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LEADING WHILE HUMAN

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The THINKING ENVIRONMENT - FOUNDATIONS COURSE

 The Thinking Environment, based on the pioneering work of Nancy Kline, is a transformative approach that changes how we think, listen, and engage. It fosters conditions where people think for themselves — deeply, independently, and creatively — leading to breakthroughs in clarity, trust, and performance.

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In the world where AI

...can analyze data, generate content, and even facilitate conversations, what makes human leadership irreplaceable?

It's our ability to think independently—with rigor, imagination, courage, and grace.

Yet most of our meetings, teams, and organizations inadvertently shut down the very thinking we desperately need. We interrupt each other. We compete for airtime. We rush to solutions before fully exploring the problem.

Does This Sound Familiar?

  •  Meetings after the meeting – and limited movement forward
  • A constant swirl of activity with little time for strategic thinking
  • Teams caught in confusion or competing to "sound smart"
  • Decisions made quickly — and often revisited just as fast
  • Endless action, yet limited progress

These are not just operational problems — they're thinking problems.

Transform How You Lead

 The Thinking Environment, based on the pioneering work of Nancy Kline, is a transformative approach that changes how we think, listen, and engage. It fosters conditions where people think for themselves — deeply, independently, and creatively — leading to breakthroughs in clarity, trust, and performance.

Who This Is For

 Leaders, facilitators, coaches, and team managers who want to move beyond "busy" leadership and create a culture where the quality of thinking drives the quality of results.

If you lead teams, facilitate groups, or coach individuals — this course will transform your practice.

What You Will Learn to Do

✓ Break the cycle of endless meetings by structuring conversations that actually produce insight and decisions

✓ Replace swirl with stillness, learning to create space for clear, independent thinking

✓ Shift from competition to collaboration, where the goal is not to one-up, but to unlock each other's best thinking

✓ Surface diverse perspectives and counteract groupthink through genuine listening and presence

✓ Lead from calm clarity, rather than constant reaction

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we practice the 10 Components of a Thinking EnvironmeNT(tm)*

Attention

 Listening without interruption and with interest in where the person will go next in their thinking. 

Equality

 Regarding each other as thinking peers, giving equal time to think.  Even in a hierarchy people can be equal as thinkers.

Ease

Discarding internal urgency.

Appreciation

 Noticing what is good and saying it.  The human mind works best in the presence of appreciation.

Encouragement

 Giving courage to go to the unexplored edge of thinking by ceasing competition as thinkers.

Feelings

 Welcoming the release of emotion. Unexpressed feelings can inhibit good thinking.

Information

Absorbing all the relevant  facts. Full and accurate information results in intellectual integrity.

Difference

 Committing to freedom from untrue assumptions driving prejudice.

Incisive Questions (tm)

 Freeing the human mind of untrue assumptions lived as true.

Place

Producing a physical environment – the room, the listener, your body – that says, ‘You matter’.

*based on the work of Nancy Kline

READY TO BRING OUT YOUR BEST THINKING?

we look forward to supporting you
LET'S TALK!

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In a world where AI can analyze data, generate content, and even facilitate conversations, what makes human leadership irreplaceable?

It's our ability to think independently—with rigor, imagination, courage, and grace.

Join our next course for a uniquely human advantage in the overwhelmingly AI world!

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