make the workplace safe for thinking

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Make the workplace safe for

thinking

Presented to: Dr. Syed Aziz Haider

Presented by: Muhammad ImranM. Mushtaq

Muhammad Ramzan

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Some people who got penalized for

thinking well

Most unemployed no longer has jobs

Why did your employers ignore your ideas?

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Some people who got penalized for

thinking well

IS not It true that the person who runs

machine or works on shop floor knows most

about whats going on there?

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Whats ahead in this chapter

Thinking capacity of everyone in the company

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Whats ahead in this chapter

Training alone is not enough

Challenge is to create a climate

Where all will look for ways to do their jobbetter

Where the attitude behind quality control

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Dont they teach thinking in

school? Train our capacity independently,curiously and

objectively

Positive and supportive atmosphere arise new

thinking

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The great universal walking school

Thinking like walking is learned skill

There is no, oh my goodness, that child has

collapsed and may never learn to walk

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The high cost of not asking

question

Freedom to ask question is crucial hallmark

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Thinking about non thinking

Dont ask probing and unconventional

questions

Why is non-thinking so prevalent and thinkingso frequently and effectively discouraged?

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Negativity as a reflex response

What's working for you?

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Why managers resist employee

thinking Negativity of managers towards thinking of their

subordinates comes from fear and hidden

agendas

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The insidious bell curve

A valid way of measuring events in the physical

world

Applied to anything as complex as human brain

To measure differences in performance

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Why bell curve doesnt apply to

people

Lack of knowledge

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people

Individual differences in learning

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people

Thinking & problem solving

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people

Unique value of individuals potential

contribution

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Wanted: Reward

Suggestion Box

Management roll about suggestion Box

Manager must think

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On Getting Out of The Way

Observations about thinking in organization

Encourage People to Think

Create Culture which encourages people

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How Are You at Supporting the

Thinking of Others?

Appreciate the Ideas of others

Make a list of bad ideas

Dont feel guilty if list is longer

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Revisiting your own creative blocks

Recall the good ideas

Recall unfortunate time when your cherishedideas were torpedoed

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A Learning Environment Depends on

Safety

Basic Human Need

Participating in productive activities

Feeling safely

Term Safe Imply

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Making it Safe

Manager Responsibility for develop a learning

environment

Meaning or safely

Thinking is step one in organization

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Knowing Your Job is Safe

Job safety

Strategy for employability

Well-organized collective action

Rewarded Managers for

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The Value of Ignorance and Error

Managers accept mistakes

Management admitting his own mistakes

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The Three Requirements

Structure

Nurturing

Problem solving hats on all the time

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What to do till the culture changes

Build the environment thats safe for thinking

Which will not go away immediately

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The Think and Listen

Think and listen activity is the best way for

creating a culture of Respect for thinking

Think and listen is very important to think

efficiently, effectively and excellently

Creativity comes form free thinking

Interruption, contradiction and opinions also

lock the thought of person who want to

express his/her ideas.

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Rule of think and listen

A. Find a partner

B. Agreed in advance on time

C. It to b decided who would talk first and who will

listen

D. It would be finalized confidentionality of what

ever is said and agree it will be never be

discussed later

E. Trade roles when your talking time is up

F. Listener must contain eye contact

G. Talker must not attack listener28


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Getting Started

Time to be spent by each member should be

finalized

Five minute is good total time to start with

Listener simply listens but positive nonverbal

feedback is encouraged

When the fist talker times up the other

started

At the end feed back is necessary

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How People Feel About it

Organization use listen and thinking in researchphases, planning session and board meeting

Its is helpful to solve problem, promote creating

thinking , improve planning session

Its is also a tool to resolve the confilct and

disagreement

Getting Over Fear Number One

though public speaking is very dificult for us but

think and listen remove these

Think and listen promote the creation of new

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Dialogue Versus Discussion

Dialogue

Discover

complete issues are

explored Dialogue are diverging,

do not reach agreement

but a richer grasp of

complex issue

New action emerge as a

by product of dialogue

Discussion

Present Ideas

Different views are

presented or defended Decision are made

Dicission is converging

course of action are

taken form discussion Discussion can lead to

new course of action

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The Progressive Think and Listen

Beware of Saying Yes To Get to No

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