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So why should anyone learn Clean? If you've just come across Clean recently, you may be wondering: "What's all the fuss about? After all, Clean is just a dozen questions, isn't it?" Read on to find out more...
In this edition:
Why should I learn Clean?
David Grove in the UK
Cleaning tip: Assumptions
Last chance to book for summer school
New Article: Clean in Conflict Resolution
Keeping in touch with Clean
Success story: "How Clean helped my consulting business"
Symbolic Modelling training in the US
Catch a taster session
Why should I learn Clean?
Yes, at one level, Clean is just a few simple questions. But as Clean enthusiast Dr Paul Tosey commented recently, the 12 questions are like the notes in the musical scale because you can create anything from the melody of a nursery rhyme to a Beethoven symphony.
Some benefits listed by a business-based learning group recently included:
- Save time, stress and aggravation, so adding more productive time to the day
- Resolve conflicts more effectively
- Get people more motivated and therefore more proactive
- Make quick conversations count, in the street or at the coffee machine
- Get the more difficult people in your life to pull their weight
- Make your meetings more forward-focussed, constructive, collaborative - and shorter!
- Devise better plans
- Manage competing priorities and demands - and help others to do the same
- Behave differently in the face of personal challenges.
To find out more or to book for the next Clean Language Module 1 training with Wendy Sullivan in London on 15-16 September (which is open to all), go to the website here, phone +44 (0)20 8400 4832 or email info@cleanchange.co.uk.
David Grove in the UK
David Grove, the creator of Clean Language, will be back in the UK in July. His recent projects have taken Clean outside 'conventional' psychotherapy and into new contexts. For example, he's been working with a New Zealand GP who can now offer his patients a prescription for Clean Space! If you're fluent in Clean questions, spend four days with David and co-trainer Caitlin Walker - known for non-therapeutic applications of Clean - at Liverpool John Moores University from 19 - 22 July, exploring space, emergent knowledge and, weather permitting, the whirlygig. To book, contact sarah@modellingdiversity.co.uk. David is also available for 1-1 therapy, small group retreats in North Wales and other events: contact shaun@trainingattention.co.uk.
Cleaning tip: Assumptions
Making some assumptions is sensible and necessary in everyday life. It's useful to imagine that our keys are where we left them and that the office will still be there when we arrive. But the fact is, we can't be sure. There's always something that we can't really know - and we fill in the gaps in our knowledge with made-up information.
The Clean Language questions, designed to include as few assumptions as possible, are great tools for finding out new and unusual information in a way which feels respectful to the other person.
Just for today, why not allow your curiosity free rein and ask a Clean question or two to check your assumptions? Ask: "What kind of X is that?" For example, when an acquaintance mentions their garden, ask, "What kind of garden?" "What kind of plants?" or "What kind of flowers?" they have in mind. You may be surprised what you discover.
Last chance to book for summer school
Do you enjoy intensive, full-immersion training experiences? You've got 24 hours to secure your place on our first-ever Residential Summer School in historic Cambridge. Join Wendy Sullivan and an international team of assistants on a 12-day adventure and leave as a Certified Clean Facilitator, with your certificate signed by Penny Tompkins or James Lawley. Full details are here.
New article: Clean in Conflict Resolution
Martin Snoddon of the Conflict Trauma Resource Centre in Belfast has been using Clean in his work for a number of years, working with groups including former members of the British Army, former loyalist paramilitaries and former members of the IRA. In a brand-new article about his experiences, he writes: "Through the work that I do and the places that I do it, Clean Language questions will continue to be an extremely useful resource for me as I facilitate addressing the legacy of conflict." Read the full article on Penny Tompkins and James Lawley's website here.
Keeping in touch with Clean
If you have trained in Clean Language there are lots of ways to stay in touch with the Clean Community.
- If your skills are a little rusty, why not repeat a module or modules to bring you back up to date? At Clean Change Company we offer a 50 per cent discount for repeated modules. View our training programme here.
- Join a practice group! Find full details of groups we are aware of (including the worldwide phone practice group).
- And when you're ready to take your skills to the next level, we'd love to see you on our advanced programme. Book now for Module 8, in which you'll learn to use Clean to handle situations involving Self Delusion, Self Denial and Self Deceit. Led by Penny Tompkins and James Lawley, this runs for the first time on 8 - 10 October in West London.
Success story: "How Clean helped my consulting business"
Applying Clean to business principles has transformed the way a London-based consultancy is developing and growing. Director of KD Partnership, Diana Gibbs, has been involved in using Clean for some years and says her work with clients has an elegance and depth she had never attained before.Inspired by the recent Clean Business Exchange, she's now building a network which can support other Clean businesses. Read more
Symbolic Modelling training in the US
Gina Campbell is running a 'Level I' training in Symbolic Modeling in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The event is limited to 12 people, so register soon! For more details, visit www.symbolicmodeling.com.
Catch a taster session
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