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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
The easiest way to switch your thinking
Sometimes we get stuck. Here's why. We form thinking patterns based on our past experiences. These patterns are our assumptions, beliefs, expectations and attitudes. They inform our ideas, solutions, actions and to some extent our feelings. These thinking patterns are...
Switch Thinking
Switch Thinking is a new concept that I have developed based on an insight. Whilst watching bilingual people i noticed how easily and quickly they could switch from one language to another. Not only did they switch languages but they seem to switch cultural...
The end of straight line thinking?
Linear or straight-line thinking worked beautifully when the world seemed to react in a linear way. If sales were behind it was simply a matter (in most cases) of more resources. Increase the advertising, decrease the price or say expand the sales force. Cause and...
Switch your perspective & create magic
The fastest, easiest and simplest way to create a new idea is to switch your perspective. Imagine you are looking at a situation through your reading glasses. Switch. Now put on your sun glasses and look at the same situation. It suddenly looks different. ...
WHAT IS YOUR SUPERPOWER?
Your creativity. Why? Because creativity means that you do not have to keep repeating what you have always thought, assumed, believed or done. You can create a new direction, ask a new question, generate a new idea or view a situation differently. What’s more,...
A review of Rebel Ideas
I have just finished reading Rebel Ideas (2019) by Matthew Syed. I have enjoyed a few of his other books most notably Bounce and Black Box Thinking. In Rebel Ideas, Matthew explores the idea of diversity. As he notes 'this is a book about diversity, about the power of...
The insight behind Switch Thinking
Switch Thinking is the ability to move between different ways of Thinking depending on the situation.
Switch Thinking – a new meta-skill for a new workplace?
The Future of Work is almost here.
Moving beyond strengths based leadership
Leaders could learn from top tennis players that its is not just the players strengths that are important but the strength of their team.