L4 Framework — Strategic Plan ImplementationTalk to us
// SHARED AUTHORSHIP

Two builders.One framework.

The L4 Framework was co-authored by Deacon Larry Hiner, PsyD and Lawrence Hiner IV. Larry provides the Radical Adult Learning platform under the HOW pillar. Lawrence carries the consulting practice. Shared authorship of the ILO, distinct lanes.

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// L2 · HOW
Deacon Larry Hiner, PsyD
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Originator of the Radical Adult Learning platform — the delivery layer that powers ILO design under the L4 Framework's HOW pillar. Empathy Architect at dlhp consulting, two-time TEDx speaker, and Roman Catholic Deacon. Co-author of the framework that translates a strategic plan into an Intentional Learning Organization.

// DROP HEADSHOT
// PRACTICE LEAD
Lawrence Hiner IV
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Co-author of the Framework and lead practitioner of the Strategic Plan to ILO Workshop. Twenty-plus years in learning and development and organizational effectiveness. Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Nationally Certified ROMA Trainer, Cornell DEI Certificate. Writes the ILO design language Larry's platform delivers.

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// CITED

Standing on
whose shoulders.

The L4 Framework cites every model it stands on, by name. Larry and Lawrence didn’t invent these. They wrote down the version that holds together when you use them in sequence to build an ILO.

Donald Kirkpatrick
Four Levels of Evaluation
Designed in reverse, from results back to learning
Bob Mosher + Conrad Gottfredson
Five Moments of Learning Need
New, More, Apply, Solve, Change
Dr. Larry Hiner, PsyD
Radical Adult Learning
The delivery platform under HOW
Gallup
CliftonStrengths assessment
The default talent instrument
Gallup
Q12 engagement instrument
The default diagnostic feedback loop
Robert Brinkerhoff
Success Case Method
One model-agnostic alternative under HOW
// ORIGIN ESSAY

Why we wrote it.

Older organizational structures forced people into roles they had no natural talent for, then called the resulting struggle a performance problem. Training happened. Behavior didn’t shift. The plan sat on the shelf. The L4 Framework — and the ILO it builds — is the cure for that.

We stand alongside, not above. The framework belongs to the audience the moment they understand it. Whatever they do next is up to them. That position is built into the briefing, the workshop, and every conversation we have on the way in.

— DEACON LARRY HINER, PsyD + LAWRENCE HINER IV