Switch Thinking Blog
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Switch Thinking – The Ultimate Future Skill
What's the one constant today? Change. What will be the one constant tomorrow? Even more change. And it's a different type of change. Unexpected, rapid, exponential, messy and chaotic. Consider the changes...
Switch and connect different thinking styles for Higher Performance
For too long we have been having these one sided discussions about thinking, problem solving or decision making. For example: People have been described as left brain vs right brain. This might have been a...
What is your mode of thinking?
According to the dictionary a mode is: 'a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done.' For example, your preferred mode of travel could be by car. I believe this concept can...
Who will benefit from Switch Thinking?
Switch Thinking is ideal for those individuals who: - Feel stuck - Want to challenge the status quo - Realise their ideas or solutions are stale - Are looking for a new way to grow their business or...
Switch the Questions
Have you ever been in a meeting or presentation and someone asks a question that takes everyone’s breath away? It might be question that no-one was prepared to ask. Or a question that has the potential to...
How to switch the rules
Let's think about the rules of golf. There are the written rules of golf which everyone has to obey. Then there are the local laws that might be specific to a particular course or time of the year (e.g. when...
Switch your Perspective
Switch your perspective is one of the 6 Switches. And it a lot of ways it is the easiest to do. It means simply looking at say a problem, opportunity, issue or situation using a different lens. In my Switch...
Switch the Outcome
Just as the problem or challenge can be more fluid than we think so can the outcome. By switching the outcome, goal or metric you can open up your thinking. For example, From: You could make a decision that...
Switch the focus
When you go to a cafe or restaurant you can focus on: the food service lighting coffee booking system etc In other words you can select what you focus on and for how long. Let's take another example. When you...
A Systems Model of Thinking
One way to think about our thinking is to use a systems approach. Classically a system consists of an input, some sort of process and an output. And a feedback loop. Let's then use this approach to design a...
How to get unstuck
Sometimes our thinking gets stuck. This is likely to happen even more and more as the pace of change accelerates. These changes can be external (e.g. Covid) or internal (e.g. a change in priorities, timing,...
To be creative you just need to switch
Sometimes we get stuck for a new idea. 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,...
“I used to like Edward de Bono tips for generating new ideas, however your 6 Switches framework is more accessible, structured and achievable.”
Alexis Haywood, Principal Consultant