Poorer or richer? Does taking away need to mean we’re left with less?

The new year is of course a time when many of us give something up. Yet sometimes only the true beauty of something can come through when we take away the layers, the distraction, the proliferation, the activity.

Coaching, Teams and Groups, Learning & New Thinking, LeadershipLinda Aspey4 January 2019thinking environment, thinkingenvironment, listening, teams, groups, culture, newyear, coaching, leadershipComment

One widespread habit that's probably holding you & others back

Does anyone here have any bad habits?

I did. One that may shock you, given the work I do. You may even recognise yourself when I tell you mine!

Coaching, Leadership, Learning & New Thinking, Teams and GroupsLinda Aspey29 November 2018listening, thinkingenvironment, leadership, habit, interruption, interrupting, attention, presenceComment

In articulating the question, you're starting to formulate the answer

When people ask a question, they may not yet have the answer, but it's highly likely, when giving them our full, generative, uninterrupted Attention, that they will formulate it.

Learning & New ThinkingLinda Aspey19 August 2018coaching, coaching skills, thinking, independent thinking, brainpower, listening, attention

Best Books For New Managers and Leaders

Four books we would recommend to all new people managers and leaders.

Learning & New ThinkingGuest User15 November 2017Coaching for LeadersReading, books, management, leadership

What Is The Thinking Environment?

An overview of the The Thinking Environment™, the unique and powerful framework for generative thinking developed by Nancy Kline.

Learning & New ThinkingGuest User15 November 2017coaching, coaching skills, brainpower, thinking, independent thinking, attention, listening, thinking environment

Are You An Independent Thinker?

Do you have the confidence to draw on your own innate intelligence and depend on your own judgement, having your own views and values to guide you, rather than someone else's?

Learning & New ThinkingLinda Aspey29 June 2017independent thinking, thinking, brainpower

You Don't Always Need Data to Validate Your Culture Change Efforts

You can instead you go looking at how people are behaving together; you'll soon see the early signs that your efforts are paying off.

Learning & New ThinkingLinda Aspey14 November 2016independent thinking, thinking, culture, engagement, change

Attention: The Generator and the Gift

When we start and can stay in a state of unknowing about what someone is thinking, and give then real Attention, you’d be amazed at what this can generate!

Learning & New ThinkingLinda Aspey3 March 2016attention, listening, thinking, independent thinking, thinking environment

A Goal Setting Model Without An Acronym!

Goals are rarely as simple as they sound in a neat acronym such as SMART. Because to achieve goals we need to consider a much wider number of factors. Here’s a new way to look at goal setting.

Learning & New ThinkingLinda Aspey21 August 2015coaching, coaching skills, management, goal setting, thinking, independent thinking