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...

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,...

Incisive Questions; the Time to Think® component that sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s not just the ‘two words, rather than one’...

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...

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,...

I read back my past article on praise and appreciation, ‘The science behind “Well Done” , and found myself wanting more. If you haven’t...

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;...

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...

Welcome to part two of my ten part series dedicated to cultivating the best environment for independent thinking. Next up, equality....

So begins my first series; ten thought pieces, dedicated to the ten components of Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment; the optimum...

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....