How Does OTTO Change My Role as a Coach?

Bringing OTTO into your practice naturally shifts the way you engage with clients. Instead of always being the one to introduce inquiry, you become more of a facilitator of exploration, allowing both the client and OTTO to take an active role in the process.

How Your Role Evolves with OTTO

• From question-generator to space-holder – You don’t have to constantly think of the next inquiry; instead, you can focus on being fully present with what arises.
• From guiding to allowing – Rather than leading the client toward insights, you create room for unexpected discoveries through OTTO’s inquiries.
• From problem-solving to deepening inquiry – With OTTO handling structured questioning, you can pay more attention to the subtleties of how the client engages with inquiry.
• From initiator to witness – Clients may engage with OTTO between sessions, making your role more about reflecting on their process rather than driving it.

How to Work with This Shift

• Let OTTO introduce fresh perspectives, then build on them – Your role isn’t to compete with the tool but to help clients integrate what emerges.
• Encourage trust in the process – Clients may sometimes feel challenged by OTTO’s inquiries. You help them stay with the exploration instead of dismissing it.
• Use OTTO as a co-inquirer – Rather than seeing it as separate, treat OTTO as a tool that supports the natural unfolding of coaching conversations.

This shift allows for a more open, discovery-driven coaching style—where your presence becomes the foundation for inquiry rather than the sole source of it.