The Constructed Mind: A Series for the Serious Thinker

This groundbreaking series explores the frontiers of human cognition through the lens of Constructed Development Theory (CDT)—a new paradigm in developmental psychology that transcends static typologies and outdated models of personality. At its core, CDT examines not what we think, but how we construct thought in real time—and how that process can be made conscious, deliberate, and transformative.

Spanning themes of self-awareness, vertical development, leadership, and coaching, the series introduces readers to Dynamic Intelligence (DI)—the capacity to respond fluidly and adaptively in the moment—and the Awareness Quotient (AQ), a scalable measure of that capacity. Through these frameworks, CDT redefines growth not as acquisition of knowledge, but as the deliberate expansion of one’s cognitive construction in context.

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What Will You Get From This Series?

This series of books is designed to emphasise Thinking in various contexts using Constructed Development Theory by Dr Darren Stevens.
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Thinking is measurable

The problem isn't the problem. The problem is how you construct the problem.
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Next Level Coaching

I will take you on a journey through coaching that you have never considered before.
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Changing Leadership

Leaders aren't leadership. We will explore how we DO leading from a CDT angle.
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Meditate Deliberately

How can you be deliberately mindful? Read this and find out.
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Narcs are Wankers

After doing a robust amount of research on Narcs, they need their legs breaking.
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Complex Teachers Please

Teaching is about joining the dots (CDT) on behalf of your students.

Do you like Detail? Then keep reading.

There is a lot of thinking here!

Thinking Deliberately

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  • See why Development Levels are more important than emotions!
  • Discover HOW you construct you
  • Understand why there is no "authentic" you
  • Determine BS marketing from charlatans
  • Discover why Personality isn't real
  • To think about your thinking
  • Deconstruct your thinking to do theirs
  • How is EI not useful?

Coaching Deliberately

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  • What is Next Level Coaching?
  • Discover why construction is key
  • Self-Awareness is so Important
  • Coach Awareness is paramount!
  • What is a Cognitive Architect?
  • Generational coaching is dead
  • Get into the psyche of your client
  • Deconstruct your thinking to do theirs
  • Understand why the coaching industry is BS

Leading Deliberately

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  • Dispell the myths of Leadership
  • To separate Leaders from Leadership
  • Deconstruct Leadership Styles
  • Developmental Levels in Business
  • Dynamically Intelligent Leaders Matter
  • Authority Superiority Syndrome (A.S.S.)
  • Destination 7 Objective
  • The latest F.R.A.M.E. framework

Teaching Deliberately

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  • Teaching Deliberately is a way of life
  • Becoming the Deliberate Educator
  • Stop teaching from Habit
  • Move to a place of conscious construction
  • walk into each learning space as a developmental mirror
  • Learn What the Deliberate Educator Does Differently
  • Treat content as context for identity construction
  • Encourages learners to confront their own thinking
  • The deliberate educator leaves more than knowledge
  • Disrupt assumptions, awaken awareness, and new ways of thinking

Deliberately Mindful

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  • Question your capacity for self-reflection
  • How do you describe you?
  • This is your journey beyond Self
  • How do you construct your identity?
  • WHat is the Anatman Scale?
  • What is your non-doing perspective?
  • Do you understand Mindfulness really?
  • Can we determine your Spiritual Awareness Score?
  • Check out my Buddha blog

Deliberately Narcissistic

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  • Learn to spot Narc language patterns
  • Notice manipulation techniques
  • Realise when these men are being wankers
  • Playing the victim for "feels"
  • Strategic manipulation of your emotions is wrong
  • Learn what psychological projection is
  • Learn the techniques to get the Narc to FO
  • Don't let them control the narrative
  • Notice how they dodge accountability
  • And have fun with the Narc Bingo game

Who Should Read These Books

Everyone who is a thinker, obviously! There are six books here out of my series of ten. I have started with Thinking Deliberately because my research demonstrates that we do not Think Deliberately. So, if you think your thinking could do with a little tweaking, and you would like a specific method to grow your thinking vertically, you should buy the first book.

CEO's and Leaders

You can learn the techjniques of construction to help you lead better.

Executive Coaches

You will learn why coaches should only be allowed into large businesses once they have reached AQ7.

Developmental Coaches

The principle is you cannot coach someone who is a level above you. We ensure this never happens by determining a coach's level first.

Influencers of all kinds

When we know how others construct their thinking, we can enter their world more readily.

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Book Reviews

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James Doe
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Co-Founder, Company Tristique
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Product Designer, Company Lorem
"Dr Stevens encapusales the issues around coaching like no author before him."
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Alice Doe
App Developer, Company Ipsum
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Co-Founder, Company Integer
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About The Author

Dr Darren Stevens is an author, speaker, Senior Lecturer at University and founder of the Institute for Adult Development. He has spent 20 years in the Adult Development industry and the last 12 years focusing on Constructed Development Theory.

His new book on Coaching is a veritable vade mecum for all coaches. Register your interest today!