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thinking depends on the quality of our attention for each other.
Thinking Environment is natural, but rare. It has been squeezed out of our lives and organizations by inferior ways of treating each other.
We found that IQ, age, background, gender and even experience seemed to have surprisingly little to do with the times when students thought well.
when someone in your presence is trying to think, much of what you are hearing and seeing is your effect on them.
the quality of a person’s attention determines the quality of other people’s thinking.
Create a particular environment, and people will think for themselves. It is that simple.
The Ten Components of a Thinking Environment
1 Attention Listening with respect, interest and fascination.
2 Incisive Questions Removing assumptions th...
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3 Equality Treating each other as thinking peers. • Giving equal turns and attention. • Keepin...
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4 Appreciation Practising a five-to-one ratio of apprecia...
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5 Ease Offering freedom from rush...
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6 Encouragement Moving beyond ...
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7 Feelings Allowing sufficient emotional release to ...
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8 Information Providing a full and accurate pic...
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9 Place Creating a physical environment that says back to pe...
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10 Diversity Adding quality because of the differ...
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the brain that contains the problem also contains the solution – often the best one.
