Development by Design - by Ginger Lapid-Bogda (Paperback)

About the Book

Development by Design: the Enneagram and the Law of Three presents a fundamentally different approach to personal growth, going beyond insight and framing development as a deliberate, designed process.

Book Synopsis

Development by Design: The Enneagram and the Law of Three

Most approaches to personal growth emphasize insight.

But insight alone rarely produces deep, lasting change.

Many people understand their Enneagram type and still find themselves repeating the same patterns. Awareness without a structure and process often leads to frustration and stalled development.

Development by Design offers a fundamentally different approach to personal growth. Grounded in the Enneagram and the Law of Three, this book presents development as a designed, intentional process.

What This Book Is About

Development by Design introduces a clear developmental architecture for moving from false self to true self.

Development is framed not as improvement, but as movement - the intentional engagement of the forces that shape change from the inside out.

Rather than asking, "What Enneagram type am I?" this book invites a deeper question: How am I developing - and how deliberately?

What Makes This Enneagram Book Different

Most Enneagram books emphasize:

• Type descriptions
• Self-recognition and insight
• Understanding personality patterns

Development by Design focuses on:

• Development as movement, not information
• The Law of Three as a living engine of change
• Working with resistance rather than fighting or bypassing it
• Designing growth for comfort, progress, or breakthrough

The Enneagram is used here as a developmental system, particularly relevant for personal and spiritual growth, relational dynamics, leadership, team development, coaching, and deep transformational work.

What You Will Do in This Book

This is not a book to read once and set aside. It is a structured, experiential process.

You will:

• Assess where you are developmentally, not just typologically
• Work consciously with resistance rather than against it
• Practice developmental actions aligned with your growth
• Use diagrams, frameworks, and guided reflection to support sustained change

Who is this book for?

This book is designed for people who are serious about transformational growth, including:

• Teachers and trainers
• Coaches and counselors
• Therapists and facilitators
• Leaders and team members
• HR professionals and spiritual directors
• Enneagram students committed to growth

Review Quotes

"Development by Design takes readers beyond the basics to the deeper purpose of Enneagram work. Ginger Lapid-Bogda bridges the fundamentals of the system with its profound capacity to awaken our most authentic self and true purpose. Her steady, experienced guidance into the soul of these teachings is both welcome and much needed."

- Russ Hudson, MA, Co-founder, The Enneagram Institute; Co-author of The Wisdom of the Enneagram

"In an Enneagram landscape crowded with shortcuts and surface-level insights, Development by Design stands apart. This book is clear and accessible, yet quietly demanding, inviting sustained, honest self-engagement without bypass or ego traps. It carries the grounded authority of a work that truly cares for the reader's ongoing process of becoming."

- Chloé Keric-Eli, MSc, Former IEA Global Board Member; Coach and Trainer

"Development by Design is a comprehensive and thoughtful review of Enneagram theory that adds something rare: abundant reflection exercises that ground the system in lived experience. By working with the dynamic forces of affirming, denying, and reconciling, Ginger catalyzes genuine transformation from partial personality to the full real self."

- Jerome Wagner, PhD, Founder, International Enneagram Association, Author and Trainer

"Ginger Lapid-Bogda has created an innovative resource that integrates the Enneagram with the Law of Three in the right developmental sequence - foundations, resistance, and resolution. Sophisticated yet accessible, and supported by skillful visual design, this book is a powerful guide for personal and professional growth."

- Peter O'Hanrahan, Founder, The Enneagram at Work; Senior Faculty, Narrative Enneagram

"Many people reach a turning point in their Enneagram journey: 'I know my type - now what?' This book answers that question with clarity and depth, guiding readers to consciously design a personalized path of development supported by thoughtful, practical exercises."

- Margarita Guerra, MA, LLM, Vice-President, IEA Global; President, Spanish Enneagram Association