An experiential online course introducing the behaviours and their practical applications proven to generate the best quality thinking, actions and results from group interactions
Session times (AEST):
1 May 9.00 am - 1.30 pm
2 May 8.30 am - 2.00 pm
3 May 8.30 am -12.30 pm
Please contact Candice for alternative online & in-person dates
Format: Online via Zoom
Course Teacher: Time To Think Faculty Member Candice Smith
Fees: AUD $1, 450 + GST
This fee includes a 3 session online immersion in a Thinking Environment and a mentoring session with Candice after the course.
A bursary place, phased payments and reductions are available for non-profits and social enterprises 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.
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. You will deepen your expertise in elevating the way you and others think, connect and create islands of sanity and clarity in our rapidly shifting sands. You will gain:
LIVED EXPERIENCE: Experience being in a Thinking Environment and practise creating this generative environment with yourself and others
PRACTICAL TOOLS: Transform your one-on-one interactions, team meetings and group conversations; build connectedness, surface new thinking and get results as teams, colleagues and leaders
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 online and in -person meetings, discussion, presentations, facilitation, and working with colleagues and staff can be transformed into spacious, energising, positive experiences