The Pentacle Path is an easy to understand and easy to use tool in any decision-making situation.

Like most creative problem solving models – and there are many – this model provides the opportunity for both divergent and convergent thinking, essential for producing rich outcomes. The Pentacle Path, however, has three twists that give it extra power. Again, the Practices are designed to liberate and direct attentive energy.

[1] In many problem-solving models, one of the first steps is defining the problem – or opportunity. While a clear definition focuses the conversation, when it is expressed as a statement, the energy flow can become depressed under the weight of the problem. When the issue is formulated as a question, the energy rises in search of an answer – a subtle, and significant, difference.

[2] Reflecting the fact that “things change,” both choices and action are conditional. This fosters both swifter movement towards the answer, and flexibility to adapt to a changing environment.

[3] The process never stops. Tied to the conditional nature of the choices and action, the last-described part of the path is the vehicle to keep the choices and action relevant and current, and lead you back into the cycle as necessary.

These three features render the Pentacle Path more living than linear. And used in conjunction with the Vowels of Personal Power, the Pentacle Path becomes an extremely powerful tool for creating your preferred future.

The six Practices of the Pentacle Path are:

1.     Frame the Core Question

• Framing the challenge as a question causes energy to flow towards discovering better answers, rather than getting consumed by discouraging aspects of the problem.

 

2.     Get to Know What We Know

• There is more knowledge in the collective heads than in any one – we each hold part of the puzzle.

3.     Explore the Possibilities

• Exploring what “might be” opens new avenues of the attainable.

4.     Make Your Directional Choices

• Choices convert potentials into conditional reality.

5.     Initiate Conditional Action

• Deciding is not enough; dedicated resources – including effort and time – are required to create new reality.

6.     Keep the Choices and Action Fresh

• Since “a plan does not survive beyond first contact with the enemy,” we need a mechanism to continually check the relevance and validity of our choices and action.

When you are led back into the cycle, you don’t necessarily follow the Practices in sequence. Depending on the nature of your “entry” you may move from sharing information right to choices or action, or may bounce back from choices to sharing. In this sense, the Pentacle Path adapts to your need at the time.