Article by Julie McCracken DEVELOPING A CLEAN(ISH) CULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM Working with young children in a classroom can teach us a lot about, well… working with young children! It can also teach us a lot about ourselves, about learning and about working and interacting with human beings, whatever their age and context. When I was planning ...
Both teachers and parents are increasingly using Clean Language in education. At a simple level, the Clean questioning approach, with its acceptance of the subject’s view of the world and its fascination with imagined metaphoric landscapes, can be used to find out about a young child’s experience. For example, a parent could ask ...
GlaxoSmithKline approached Wendy Sullivan to design a customized course for all employees with managerial or support functions to develop their key leadership skills. Intervention A customized, two-day interactive training course was designed and has been run on average twice a year since 1999. Using a range of tools for professional and ...
IT consultant Matthew Dodwell was unhappy with the way his career was going: so unhappy that he was hoping to escape from the industry and do something completely different. But after a series of Clean Language coaching sessions with Judy Rees, he’s found new optimism, new energy and a new direction. He explained, “I’d got myself stuck, ...
Roland Hill*, a business analyst for Dutch IT specialists IPROFS, used Clean Language to reveal a number of misunderstandings which could have caused the collapse of an 34.9 million-Euro project involving financial institutions across Europe. He joined the project after the functionality of the new computer system had apparently been agreed. ...
A business wanted higher quality from its major supplier, and had agreed to hold a joint workshop involving representatives from both companies. Certified Clean facilitator Hans-Peter Wellke was called in by the meeting organiser as a catalyst and facilitator to accelerate his thinking process as he planned the joint event. Hans-Peter asked: ...
Teacher Julie McCracken was working in the playground when two six-year-olds came running up to her, hurt, upset and angry. She used her Clean Language training to resolve the dispute. Child one: “He punched me in the face and it hurt and I don’t like it.” Child two: “Well it was an accident and anyway, he kicked my leg and I told ...
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 ...
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Clean Language:
Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds
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