by simonc | Feb 10, 2017 | Clean Language, Experiences, Neurodiversity
There’s an article in The Guardian today about music in the office. I find this kind of discussion fascinating because it is essentially a neurodiversity problem – what works for one person’s brain doesn’t work for another. As a rule, we humans...
by simonc | Oct 10, 2016 | Clean Language, Sales
Following last week’s post describing a sales meeting, I’ve been asked why I don’t start the meeting out by asking the prospect for permission to do things in a different way. The idea being that after explaining my view that the traditional sales meeting setup...
by simonc | Oct 5, 2016 | Clean Language, Sales
People have expressed interest in how we use Clean Language in sales, so I thought it would be helpful to occasionally discuss specific scenarios, to give a feeling of what it is like in practice. I’ve described one meeting of perhaps 20 we’ll have with this company...
by simonc | Mar 24, 2016 | Clean Language, Culture, Innovation
I believe there are moments that happen every day in organisations, moments that dramatically undermine a company’s success, but are hardly noticed. That moment is when innovation and creativity is crushed beneath contempt, rather than fertilised by...
by simonc | Sep 11, 2015 | Clean Language
There’s been some discussion in the Clean Language groups about how to promote Clean. I see Clean as a disruptive innovation, and as such you can use various frameworks from the Technology sector for inspiration. One that I’m particularly fond of is the...
by simonc | Jun 7, 2015 | Clean Language, Culture, Strategy
I just gave a presentation at the International Clean Conference 2015 on our use of Clean Language and Systemic Modelling.
by simonc | Jun 7, 2015 | Clean Language, Sales
James Lawley needed a case study of modelling an expert for one of his courses. So in a side room at the Clean Conference in 2015 we sat down for a brief chat. I wasn’t expecting this to be useful for us, but in fact it is a great training tool and we use this...
by simonc | May 9, 2015 | Clean Language, Experiences, Reviews
Over the May bank holiday weekend I attended “Adventures in Clean” and thought it was worth writing up. Why I attended I really wanted to go because it featured what I view as some of the rockstars of the Clean world: James Lawley Penny Tompkins Caitlin Walker Marian...
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