How to build your switch thinking muscle

How to build your switch thinking muscle

We tend to only think about building our physical muscles. But what about our cognitive muscles? What if we think about thinking as a muscle? A muscle (like any other muscle) you can exercise and it can get stronger. More specifically our switch thinking muscle. How...
The easy to use Switch Thinking Canvas

The easy to use Switch Thinking Canvas

Switch Thinking is the name of the overall concept. As the name suggests it means a proactive, semi-structured way of switching your thinking that can be used by any individual, group or team, anytime, for any challenge. The tool kit of Switch Thinking consists of a...
When you hit the wall try Switch Thinking

When you hit the wall try Switch Thinking

Sometimes you get stuck. You hit the wall. And you start procrastinating. When this happens, what do you do? Here are 4 strategies: 1. You can think harder and longer. Whilst this sounds like a good idea in my experience in a fast-moving environment it can cause even...
Switch Thinking – it’s easier than you think

Switch Thinking – it’s easier than you think

Changing your thinking is hard. We build up patterns based on previous experiences and over time they become a thinking habit. These habits are automatic and form a default way of thinking. These default ways of thinking are quick and efficient. They also feel safe...
Thinking as a skill

Thinking as a skill

We used to believe that intelligence is the same as thinking. But it is not. To use an analogy – intelligence is our brain’s hardware and thinking is our software. As such it can be updated and improved. Many people also believe that our thinking is fixed....