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Welcome to our tales from the thinking environment. I’ll be sharing thoughts, ideas and insight to keep us thinking and talking. Join in, and if there’s anything you’d like to put to me as an idea or point of discussion, I’d love to hear from you. Use the contact form to drop me a line.
Is there something you need to listen to, for you?
I'm not suggesting you need to do anything as dramatic as move country, or leave your job but if there's a small voice which needs to be heard then I hope this poem might give you the nudge you need to sit down quietly, by yourself and listen to it.
When will you know you have enough?
The 'Sign of Enough' will be different for each of us but it's that moment when you say 'okay, that’s enough' and you take some kind of action for change.
Why today's best leaders learn to listen
If you knew that listening with full attention was a gift that makes people feel valued, inspired and intelligent, who would you want to be really present with today?
Which Time to Think course should I start with?
Are you thinking of attending a Time to Think course but you’re not too sure whether to start with the Foundation course or the Thinking Partnership course? This short video and article might just be what you need.
In dialogue with....Auriel Majumdar
"The principle of the Thinking Environment are simple. It's so rich, even though it's so simple..There's a handful of ideas in there..but they're deeply sophisticated..you can think about them, and they keep coming back with more and more."
Breaking bad habits...the easy way
When you change your mind, you don't need willpower or discipline. Once you've shifted the assumptions the gap between decision and action is almost invisible.
7 simple rules to help any group thrive
How can we create places where people feel safe enough to be themselves, to have conversations that matter, to make mistakes, to learn, grow, and to find fulfilment and happiness? We'd do well to start here.
The genius of the London Tube Map
How do you take something that is incredibly complicated and make it simple?
Simple to use? Simple to understand? Simple to recognise?
Why being at ease isn't always easy...
We have to consciously choose ease. Even when it's not easy. Especially when it's not easy. We have to make being at ease a daily habit. Why? Because the world outside isn't. Our workplaces aren't. But if we can be, even in the midst of this, the quality of everything we do improves.
It's not about resolutions...what's really needed to make change for the better?
Identifying what we need to change is the easy bit. Working out and thinking through the assumptions that are fuelling our behaviour is more challenging but when we uncover the underlying assumptions that drive our behaviour the distance between thinking and acting disappears.
Speaking with authenticity
A presentation is essentially the building of a relationship with lots of people all at once. 10 things I wish I'd known 20 years ago.
If you're too busy to read this. You need this.
4 simple ways to help you to reconnect with what is most important in your life and why it matters.
Why today's best leaders learn to listen
If you knew that listening with full attention was a gift that makes people feel valued, inspired and intelligent, who would you want to be really present with today?