“It’s important to have an opinion about everything And tell everyone everything you think about everything Think about it Now tell me what you think about it So I can tell you what I think about what you think about it And you can tell me what you think about what I think About what… Read More You’ve been warned …
“To ignite independent thinking in people we must be more drivingly interested in what the person really thinks than we are frightened of being proved wrong” (Nancy Kline, More Time to Think: The Power of Independent Thinking)
Working with a scientist I was surprised to hear them say that they expect to fail more than they succeed, and also fascinated by the notion that every failure takes him a step closer to finding the answer to a solution. And in one fell swoop it blew out of the water the phrase I’d known… Read More It is ok . . .
I learned that some organisations encourage silent moments in meetings – simply to allow people to think. Alexander Kjerulf, founder and chief happiness officer at Woohoo, says: “The purpose of meetings is not to talk – the purpose of meetings is to arrive at ideas, solutions, plans and decisions … some people can think while… Read More Sometimes it’s what you don’t say . . .
At a brilliant conference I attended the other day, someone posed this parting shot as we were reflecting on the day and the work we’d done together: “What’s the difference between eye-contact and i-contact? What’s the impact of technology on your leadership?” I’m still thinking.
“Think less, Do more” These words on the cover of a colleague’s notebook made us both stop to think. So we played around with them. What if we changed them to: “Think more, Do less” Hmm, the thinking element felt right, but not the doing. So how about: “Focus your thinking, Do the right thing” Yes, we both liked… Read More Do it right . . .
What did you see today? What were you thinking? How did you feel? How might you change?
Dr Mark Pattinson, a business psychologist, says that when we’re relaxed, the brain is better at making connections . . . “Giving the brain some down time frees up the time and energy for it to extract information from memory and play about with it, to be creative.” So next time you’re thinking you haven’t… Read More Thinking time . . .
I went on a leadership programme recently. As a participant. Lucky me; I don’t usually get to sit on that side of the room. Though if honest, and I mean this with all good intent . . . it didn’t feel much like a leadership programme . . . more an unburdening, a therapy, a chance… Read More No one told me . . .
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