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How real is ‘real’? Elephants, blind men and the alchemy of language!

by Damian Hamill 10:30 - 4th January 2012
In my last blog I looked at how ambiguous stimuli, such as Rorschach ink-blots, take on meaning solely due to the fact that the perceiver projects an interpretation onto them. Once such an interpretation or set of perceptual ‘filters’ is proffered by one person it can often shape the...

Leaving No Footprints – Facilitators as Catalysts

by Damian Hamill 00:11 - 3rd November 2010
I recall that during my chemistry classes at school we were told that a ‘catalyst’ was a substance that accelerated a chemical reaction without becoming part of the end product. Now, I am sure that there are plenty of people with much greater chemistry knowledge than I have reading...

Coping with Adversity – Viktor Frankl, Chris Ryan and the Chilean Miners

by Damian Hamill 10:37 - 7th October 2010
I am sure that there are few of us who will not have heard about and been deeply touched by the plight of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a collapsed mine in Chile. Although there have been encouraging reports that their rescue and return to the surface...

“The Difference That Makes The Difference”: Guest Blog Now LIve!

by David Kerr 16:06 - 22nd May 2010
We're pleased to say that our guest blog for Sylvia Lafair's excellent (and very widely read) "Elegant Leadership" blog is now live! You can read it here ... http://blog.ceoptions.com/?p=1566

Making A Difference

by David Kerr 18:43 - 18th May 2010
A man was walking along a beach when, in the distance, he could see a young boy picking up one object after another and throwing them into the sea. As the man got closer, he noticed that the boy was surrounded by thousands of starfish and that it was...

Gaining Fresh Insight By Seeing Things From a Different Perspective

by David Kerr 18:07 - 9th May 2010
The phrase “seeing things from a different perspective” is so ingrained in our language that probably very few of us stop to think about the valuable information contained in this metaphor. Seeing things differently - perhaps through the eyes of another person - remains one of the most...

The Sense of Flow and Losing Yourself in the Moment

by Vickie Barker 20:25 - 7th May 2010
People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990

The Mental Strategies of Elite Climbers: What represents *Your* Everest?

by David Kerr 21:35 - 26th April 2010
So You Want to Get To "The Top"? In this article, we discuss an interesting piece of research written by Burke and Orlick, which identified the mental strategies used by elite Mount Everest climbers.

Coaching, Butterflies and Change

by David Kerr 21:25 - 4th March 2010
Today, I was reminded of the following story about two caterpillars ... Two caterpillars were sitting on a cabbage leaf having a chat. Suddenly, they heard a loud swishing sound, and looking up, saw a beautiful butterfly flying overhead. The first caterpillar looked at the other, shook his...

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Hello and welcome to “The Lightbulb”.

The Lightbulb is a blog that brings you the best in systems thinking, neuro linguistic programming and sports psychology and how the ideas and concepts from these areas can enhance performance for both individuals and organisations.

I’ll be bringing you ideas and concepts from a variety of disciplines … and including ideas from people such as Stafford Beer, Peter Senge, Humberto Maturana, Ross Ashby, Gregory Bateson, Norbert Wiener, Gordon Pask, Warren McCulloch, Buckminster Fuller, Heinz von Foerster, Milton  Erickson, Alfred Korzybski, Virginia Satir, Peter Drucker, Russell Ackoff, W. Edwards Deming and many, many more.

If you have an interest in individual or organisational change, transformation or coaching there should be something of interest here for you.  I’ll be exploring the application of ideas from the greatest thinkers of our time to a wide variety of issues in order to improve such things as personal and organisational communication, strategy creation, creativity and innovation, policy formation, performance management, governance, marketing, sales, facilitation and problem solving.

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