Internal stakeholder: a distinct drive or sub-personality
Internal stakeholder: a distinct drive or sub-personality within an individual's psyche that operates with its own agenda, fears, and positive intentions, and can be named and addressed as a separate entity to facilitate internal negotiation and decision-making
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'internal stakeholder' by identifying its genus (a drive/sub-personality within psyche) and differentia (distinct agenda, fears, positive intentions, and ability to be named/addressed separately). It distinguishes this concept from mere emotional states or vague impulses while connecting it to the cognitive technology of naming and negotiation described throughout the lesson.
Source Lessons
Name your internal stakeholders
Give names to the different drives within you so you can address them directly.
Hear all parties before deciding
Let each internal drive express its concern before making a decision.
The internal negotiation protocol
Identify the conflict, name the drives, hear each side, seek integration.
Values-based arbitration
When drives conflict use your value hierarchy to determine which takes precedence.
Internal negotiation is a skill
Resolving internal conflicts requires the same negotiation skills as resolving external ones.