Articles and Thought Leadership
The way we do things
Number 1 of 4. Have you noticed the extent to which people, especially those in the media, talk about leaders as if they would solve all our problems, if only we would let them. Unfortunately, very few of these so-called … Continue reading
Pattern Thinking
By observation of what goes on in the world we make sense by creating corresponding patterns in our mind. Referring to this patterning of knowledge we decide how to act, thereby projecting the patterns in our mind out onto the world. Can we get better at such processes and would doing so make our actions more beneficial and more effective?
This short article raises such questions and suggests possible answers, provoking us to think differently about the patterns behind events. By becoming more aware of the patterns underlying our behaviours we can get better at what we do. Continue reading
The Midas Touch
We all have it but we don’t notice it. It steals what we value. Like King Midas we discover that everything we delight in becomes, through excess of our attention, no more than another commodity. We are all conditioned to … Continue reading
Thinking and Perceiving
As facilitators and change agents we are constantly expending cognitive, emotional and vital energies to inform and guide other people in their creative work. It is necessary to pause, relax, reflect and regenerate – as they say, to re-charge your … Continue reading
Deeper Learning Integrates Theory and Practice
Kurt Lewin said “there is nothing as practical as a good theory”. It must be clear to anyone that action is more effective if people know what they are doing, on top of which, no action is ever without some … Continue reading
Spirit of Wholeness
Resilience is an internal quality that enables an entity to survive and even to benefit from stress and change. It is an emergent quality of teamwork. By emergent we mean that the system as a whole has characteristics that were … Continue reading
What do we mean by Space for Co-creation?
Co-creative space is where people can come into relationship to make something new together. This is especially valuable when you are seriously challenged – a new team sorting out its vision, the executive developing a new sense of purpose, a … Continue reading
Creative Space
by John Varney, founder of High Trenhouse – Centre for Management Creativity I am preparing a presentation on “Space for Co-thinking” for the business department of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow. Reflecting on how creative work has evolved at High … Continue reading
When someone meets themself
I used to think that it was great when people staying at High Trenhouse took the opportunity to go out and encounter raw nature. Then I discovered that what sometimes happened was not that they encountered nature, so much as … Continue reading
Nature smiles on us
Nature smiles on us if only we can be in tune. After all we are naturally part of nature. These days we, as a society, have alienated ourselves, largely because of our fragmentary way of thinking, that causes us to … Continue reading