Slideshow: AVI reports and the Minessence Values Framework

The AVI: Making our unconscious values conscious

(Figure courtesy of Jackie le Fevre from the Management AVI Pilot)  

The Minessence Group are world leaders in developing technologies to support values-based personal, relational, team, organisational and societal development.

Our flagship product is the AVI (A Values Inventory). The AVI is specifically designed to discover unconscious priority values:

Some people believe they can just select value names from a list in order to identify their priority values. This process does work in a fashion, however, the values identified are only one's conscious values.

Our unconscious values are our primary motivators. These are the values the AVI is specifically designed to make conscious. The AVI requires you to undertake a forced choice process as this is the only effective way to elicit unconscious values.

Values lie behind all the choices we make--what values lie behind your choices?

Energy Field Map

• The Energy Field Map (EFM) now exists as a standalone AVI Report accessible from MissionControl by Value Consultants. An example can be viewed at: http://www.minessence.net/PDFs/AVIExamples/Anneexample_EFM.pdf  
• The Energy Field Map has also now been included in the Executive Overview (EOV) report too, see: http://www.minessence.net/PDFs/AVIExamples/EOV_AnneExample.pdf
• The Cultural Field Map (CFM), the EFM equivalent for groups is also now available at MissionControl. See an example at: http://www.minessence.net/PDFs/AVIExamples/GCFM_Demo.pdf 

Changes to the Energy Management Sections of AVI reports

The Key Affiliate team have rationalized the four values energy categories from four to three. The old scheme categorizes all values into Maintenance (energy draining), Work (energy neutral), Play (energy neutral), and FreeEssence (energy giving). The new scheme uses just the three categories of: Energy Giving, Energy Neutral, and Energy Draining. Below are the changes in the wording from the old to the new.

Introduction

• Old: Living certain values can be energising, living others can be energy draining, and living some values will do little for your energy levels. Thus, in terms of our energy levels, values fall into three categories:
• New: The way you prioritise your values significantly influences your energy levels. Certain values can  be energising,   others can be energy draining, and some values will do little for your energy levels. Thus, in terms  of our energy levels, values fall into three categories:

Energy Giving

• Old: FreeEssence Values such as Intimacy, Sharing/Listening/Trust, and Leisure/Freesence, fall into this category. They all require sufficient complexity of execution that you are unable to focus on anything else.
• New: Typically, these are the values which energise you. They put you in a “flow state”. Values, such as Intimacy, Sharing/Listening/Trust and Skilful Leisure, are in the energy giving category. 

Energy Draining

• Old: Maintenance Values such as Care/Nurture, Endurance/Patience, and Duty/Obligation can all sap our energy. They usually require you to put aside that which you would like to be doing for the benefit of someone else.
• New: Typically, these are the values which drain your energy. Values such as Care/Nurture, Endurance/Patience and Duty, when they are your main focus, are likely to drain your energy as they can keep you from paying sufficient attention to your energy giving values.

Energy Neutral

• Old: Work and Play Values such as Work/Labour, Play/Recreation, and Communication/Information. These values generally require little mental effort and your mind is free to roam where it will.
• New: Typically, these are values which have little impact on your energy levels. In most situations, living these values requires little mental attention/energy to remain focused on ‘the task in hand’. Values such as Work, Organized Play, and Communication/Information fall into this category.

Explanation of Graph

• Old: The graph below indicates the relative percentage of mental energy you have devoted to values in these categories. If the graph shows that you scored higher on maintenance values than the other categories, this could indicate a stressful lifestyle. In which case, you may want to review your lifestyle so as to spend less time engaged in activities that you find mentally and emotionally draining and more time engaged in activities that give your energy levels a boost.
• New: The graph below indicates the relative percentage of mental energy you have devoted to values in these categories. If the graph shows that you scored significantly higher on Energy Draining Values than Energy Giving Values, this could indicate a stressful lifestyle. In which case, you may want to review your lifestyle so as to spend more time engaged in activities that give your energy levels a boost.

Typos

If you find any typos in the online AVI reports please add them to this Blog and select the "Typo" label for your post. Here are a couple to start it off:

1. "I noticed on BP Map for ... in the People Servant box the 2nd paragraph starts with "you" instead of "your"
2. "On World Views Map (Table) in LAM workbook the leadership style of Self-Actualisation/Service world view has incorrect spelling, "Liaise Faire" instead of "Laissez-Faire"

AVI Functionality

Two Suggestions:

I propose we provide an addendum in the AVI Inventory explaining people may observe different spelling of particular words and why.

We correct the Optimal Performance Model so that the arrows are correctly positioned or will print correctly, if that is the problem. Perhaps this has already been corrected & I just don't have a copy????
As they currently exist, the arrow does not always originate in the center of the Venn Diagram.

Full AVI Online - Values Summary Page

A values summary page, akin to the PC based AVI version, has been added to the Full online AVI.