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How ‘constraints' help create meaning
It is fascinating to me that the whole idea of 'constraints' feels like more of a limitation than a liberation. Nobody - me included - likes being kept in physical or intellectual shackles and yet they are incredibly powerful. Liberating, even. If we trust a simple...
2 Critical Ingredients for Making Complex Stories Look Simple
Last week I mentioned that I have been working on some huge stories lately, and that these have been instructive in many ways. One of the most comforting is that even huge stories look simple when they are done: it's just that the process for getting there isn't so...
How ‘constraints' can turbo charge your impact
We have had a great start to the Clarity in Problem Solving Program and one topic that has jumped out to me during our initial two live workshops has been 'constraints'. It is I think human (or maybe just me?!) to shy away from constraints and prefer to trust our own...
New job offer after ‘Best Ever' Presentation
Brendon was offered a new job on the back of a ‘best ever’ presentation You might also like to hear how Brendon was asked to repeat his interview presentation so it could be used as a training video. They said it was the best presentation they had seen and, of...
Promoted because of communication skills
We are always delighted to hear success stories like this from our participants. Elle was recently promoted because she improved her communication skills after just 3 months in the Clarity First Program. Naturally she was delighted to move from director to senior...
Thinking Tools #9 – Avoiding the ‘we have always done it that way’ trap
Growing up we were told a story. Every Christmas a woman would cut the leg off the turkey before putting it into a very large oven. When asked why she took the leg off, she said: “It is the way my mother taught me”. She had never questioned it. In her mind, this was...
BREAKTHROUGH THINKING STRATEGIES
