Groups of individuals or entire teams. Can be tailored to levels of seniority. 

Invaluable for any manager or specialist whose flexible, clear thinking ability affects business performance.

Participants will assess and develop their skills in the single most valuable asset they possess – THINKING FLEXIBLY AND CLEARLY.

♦ Understanding of HOW they (and others) THINK - their Preferred Thinking Styles and Development Areas – how their Thinking Styles can affect team performance
♦ Skills and tools for thinking clearly - to maximise results and minimise errors
♦ Knowledge of the core Business Thinking Processes (eg Strategising, Planning, Innovation, Problem Solving, Change, Decision Making) and their key stages 
♦ Knowledge of, and practice in, the key Thinking Styles of Whole Brain Thinking
♦ Practice in switching between Thinking Styles, especially polar-opposite Styles
♦ Ability to select (and engage) the most appropriate Thinking Styles at each stage in a particular Business Thinking Process
♦ Set of Prompts to stimulate thinking and quickly engage specific Thinking Styles
♦ The ability to focus on core issues whilst retaining the flexibility to think in many different (even opposite) ways, eg Overview to Detail, Opportunity to Risk 
♦ Practice in thinking under pressure and developing improvisation skills and ideas

• How costly Thinking Errors occur – at any level of management
• Classic Examples of Unclear Thinking (eg how one company went bust owing £1bn because of 21 avoidable Thinking Errors; how a key project failed due to poor Concept Thinking, and many other obvious-in-hindsight Thinking Errors
• Whole Brain Thinking – the Four Quartiles – Left v Right; Thinkers v Doers
• Thinking on your feet; improvisation skills – practical tips and practice.  People often get flustered and can’t think straight under pressure. They may even ‘freeze’. Acting & Improvisation is an excellent, fun way to develop clear thinking confidence, creativity, and flexibility in stressful situations. Can be designed as a stand-alone event.

• Overview of the 4-stage Clear Thinking Process
• Identifying individual participants’ Preferred Thinking Styles
• The effects of Thinking Styles’ imbalance on team performance; how to cope
• Business Thinking Processes and the key stages in each Process
• How to decide which Thinking Styles to engage at each stage in a Process
• Practice in working through a key Business Thinking Process and switching between Thinking Styles at each stage

• Descriptions of, and practice in, the key Thinking Styles used in business
• Why some Thinking Styles are polar opposites (eg Analytical---Creative, Risk---Opportunity, Leadership---Management, Business---Customer)
• Practice in switching quickly between Thinking Styles to improve flexibility

Concept Thinking is one of the key Thinking Skills, yet most people in business are not even aware of it. Many people struggle to define it when asked

Contingency Thinking - “What could go wrong?” - is actually a stage-wise Thinking Process; it needs several Thinking Styles in combination to foresee, assess, and plan for, potential undesirable events.

Emotions Thinking: most decisions are made by the heart, then justified by the head. Men often struggle to express their emotions (critical in decision-making).