THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL THINKING © Marie Taylor 2012 I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work Edison

IN THIS HOUR…. © Marie Taylor 2012 Thinking and why.. It’s important to think about how you flex your thinking muscles It’s important for organisations to embrace different modes of thinking Thinking and how.. Fast and slow thinking influence you and your colleagues To flex your thinking as a leader and in teams

CONTEXT © Marie Taylor 2012 We’re increasingly living our lives “in Fast” We are pressurising ourselves to match that in our thinking..... In that fast we’re scanning through the day and doing less thinking on purpose.. We need to create a purposeful mindset to suceed in 21st century organisations

CREATING THINKING AWARENESS © Marie Taylor 2012 Purposeful... Showing determination or resolve. Having a useful purpose Intentional Thinking... The process of considering or reasoning Archaic thoughts; meditations Using thought or rational judgement (Oxford English dictionary)

We’re thinking ALL the time © Marie Taylor 2012 The Head Thinks The Heart Thinks Every cell of the body is intelligent and is responding to our thoughts

2 key modes of Thinking day to day © Marie Taylor 2012 FAST.. Respond React Quick sensemaking Quick Conclude SLOW Gentle Monitor Environment Scanning Slow Sensemaking Effortless When we need to think carefully we actively focus to access slow thinking

IN GROUPS OF 4 OR 5 (5 MINUTES) © Marie Taylor 2012 GENERATE 2 OR 3 EXAMPLES OF EACH really quickly  WHEN DID YOU USE YOUR FAST THINKING YESTERDAY?  WHEN DID YOU USE YOUR S-L-O-W THINKING TODAY?

SHARING EXAMPLES © Marie Taylor 2012  What did you notice?  What did you learn?

WHY IS IT HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION FAST V SLOW? © Marie Taylor 2012 Society is getting faster Faster delivery, Fast food, Fast exercise, Fast shopping, More variety,Higher standards,More targets, More results Organisations are mirroring fast behaviour Faster internet speed, fast catch up meetings, fast travel,fast delivery,fast savings, lean processing, Just in time delivery

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AND FAST THINKING CAN BE REALLY USEFUL © Marie Taylor 2012 IDEAS GENERATION PROBLEM SOLVING JUST DECIDE!

THINK OF AN ISSUE YOU ARE LEADING ON THAT YOU WOULD WELCOME SOME IDEAS ON

LEADERS NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW SOME WISDOM TO SHOW UP. © Marie Taylor 2012 We’re speeding up to catch up much of the time We’re sitting with Q and A (mostly task and transaction) rather than Exploring ideas & adding to our knowledge. (thinking and adding)

BOTH ARE USEFUL © Marie Taylor 2012 ENQUIRY or INQUIRY ? Where do leaders in organisations use Enquiry ? Where and when do we use Inquiry?

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We need to do both fast and slow PURPOSEFULLY in our teams © Marie Taylor 2012 Innovative ideas, collaboration, sharing happens when humans think slow... The ability to respond,create association and foster transactional relationships happens when humans think fast...

Where can success get interrupted in this cycle of thinking for success? © Marie Taylor 2012

Success can get interrupted whenever we…. © Marie Taylor 2012 When we try and when we try and give up or keep doing, doing, doing Without clear and clean thinking

USE LANGUAGE THAT FRAMES YOUR REQUEST FOR THINKING © Marie Taylor 2012 Language is loaded with meaning so say what you mean. Make clear requests and notice what comes back to you. Sometimes we need to give the brain Instruction & give people around us permission to think slow

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Successful thinking is…….. simplicity © Marie Taylor 2012 “That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” Steve Jobs, Apple 1998

Keep thinking on purpose….!!!!!! Purposeful Thinking booklet (Read me fast & read me slow) twitter.com/marietaylor