Coaching practices for Act Hexaflex
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Act Hexaflex, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve got one real decision in front of me and my head is doing all of it at once
- This problem is so knotty and interdependent that every time we brainstorm it, the room just locks onto whoever framed it first, and half the disagreement is really people picturing entirely different versions of the same mess.
- I’m trying to hold really long number sequences and even word-by-word encoding leaves me with too many separate pieces to keep straight
- Long strings of digits
- I only ever see it afterward
Practices that may help
- Psychological Flexibility, Made Practical
Psychological flexibility — the central construct of ACT, developed by Steven Hayes — is the ability to stay in contact with present experience, hold thoughts and feelings lightly, and keep acting on your values even when discomfort is present. Meta-analyses consistently find it predicts mental health and well-being across a wide range of populations, and that increases in it mediate ACT’s therapeutic effects. - Parallel thinking drill: all hats in sequence for a real decision
Run a real pending decision through all six hats in sequence to experience the full method before adapting it.
Six Thinking Hats, Made Practical - Six Thinking Hats, Made Practical
Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats assigns six distinct thinking modes — facts, emotions, risks, optimism, creativity, and process — to six metaphorical colored hats, so that everyone in a group (or a single thinker) focuses on one mode at a time rather than arguing from mixed positions. Evidence for the specific technique comes largely from organizational case studies; the underlying principle of parallel versus adversarial thinking has support in group cognition research. - The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
The 4 Disciplines of Execution (McChesney, Covey & Huling) is an organizational strategy framework built around four practices: focus on a wildly important goal, act on lead measures, keep a compelling scoreboard, and create a cadence of accountability. Evidence is primarily organizational case studies and observational data; controlled trials on the framework as a whole are limited, but the individual components (implementation intentions, feedback loops, social accountability) have broader research support. - IFS Parts Mapping, Made Practical
Parts mapping is an Internal Family Systems (Richard Schwartz) practice of systematically identifying and visually or narratively charting the distinct inner parts — critics, worriers, peacekeepers, wounded exiles — and their relationships to each other. It is a diagnostic and orientation tool: it shows you the terrain of your inner system before you try to work with any single part. Evidence sits within the broader IFS and parts-work literature, which is growing but not yet on par with CBT or DBT. - Use morphological analysis for wicked problems with many interdependencies
The method shines on problems too complex for brainstorming to cover adequately.
Morphological Analysis, Made Practical - Extend to the Person-Action-Object (PAO) system
Assign a person, an action, and an object to each two-digit number to compress large sequences.
The Major System: Encode Numbers as Words - Encode numbers with the Major System
Convert digits to consonant sounds, then flesh out into memorable words or images.
Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical - Spot inflexibility as it happens in daily life
Catch fusion or avoidance in real time — before the behavioral consequence — rather than in retrospect.
Psychological Flexibility, Made Practical - The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni)
Patrick Lencioni’s Working Genius model describes six activities — Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, and Tenacity — that are required to complete any meaningful work. Each person finds two of these energizing (geniuses), two draining (frustrations), and two neutral (competencies). The model is a practitioner framework; it lacks independent peer-reviewed validation, but it provides a practically useful vocabulary for team role awareness.
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- Eight Cs Ifs
Parts mapping is an Internal Family Systems (Richard Schwartz) practice of systematically identifying and visually or narratively charting the distinct inner parts — critics, worriers, peacekeepers, wounded exiles — and their relationships to each other. It is a diagnostic and orientation tool: it shows you the terrain of your inner system before you try to work with any single part. Evidence sits within the broader IFS and parts-work literature, which is growing but not yet on par with CBT or DBT.
- Full Six Hats Sequence
Run a real pending decision through all six hats in sequence to experience the full method before adapting it.
Parallel thinking drill: all hats in sequence for a real decision
- Ifs Eight Cs
Self energy — a core concept in Richard Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems — refers to the innate calm, curious, compassionate core that exists in every person beneath their reactive parts. IFS holds that healing happens through parts experiencing the presence of Self, not through willpower or technique. The "8 Cs" (calm, curiosity, clarity, compassion, confidence, courage, creativity, connectedness) describe its qualities. Evidence for IFS overall is growing but limited in controlled trials; Self energy overlaps with well-studied mindfulness and self-compassion constructs.
- Six Thinking Hats At Work
Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats assigns six distinct thinking modes — facts, emotions, risks, optimism, creativity, and process — to six metaphorical colored hats, so that everyone in a group (or a single thinker) focuses on one mode at a time rather than arguing from mixed positions. Evidence for the specific technique comes largely from organizational case studies; the underlying principle of parallel versus adversarial thinking has support in group cognition research.
- Aaq Psychological Inflexibility
Diagnose which end of the flexibility–inflexibility axis you operate from before you try to shift it.
Gauge your current flexibility level
- Active Flexibility
Train muscles at end range of motion so new flexibility becomes strength, not vulnerability.
End-range loading (strength through full range)
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