning, modelling or working with construction.
Tool
An applied resource designed to support practice, assessment or developmental navigation.
Principle
A concise CDT proposition that guides interpretation or practice.
Theoretical status
What the model proposes.
Knowledge pages identify whether an idea is a CDT concept, framework, measure, method, tool or principle, and explain its place within the theory without presenting proposition as established fact.
- Clear canonical definition
- Relationship to other CDT constructs
- Boundaries and important distinctions
- Applications stated as applications, not proof
Evidence status
What the evidence currently supports.
Where empirical evidence exists, Knowledge pages connect to the relevant research. Where it does not, the page states that explicitly and identifies open questions rather than silently converting theory into finding.
- Theoretical proposition
- Preliminary evidence
- Empirical support
- Replication and limits
Knowledge families
What is coming into the library.
The wider ecosystem is already substantial. These entries show the intended scope without pretending that every canonical page is complete.
Developmental concepts
How development becomes possible
More Complex Other · ZDD · Development Onion · Developmental Environment · Transition Awareness · Complexity Gap
Methods & practice
How construction is observed and worked with
RTM · Linguistic Listening · Vertical Introspection / Interoception · FRAME · Constructed Questioning
Intelligence & navigation
How awareness and movement are modelled
Dynamic Intelligence · Ontophronology · DNE · Flowareness
Leadership & systems
How complexity operates across environments
Construction Universe · Leadership Topology · 3D Leadership Capacity · Three Leaders
Principles & propositions
Short statements with larger consequences.
These propositions will eventually receive their own reference entries where they require explanation, qualification or connection to evidence.
01
Will is only free at the point of Awareness.
Choice requires awareness of more than one available construction.
02
Thinking is the task.
Developmental quality depends on how the task is constructed, not merely on task completion.
03
Adulthood is better understood through construction than age alone.
Age can accompany development without being its cause.
04
Willpower is what deliberate awareness looks like from the outside.
A CDT reframing of apparent self-control through awareness and deliberate response.
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