STUDY BOOK The power of language and actions, the basis for

COACHING: El poder del lenguaje y las acciones

require a declarative space in which they are constituted.

The statements account for our observations and these operate within a given space of distinctions. Any space of distinctions, the condition of affirmations, is a declarative space. My evaluations of what is possible in the world in terms of my action rest on the assertions I can make about it. At the same time, many assertions may have no significance in terms of my possibilities for action. Therefore, not every affirmation is equally important to me. This leads to a distinction with respect to assertions. These are distinguished between true and false, and we can furthermore establish that they are also distinguished between relevant and irrelevant statements, depending on the relation they have to our concerns. Claims account for the world we live in and, therefore, our ability to make claims speaks to the size and character of our world. In order to develop the theme of the relevance of our claims, two further distinctions need to be introduced. These are the distinctions of concerns and judgements, which will be discussed below.

1.3. Conversation Design.

"All human living takes place in conversations and it is in this space that the reality in which we live is created " (Humberto Maturana).

Human beings are conversational beings. Everything in life is a conversation, and depending on our capacities and competences we will achieve efficient conversations and therefore positive results, or on the contrary, negative results because our conversations are inefficient. They happen all the time, whether we are ready or not. Conversations are the "semantic fabric" that makes up the organisation. Their identity and culture will be determined to a large extent by this language device.

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