THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL THINKING
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that
won’t work
Edison
© Marie Taylor 2012
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
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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 day
and doing less thinking on purpose..
We need to create a purposeful mindset to
suceed in 21st century organisations
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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)
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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
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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
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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?
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SHARING EXAMPLES
What did you notice?
What did you learn?
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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
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AND FAST THINKING CAN BE REALLY
USEFUL
IDEAS GENERATION
PROBLEM SOLVING
JUST DECIDE!
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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)
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BOTH ARE USEFUL
ENQUIRY or INQUIRY ?
Where do leaders in organisations use Enquiry ?
Where and when do we use Inquiry?
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We need to do both fast and slow
PURPOSEFULLY 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...
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Where can success get interrupted in this
cycle of thinking for success?
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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
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USE LANGUAGE THAT FRAMES YOUR
REQUEST FOR THINKING
Language is loaded with meaning so say what you m
Make clear requests and notice what comes back to
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
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Keep thinking on purpose….!!!!!!
Purposeful Thinking booklet
(Read me fast & read me slow)
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