Think Distinct

22/03/2024

LEADERSHIP FOR MANAGERS
Core Skills for Mindful Managers in the 21st Century

A new standard in Leadership Skills

Join this 1- day Web-Workshop for managers ready to elevate and evolve their leadership for the the 21st century.

From dispelling common management myths that trap your thinking, to mastering delegation and fostering high performance. We'll cover the most essential skills to drive success in your role.

Gain practical confidence, and genuinely think differently about your leadership challenges.

Don't miss this opportunity to transform your leadership approach and achieve tangible results.

24th April : Limited spaces left
DM me for more info

04/03/2024

BREAKING NEWS

By popular demand.

Limited places will be released this week for this exclusive 1-Day, online event.

Message me to secure your place or find out more.

Expecting this to sell out fast.

22/08/2023

The fundemental idea in all the work I do is,

that all experience can be modelled.

Here, "modelling" means that we can and do build some understanding, that we and can and do make sense to some extent.

That modelling is the essence of what we humans do.

We are always modelling the world around us.

We are always modelling ourselves and each other.

Modelling is a fundemental feature of life.

We ARE our modelling.

And since all modelling can be modelled, we can model the way we make sense, we can model the way we build our understand...

We can model our modelling.

And improve it.

This is the basis for learning, teaching, training, coaching, theraputic work and personal development.

21/08/2023

Coaching is very often about a change in perspective.

It's not that you
Add a resource
Set a new goal
Solve a problem
Or make a plan.

Although these things can often help as part of a coaching process.

It's that you learn to LOOK at the situation differently.

And by looking differently, you see things differently.

You participate in a new way.
And new possibilities become available.

It's not that you fix a problem,

it's that the problem dissolves.

The problem can't emerge in the first place.

You don't have to "remove a barrier" when there is no barrier to begin with.

Your life can look very different when you learn to look differently.

Can you look at this picture differently?

What can you see?
(hint in the comments)

31/07/2023

How come I don't teach leadership styles?

You know the kind of thing;
"Authentic leadership"
"Servant leadership"
"Agile Leadership"
"Transformational Leadership"
"Purpose Led Leadership"
Etc

In traditional leadership training, when a trainer starts with a style, the style constrains the conversation, and limits the learning.

The style prescribes the way you SHOULD think about your situation.

The trainers typically says "here is style X, how would you apply this?"

And the result is the "delegate" struggles to close the reality gap.

Even if the style seemed like a good idea on the training, it fades to a vague frustration when the manager hits real life on Monday morning.

What is the alternative to traditional leadership training?

To accelerate leadership development, I invite participants to start with their reality.

I might ask you "what are your biggest challenges right now".

And the material, distinctions and experiences they gain on the Leadership Accelerator helps them make sense of what is really happening with them.

They don't need to close the reality gap because they start with reality.

At the same time they learn to make sense of their peers reality. So there is a multiplying effect.

Ditching leadership style means ditching Idiology and embracing what's real.

What are your biggest leadership challenges right now?
How are they costing you? Frustrating you?

Do you have a preferred leadership style?

How does that style enable or constrain your thinking?

Ps DM me to find out more about the Leadership Accelerator Programme.

21/07/2023

If it's your responsibility to develop leaders you need to hear this.

The Leadership Accelerator is a new standard in Leadership Development.

❌ Out goes Leadership Idiology:
Vague theory and prescribed "leadership styles" that are hard to apply in real life.

✅ In goes Experiencial Learning:
Stress-tested, functional descriptions of your real experience. This helps you make sense, learn faster, and do real things.

Experience the difference, measure the results.

Next cohort starts late August. DM me for more details or follow the link in the comments.

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13/06/2023

What's your favourite?
Smart Thinking 🧠 or Business Books 📈?

I'm heading to London for a few days, delivering Personal Leadership and Culture Change.

The airport book store is always a draw!

Any recommendations?

What book really got you thinking recently?

22/05/2023

Are you intelligent?

I spent the weekend learning a new way to understand and develop Intelligence.

Based on the work of researcher and developer John McWhirter and his developing field of DBM (Developmental Behavioural Modelling).

Here's a brief review.

I learned at school kids were intelligent or not.

Later, when I studied psychology, intelligence was taught as an abstract capacity to perform in very narrowly designed tests.

And over the years various researchers and authors have emphasised particular domains of content, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Physical intelligence, Language intelligence, to name just a few.

McWhirter points out that, while it's been useful to expand and include more possible areas of performance, the attention of research has moved to focus on various contents of intelligence without developing clarity on what intelligence itself is, specifically.

McWhirter's approach is to model our behaviour experiencially. To explore what, how and why we are doing, what we are doing, when we are navigating the world. How intelligently are we meeting our needs.

He identifies 19 integrated Behavioural intelligences, that ideally we can perform together as a whole.

This includes managing our attention to stay presently connected to the world, the kinds of performance based intelligence, how cleverly we might think things through, how wisely we relate to our reasons and values, and how enlightened we are in our Ontological basis.

Notice these 5 intelligences, presence, intelligent, clever, wise and enlightened (4 of the 19 intellences) can be performed in relation to any content, whether that's from academic content, through art, music, relationships, business, or even spiritual development.

Making these intelligences universally applicable to all human life.

We practiced our awareness and application of these intelligences experiencially. Not as an academic or"intellectual" discussion.

We picked personal and professional issues, aspirations, and moment to moment examples to explore.

It was hard work but very enlightening.

I'm looking forward to learning and applying these more.

For more information on John McWhirter and the developing field of DBM visit www.sensorysystems.co.uk

To learn about my programmes and applications in leadership and personal development, or executive coaching go to www.thinkdistinct.co.uk or message me.

What's you experience or assumptions about intelligence?

19/04/2023

18/04/2023

How do you create virtous cycles of self care and personal development?

A small walk is better than no walk.

A short meditation is better than no meditation.

Saying hello with a smile, to one passing stranger is better than being isolated.

Getting one job done is better than letting it all go to hell.

Small actions have real effects, that compound and create virtous feedback loops.

You feel better, feel progress, feel accomplishment and then you can feel gratitude, self Esteem and self Worth in response to yourself. You enjoy your "self".

When you smile at someone do it for it's own sake, but when you smile at someone they might smile back.

When you take action, you create more opportunity. You put more luck on your side.

And you learn.

When you put stuff out there, you learn about "there", you learn about"stuff", you learn about "putting" and you learn about "you".

What small action can you take today?
How might it be the begining of a virtous cycle?