Switch the focus

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 go to the movies you can focus on: the characters...
A Systems Model of Thinking

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 systems model of thinking (see the model). Inputs:...
How to get unstuck

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, budget). But whilst the environment or situation changes our...
To be creative you just need to switch

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, solutions, actions and to some extent our feelings. These...
Prompts to help you switch your thinking

Prompts to help you switch your thinking

The Switch Thinking Tool kit consists of 6 Switches, a Canvas and a range of prompts. The prompts as the name suggests are a way to help you get started and help you switch your thinking. For example, if the Switch was Perspective a prompt might be: What’s the...