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The Thinking Project/Time to Think Foundation course
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  • £790 or 4 monthly payments of £200

Time to Think Foundation course

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This 4 week online course is a great introduction to the Thinking Environment specifically for people who want to use their learning to improve their facilitation, communication and chairing skills. 

It’s ideal for anyone who has to lead meetings, chair and facilitate group discussions or deliver workshops.


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Contents

Welcome - Start here

How can we create the conditions for people to flourish?
Preview
Time to Think Foundation course manual

Before our first live call - prework

What can you expect?
What are the 10 Components?
Attention | The catalyst
Ease | What's the rush?
Equality | Do we really believe in it?
Dare to disagree | Margaret Heffernan
The power of introverts | Susan Cain
Simon Sinek |Be the Last to Speak
David Rock | SCARF

The 10 Components of a Thinking Environment

The 3 Streams of Attention | Where is your mind when the other person is thinking?
Appreciation | What do we value?
Encouragement |Do we have the courage to be ourselves?
Feelings | Can we let ourselves feel it all?
Information | What are we not facing?
Difference | Can we bring our whole selves?
Incisive questions | Imagine living free from untrue & limiting assumptions
Place | Do you treat yourself like you matter?
The positive philosophical choice
Thinking Enhancers | What helps us think well?
Thinking Inhibitors | What stops us thinking well?

The building blocks

Why it matters | Can we help everyone thrive?
What are the building blocks?
The building blocks | A visual aid
What's the question you really want to think about?
Thinking Pairs | How far can they go?
Issue Outcome Question.pdf
Dialogue | What do we think now?
Rounds | Can you hear yourself think?
Open Discussion | Can we agree to not interrupt?
Thinking Time | Can we give ourselves a moment to think?
Thinking Council | Harnessing the wisdom of the group.
Time to Think Council | Supplementary notes
Peer Council

Bringing it all together

How can we apply the Thinking Environment to meetings, to solve problems and to present with connection?
Introduction
Making your meetings more effective & engaging
A few things to think about before you start.
Underlying principles | How do we help this group think well?
At a glance | A one page template to help you plan any event
Presenting in a Thinking Environment | Can we speak authentically?
Group Assumptions | What is stopping us thinking well?
Assumptions diagram
Examples of Group Assumptions
On paper incisive question exercise
The end and the start

Additional resources

Here are some resources which you might find useful after the course.
3 top tips | If you do nothing else start here.
Timed talk | What happens when you can't hear each other?
Interviews | Can we allow people to shine?
Questions for rounds
Jan Hills |On inclusion
MBTI Preferences & meetings in a Thinking Environment
Your attention didn't collapse it was stolen - Johann Hari