Ken Smith, head of Learning and Development at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Whitehall, has completed Modules 1-4 of our Clean training programme. He offered this example of how he used his skills at work. "One of my team had reached a time when he wanted to move on to something new.  He wanted some clarity on what this ...

By Angela Dunbar, June 2008 My first coaching session with G. was pretty straightforward. We agreed to work together over 6 monthly sessions, and G. set 3 goals: To get more structure into her life (including fitness and social activities) To take better care of her partner, children and home To get a part-time job. We talked a while about ...

Coach Cathy Foster says: “I have a client who is frequently ill and waiting for a big operation.  She can’t be anywhere as near active as she normally is, and gets very down. “One day she was fed up with being stuck in her flat and very tired, so I asked her to come on a virtual walk with me over the phone using Clean ...

A 13-year-old boy was aggressive and sometimes violent, liable to ‘explode’ without warning in the classroom or playground. He was among a group of teenagers, all in danger of being excluded from their school in Derby, who were sent to independent learning consultant Pamela Hadfield for six hours over six weeks in an attempt to ...

David Grove, originator of Clean Language, Clean Space and Emergent Knowledge, died suddenly on January 8, 2008. He will be sorely missed by all who knew and worked with him. David’s Last Journey A statement from Betty Annegarn and Barbara Sayers It is now 5 months since we travelled to Kansas City to find David and bring him home. Our ...

Amicas case study: South East London Shared Services Partnership The major reorganisation of health service delivery in South East London in 2002 led to the creation of a Shared Services Partnership (SELSSP) to provide non-clinical support services to Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Primary Care Trusts, the South East London Strategic Health ...

A ‘virtual team’ of contact centre managers was experiencing problems. Their centres were widely spread geographically, but the company needed them to co-ordinate their efforts closely. Instead the differences between centres were becoming more and more apparent, and friction was increasing. Intervention The team came together for a day-long ...

Clean Language is a questioning technique which can form a bridge between the right and left brains, by using the metaphors which underpin our thinking. It is a tried-and-tested method for bringing an individual’s own metaphors into their consciousness, improving inter- and intra-personal communication. In particular, this innovative approach ...

Introductory Clean Language training The following all offer introductory trainings in Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling. In Holland: Gewoon an de Slag with Annemiek van Helsdingen and Maaike Nooitgedagt www.zuivercommuniceren.nl contact(at)gewoonaandeslag.nl In England: Apricot Island with Marian Way www.apricotisland.com Tel: 0845 ...

Click here to listen to the demonstration session By Angela Dunbar, coaching Christine Compton Introduction (Following a question about  how to introduce Clean Language into a coaching session) Our thoughts are so diverse and complicated that there aren’t really enough words in the English language to explain what we’re really ...