Liz West's Agility Narrative on the enneagram

The Agility Narratives

Thanks Liz. In this podcast, you helped us embrace a world that is changing. You've introduced us to a tool, the Enneagram, a very ancient tool that helps us develop personal insight to our defenses and our essential selves. It is a slow burn which takes time, as people doing personal work create deeper connections and relationships with themselves as well as others.

You led us into a secret, which is yes, we can also learn about and empathize with others' natural patterns. While it is discouraged to type others, people learning the enneagram sometimes see things about another, great things not known before, and some of the things that have been bugging them for a while. And when they understand the natural defense mechanism behind those behaviours, they are more able to understand and empathize.

Liz describes the journey of discovering that the Enneagram is a portal to learning more about oneself, to learn about one’s internal self. In this journey, there are all kinds of ways to approach that. It's a circle, with a nine point perspective on the world. And there are all kinds of lines that connect us all together. As we dive deeper into it, we can each reach our full potential, which is important for individual and organizational agility.

Dive into the Enneagram - seek out the Enneagram Narrative - Learn more about Liz West at https://enneagramtraining.co.uk/who-we-are/. If you are looking for a book, search for Beatrice Chestnut. Check out her channel and the type panels on youtube.com.

Want to learn more about the co-hosts? Visit Martin's LinkedIn Profile and Janet's LinkedIn profile to know more about them, and what they do.

00 - Welcome to The Agility Narratives Podcast
0:42 - Liz's personal journey - was introduced to the Enneagram during a personal tragedy and it provides an anchor for navigation
02:59 - Earlier leadership work
05:47 - What is the Enneagram?
08:15 - What is it about the Enneagram that links us into learning about our inner part of ourselves?
09:45 - What is it that aligns the Enneagram to be an agent of change?
13:10 - So in your application of the Enneagram, as you work with organizations and change, who is the protagonist?
16:23 - You've chosen the narrative tradition of the Enneagram. Why that choice?
19:10 - Liz's journey with personal growth with the Enneagram
22:11 - A description of a client situation with the earlier stages of a journey
24:26 - The challenge with adopting the Enneagram in organizations
26:27 - The inner work - the journey to become your true self - to live from your essential self - understanding the head, the heart, and the gut
37:45 - What does it take to move beyond where we are today?
38:42 - Excited to see how this knowledge can help them with relationships
39:37 - Some types find it difficult to take it on
41:34 - The Enneagram is a three-fold journey - the psychological, the somatic, and the spiritual. Liz outlines working with these three elements
44:00 - Building awareness and commitment to overcoming traits and behaviours that hurt others and themselves. They work on their relationships... and see its impacts
44:40 - What is lost if this challenge is not taken up? Emotional intelligence - why not invest in personal development?
47:03 - Liz's call to action - get involved with Enneagram, see how it benefits you.
50:25 - Developing relationships, and a community - of trust, understanding, sharing each other's joys and struggles
52:55 - About the learning journey of the enneagram and thank you