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...
- 25 May 2018
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...
- 25 May 2018
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,...
- 23 January 2018
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...
- 20 December 2017
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...
- 20 December 2017
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...
- 20 December 2017
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...
- 20 December 2017
Even though some people may not get away in July and August, many will, and this picture holds so much of what a good holiday might bring… peace, beauty, perspective – and good wine! Before you go I’d like to...
- 4 July 2017
Each of these offers insight and fresh thinking about subjects that really matter to me. How we think, why we feel the way we do, how to live with joy and honesty – nothing too important! The World Beyond your Head;...
- 19 February 2016
Spending a morning at the National Housing Federation’s annual Communications Conference yesterday was really inspiring . This was a major conference for people working (very hard) in the support and supply of social housing across the UK. These are the people...
- 6 March 2015