Using Recursion in NLP
NLP is said to be recursive. What does that mean?
From a conversation on NLP connections:
innovating new high-level models in NLP? … is expected to be out of reach for most.
Richard also encourages people to go out and invent their own stuff. I don’t really think NLP is a field, the way, say, [...]

NLP: Model, modeling tool, or both?
When Bandler, Grinder, Dilts, etc. first formalized NLP, they certainly did it using the terminology of mathematical models, particularly calculus.(1).
The early NLP literature (Structure of Magic, NLP Vol I) talks about “4-tuples” (or 5-tuples, if you go back far enough), and “operations” that can be done to 4-tuples.
This was an [...]

Unconscious Assimilation or Installation
What’s the difference between the two?
My impression is that unconscious assimilation is the natural ability we have to mirror others to the point where we adopt their cognitive skills. It’s the way we learn language as an infant, and it extends well into adult behavior (ever notice that people follow their leaders’ [...]

Powerful business results through NLP
Using NLP at an organizational level
NLP business applications often suck. Well, maybe they’re not that bad, but all you hear about is rapport skills, predicate matching, and sometimes meta-programs. At best, they’re applied to getting people to play nice together, helping customers who call for help feel better, and convincing people [...]