An experiential course introducing the behaviours and practical applications proven to generate the best quality thinking, actions and results from group interactions
Course Dates: 30 November & 1 December 2022, in-person
Session Times: 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
Venue: Ceres Environment Park, Melbourne
Group numbers: Min 4 - Max 8
Course Teacher: Time To Think Faculty Member Candice Smith
Fees: AUD $1, 450 + GST
This fee includes 2 full days immersion in a Thinking Environment; refreshments, a course manual and a mentoring session with Candice after the course.
A bursary place and phased payments are available on request
In our rapidly changing world creating an environment of genuine connection and clear and independent thinking is an essential humanising skill. Having a broad range of approaches to help us easily create these kinds of environments is key. Deepen your expertise in a proven human technology to elevate the way you think, connect and create islands of sanity and clarity in our rapidly shifting sands.
After years of research and observation Nancy Kline, founder of the Thinking Environment® recognised that people generate their best thinking if the people around them behave in certain ways. The Foundation Course will introduce you to these ten behaviours and their practical applications. Through a series of five interactive small group sessions, you will gain:
LIVED EXPERIENCE: Experience being in a Thinking Environment and practise creating this generative environment for yourself and others
PRACTICAL TOOLS: Transform your one-on-one interactions, team meetings and group conversations; build connectedness, surface new thinking and get results
TIME TO THINK: Gain valuable time to think about the topics that matter most to you - access your own best thinking and the thinking of those around you
TIME TO PAUSE: Be rejuvenated by a nourishing in-person learning & discovery space
The Foundation Course is a stand-alone introduction to creating Thinking Environments and a pre-requisite to the Time To Think Facilitator Course.
Course Outline
The Thinking Environment Foundation Course is designed to explore the theory and demonstrate the practical applications of the Ten Components of the Thinking Environment® in group contexts. The course will cover:
An introduction to the Ten Components and exploring how to embody these for ourselves and provide them for others
Exploring the ‘Building Blocks’ of creating a Thinking Environment, including Thinking Pairs, Dialogue & Rounds
Experimenting with putting the ‘Building Blocks’ together in various contexts, including participating and chairing a real-time meeting, and the Time To Think Council process
Examining the ways in which meetings, discussion, presentations, facilitation, and working with colleagues and staff can be transformed into spacious, energising, positive experiences
“I’ve had the amazing opportunity to attend a number of Candice’s programs over the last year and have come away each and every time not only having explored and expanded my thinking in new ways but in quickly forming deep and enduring connections. Candice’s embodiment of a true ‘thinking environment’ creates the conditions for transformative experiences, enabling thinkers to explore their thoughts with curiosity and sometimes vulnerability, often revealing unanticipated insights and understanding. If you’re a leader who wants to encourage more expansive thinking in your organisation or a facilitator/coach interested in supporting the creation of the necessary conditions for truly independent thinking, I highly recommend Candice’s programs.”
“You have created a truly remarkable learning space. And that is very rare.”