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Developing Human Awareness, Globally.
The Institute for Adult Development is an international hub dedicated to advancing Constructed Development Theory (CDT), Awareness Quotient (AQ), and Dynamic Intelligence (DI) across education, leadership, coaching, and society. And the Institute exists to develop the thinking capability of people and organisations.
About the Institute
A Global Centre for Awareness-Based Development
The Institute for Adult Development provides the intellectual, developmental, and ethical infrastructure that underpins Constructed Development Theory (CDT) and its applications worldwide.
We unite Academic Practitioners, coaches, leaders, therapists, and organisational partners who share a commitment to deliberate development. Our work is grounded in CDT and focuses on how adults construct self, context, and meaning in the moment.
- The home of Constructed Development Theory (CDT).
- International collaboration on Awareness Quotient (AQ), Thinking Quotient (TQ) & Dynamic Intelligence (DI).
- Research, publications, and evidence-based practice standards.
- Training pathways for coaches, leaders, educators, and organisations.
- A unified benchmark for developmental practice and supervision.
Our work spans multiple domains:
Leadership & organisations Coaching & supervision Higher education Therapeutic practice Developmental research What is CDT?Each national or regional hub adapts CDT to local culture and context while remaining aligned with the Institute’s developmental principles, ethics, and core frameworks.
Global Network
Find Your Country or Regional Hub
Select your region to explore local training, events, and developmental programmes. Each hub is led by practitioners aligned with Constructed Development Theory.
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Germany
Lead: Jürgen Wulff
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Finland
Lead: Timo Katajamaa
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Switzerland
Lead: Patrick Stam
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Spain
Lead: Jacques Lacroix
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Netherlands
Lead: Ivo Schlenter
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Australia
Lead: Jude-Martin Etuka
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South Africa
Lead: Ken Smith
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Core Resources
Resources for Global Practitioners
The Institute curates and maintains foundational materials for those applying Constructed Development Theory across contexts. Regional hubs may add local resources in addition to the global core.
Publications & Research
CDT papers, preprints, white papers, and empirical work on Awareness Quotient, Thinking Quotient,
and Dynamic Intelligence.
ResearchGate
CDT Frameworks
Core models including AQ, TQ, Cognitive Intentions (CIs), CAIR/IACR, FRAME, Teaching Styles (TQᴱ),
and Next-Level Coaching architectures.
Practitioner Pathway
Media Library
Podcasts, interviews, conference talks, and lectures that introduce and deepen understanding of CDT
and adult development.
YouTube
Documentation & Standards
Global ethics, competence frameworks, certification guidelines, and alignment principles for
developmental practice using CDT.
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Why CDT
Why Constructed Development Theory Matters Globally
Constructed Development Theory reframes adult development as a real-time act of construction: how individuals generate self, context, and meaning moment-to-moment, and how aware they are of doing so.
CDT provides a precise, measurable account of awareness and thinking complexity through the Awareness Quotient (AQ), Thinking Quotient (TQ), and Cognitive Intentions. It moves beyond static typologies to describe how people actually construct their experience in the moment and how that construction can evolve.
At a global scale, this allows the Institute to:
- Differentiate levels of leadership, coaching, teaching, and relational capacity.
- Design development pathways that match an individual’s or organisation’s current AQ.
- Support vertical movement rather than horizontal skills training alone.
- Integrate research, practice, and supervision into a single developmental framework.
Areas where CDT is actively applied:
Executive & organisational development
Coaching & supervision practice
Higher education & teaching styles
Therapeutic and relational work
Personal growth & meta-awareness
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Whether you are a coach, educator, leader, therapist, researcher, or organisational partner, the Institute for Adult Development welcomes collaborators committed to advancing global awareness and deliberate development.