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Giles Orford
Jul 9, 20227 min read
The place that matters most
It seems strange that, in almost every list including my own, the component of ‘Place’ ends up being the last of the ten components to...
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Giles Orford
Jun 29, 20227 min read
Where's the relevant information?
I have been in the worst of meetings. Actually, if I’m honest, I’ve run some! That feels good to say, and a nice place to start I think,...
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Giles Orford
Jun 15, 20229 min read
The one question that liberates our minds
Incisive Questions; the Time to Think® component that sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s not just the ‘two words, rather than one’...
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Giles Orford
Jun 1, 20226 min read
Some encouraging thoughts
I felt a flush of excitement when I realised I’d arrived at the component of encouragement ; ‘encouraged’, you might say. It seems to tie...
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Giles Orford
May 18, 20227 min read
Getting to grips with feelings
We don’t, on the whole, handle emotions well. And by ‘we’, I’m afraid I mean pretty much everyone. I wouldn’t normally be so bold,...
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Giles Orford
May 4, 20224 min read
Noticing what is good, and saying it
I read back my past article on praise and appreciation, ‘The science behind “Well Done” , and found myself wanting more. If you haven’t...
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Giles Orford
Apr 18, 20227 min read
Ease isn't that easy. Or is it?
It’s time for this series to reflect inwards as we arrive at our fourth of ten articles on the components of a thinking environment;...
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Giles Orford
Apr 6, 20227 min read
It’s Time to Think Differently
And so we arrive at our third component, Difference. (If you’ve not yet read my last two instalments, why not make a whole pot of tea...
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Giles Orford
Mar 22, 20227 min read
It's time to think as equals!
Welcome to part two of my ten part series dedicated to cultivating the best environment for independent thinking. Next up, equality....
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Giles Orford
Mar 8, 20229 min read
We all need more Time To Think
So begins my first series; ten thought pieces, dedicated to the ten components of Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment; the optimum...
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Giles Orford
Dec 15, 20218 min read
The science behind 'Well Done!'
It’s widely understood that, as leaders, we should seek out opportunities to praise, and yet it doesn’t seem to come naturally to most....
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