Oct 3, 2025 | 6 Switches, AI, Brainstorming, Change, Coaching, Get Unstuck, think outside the box
One of the 6 Switches in the Switch Thinking System is Switch your Questions. I love this switch partly because it is uncomfortable. Why? Because when we see a question we want to answer it – quickly. But when you switch from answers to questions it forces you...
Jan 2, 2025 | AI, Change, Coaching, Creativity, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Teaching, Team leaders
I was thinking about making some changes in the New Year (as you do) and I wondered why is change for most people so scary. Perhaps it was me I thought. So I asked ChatGPT to rank the 10 most scariest words in the english language. Here is it’s response: 1....
Aug 5, 2024 | Change, Coaching, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Teaching, Team leaders
My Switch Thinking workshops and courses are principally aimed at helping people to change their thinking so as to be more creative, innovative and develop new growth opportunities. And of course this is what the sessions did achieve (based on participant feedback)....
Jul 29, 2024 | 6 Switches, Coaching, Creativity, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Teaching, Team leaders, think outside the box
Let’s use the simple light switch as a metaphor to think about creativity. You can switch your creativity on. And you can switch it off. it’s a useful metaphor to describe my experience teaching, facilitating and coaching leaders in the past 20 years about...
Jul 25, 2024 | Coaching, Get Unstuck, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Teaching, Think Differently
In a world of continuous change what is the one skill that you need more than most? I would argue the ability to create and adapt to change. And in an environment which is complex and uncertain you need to be able to think in a flexible, agile way. I call this being...
Jul 20, 2024 | Better ideas and solutions, Brainstorming, co-create, Coaching, Creativity, Switch Thinking, Teaching, Team leaders
Many years ago I used to lead a marketing team. My role as I understood it to be was to motivate and develop the people that reported to me. And of course to achieve my agreed goals. Talking to leaders today I believe there is an additional role. To stimulate, inspire...
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