Innovations in NLP

Innovations in NLP grabbed me from the start and it was impressive to the finish. Actually, this book could become a volume to stimulate creativity.Imagine a dream team of individuals and master NLP practitioners, each writing one of the very readable 23 chapters in this book. Then imagine those folks have a depth of understanding they want to share with you. Now you have an idea of what this book offers. It also is a handy reference that may guide the reader to become more resourceful. The authors of Innovations in NLP explain their innovative vision and provide rigorous criteria for determining what is new in NLP. Each chapter is self-contained and is readable cafeteria-style for particular problems and applications.Included in the book are new approaches and ideas to stimulate thinking. The four parts of the book cover innovations in 1) Models, 2) Applications, 3) Tools, and 4) Communities. Each subsection, presented in practical and useful ways, discusses ideas that will help therapists in their practice.The early chapters explain the concepts so thoroughly that even those with no background with NLP will understand the techniques. The later chapters assume a level of knowledge based on the earlier ones.Some of the models in the section on Innovative Models were so stimulating that I often stopped to write down concepts I wanted to teach students or use with clients. An NLP Model with a capital M has a hypothesis that can he tested. which is, based in theory and can lead to distinct applications. This book offers muchmore than techniques. It was a wonderful surprise to discover how the innovative models lend themselves to further innovations and precipitated fresh, creative thinking. The models include Meta-States for self-reflexive consciousness. LAB Profile to decode communications, Social Panoramas that change unconscious landscapes for better relationships, Symbolic Modelling for change through metaphor and language, and RESOLVE Model for generative change.Applications covered coaching and entrepreneurial leadership, understanding stock market wizards, wealth building, overcoming addiction, stuttering, and medical problems. Some new tools also emerge from the Models. The Identity Compass tool is used for coaching and recruiting. MPA MindSonar, an X-ray machine for the mind is applied to coaching, team building, personnel management, and marketing. The jobEQ is employed in a business context. I was also pleasantly surprised at the applicability of the concepts, both at the clinical level and at the wider Community level where like-minded individuals come together. Covered are the Clean Community, the LAB Profile Community, and the Neuro-Semantic Community. The final chapters cover NLP research projects.

The Milton H Erickson Foundation Newsletter, John D. Lentz D.Min. Shepherdsville, KY

Unusual in that it brings together an eclectic mix of models, tools, applications and even descriptions of NLP communities, this book is a surprisingly good read as well as being a useful reference. The models and applications are presented in a very accessible way, with clear descriptions, case studies and examples. The editors seem to have considered very carefully what constitutes `innovations'' rather than adaptations of Classic NLP models, which means that there''s likely to be something(s) new and useful for everyone. Although I have come across some of the material previously in other forms, I found a lot of the content new, and there are some interesting new angles on concepts I am familiar with such as Symbolic Modelling and the LAB Profile.I found this fresh approach to drawing NLP material together appealing. It seems current, practical and full of stuff in usable `chunk sizes'' that I - and I would think anyone with some existing knowledge of NLP - can take away and put into practice. I am left wondering, given the nature of the fast-developing NLP field, what hasn''t been included in this book. Hopefully there will be more volumes to follow.

Lynne Cooper, author The Five Minute Coach and trainer

What a very interesting book and every chapter shares either a new application or model. I like the fact that each chapter includes step-by-step directions on both where and how to use it. Some parts of the book I found more hard going than others but I think that is more to do with the individual writings of the authors and my own preferences. All in all I do think that anyone who is an NLP practitioner should pick up this book.

Terri Bodell, Deputy Chair, NACHP