Think It Through

Last month’s GDPR* exercise created such a sense of connection for me, as responses came back with comments and news from people for whom the Thinking Environment is much more than a process or a ‘tool’, and more truly a...

  Trust is painfully thin on the ground in our current world order, and being able to build trust in an authentic way is vital, important work. I’ve been thinking about how grateful I am to work in a Thinking Environment, a...

  How well do you think when you are alone?  I know I don’t do my best – or even great – thinking on my own.  So I was delighted that recently at the UK Time to Think Collegiate meeting...

  During a recent Foundation course we had a valuable conversation about tone of voice.  It’s not something that gets much consideration beyond an occasional mention.  Maybe it should.  It’s a significant aspect of our behaviour, one that has profound...

This is the most interesting idea of 2018 for me so far.  “Resolving uncertainty is a unifying principle across biology and is the inherent task of evolution, development and learning”.  There is something for me both inspiring and comforting in...

  Is New Year your time for big plans and new initiatives – or is it an ideal moment for reflection?  I love this picture, taken in Devon in November, as it seems to offer a visual metaphor for perfect stillness,...

I heard this from Nancy at a recent TTT Collegiate here in London.  You won’t be surprised to hear that she always brings something fresh and often remarkable to this growing group of Time to Think practitioners.  Some of you...

Daniel Kahneman, Nobel-winning author of Thinking Fast and Slow says ‘People are designed to tell the best story possible. So WYSIATI means that we use the information we have as if it is the only information there is’. So what’s WYSIATI? It’s...

There is always something fresh in the Thinking Environment way of approaching a topic, and I truly believe we are never ‘done’ in our explorations of what people need in order to think well and for ourselves – which is...

This startling image feels like a great metaphor for the energy of fresh starts- which may be a slight exaggeration of this annual Autumnal ‘back to school’ moment – or not.  I can’t think of anything more inspiring for this time of...