the art of successful thinking © marie taylor 2012 i have not failed. i’ve just found 10,000 ways...

THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL THINKING

© Marie Taylor 2012

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work

Edison

IN THIS HOUR….


Thinking and why..

It’s important to think about how you flex your thinking muscles

It’s important for organisations to embrace different modes of thinking

Thinking and how..

Fast and slow thinking influence you and your colleagues

To flex your thinking as a leader and in teams

CONTEXT


We’re increasingly living our lives “in Fast”

We are pressurising ourselves to match that in our thinking.....

In that fast we’re scanning through the dayand doing less thinking on purpose..

We need to create a purposeful mindset to suceed in 21st century organisations

CREATING THINKING AWARENESS


Purposeful ...

Showing determination or resolve. Having a useful purpose

Intentional

Thinking ...

The process of considering or reasoning Archaic thoughts;

meditations

Using thought or rational judgement

(Oxford English dictionary)

We’re thinking ALL the time


The Head Thinks

The Heart Thinks

Every cell of the body is intelligent and is responding to our thoughts

2 key modes of Thinking day to day


FAST..

Respond

React

Quick sensemaking

Quick Conclude

SLOW......

Gentle Monitor---------Environment Scanning---------Slow Sensemaking---------- Effortless

When we need to think carefully we actively focus to access slow

thinking

IN GROUPS OF 4 OR 5 (5 MINUTES)


GENERATE 2 OR 3 EXAMPLES OF EACH really quickly

WHEN DID YOU USE YOUR FAST THINKING YESTERDAY?

WHEN DID YOU USE YOUR S-L-O-W THINKING TODAY?

SHARING EXAMPLES


What did you notice?

What did you learn?

WHY IS IT HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION FAST V SLOW?


Society is getting faster

Faster delivery, Fast food, Fast exercise, Fast shopping, More

variety,Higher standards,More targets, More results......

Organisations are mirroring fast behaviour

Faster internet speed, fast catch up meetings, fast travel,fast

delivery,fast savings, lean processing, Just in time delivery

AND FAST THINKING CAN BE REALLY USEFUL


IDEAS GENERATION

PROBLEM SOLVING

JUST DECIDE!

THINK OF AN ISSUE YOU ARE LEADING ON THAT YOU WOULD WELCOME SOME IDEAS ON

LEADERS NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW SOME WISDOM TO SHOW UP.


We’re speeding up to catch up much of the time

We’re sitting with Q and A (mostly task and transaction) rather than Exploring ideas & adding to our knowledge.(thinking and adding)

BOTH ARE USEFUL


ENQUIRY or INQUIRY ?

Where do leaders in organisations use Enquiry ?

Where and when do we use Inquiry?

We need to do both fast and slowPURPOSEFULLY in our teams


Innovative ideas, collaboration, sharing happens when humans think slow...

The ability to respond,create association and foster transactional relationships happens when humans think fast...

Where can success get interrupted in this cycle of thinking for success?


Success can get interrupted whenever we….


When we try and when we try and give up or keep

doing, doing, doing ............ Without clear and clean

thinking

USE LANGUAGE THAT FRAMES YOUR REQUEST FOR THINKING


Language is loaded with meaning so say what you mean.

Make clear requests and notice what comes back to you.

Sometimes we need to give the brain Instruction& give people around us permission to think slow

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Successful thinking is…….. simplicity


“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex:

You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move

mountains.”

Steve Jobs, Apple 1998

Keep thinking on purpose….!!!!!!

Purposeful Thinking booklet

(Read me fast & read me slow)

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