by Judy Rees First published in The Model magazine, March 2006 You’ve probably heard about Clean Space, one of the newer innovations from David Grove, originator of Clean Language. Perhaps you read James Lawley’s article about it in the last edition of The Model? It’s exciting stuff. And it has applications far from its ...
In our March newsletter we mentioned a blogger who claimed ‘Clean Language is easy enough to learn in five minutes’, and asked what you thought. Here are some of your responses. Please note: these comments do not neccessarily represent the views of Clean Change Company. A little optimistic 5 mins sounds a little optimistic, I ...
by Judy Rees, February 2007 Are you and your clients missing out on the true magic of metaphor? If you still think that metaphor means telling stories to change people, it’s time to think again. There’s a whole other world of metaphor for you to explore. Linked to latest work in cognitive linguistics, it amounts to a new way of ...
by Wendy Sullivan and Marian Way Have you ever felt you were behaving like a headless chicken, or as though you were under a big black cloud; have you suffered from jangling nerves or painful tension in your neck and shoulders? If you are one of the estimated five million people in this country who suffer from work-related stress, it’s likely ...
by Ken Smith This is Module 5 of a series of 8 Clean Facilitation workshops run by Wendy Sullivan of the Clean Change Company. Clean Facilitation is shorthand for Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling. It takes a stance of deliberately not interpreting the client’s information. Instead, the coach uses a given set of ...
By Judy Rees Second draft, 4 May 2006 (incorporating some suggestions from James Lawley) Introduction Symbolic Modelling is a practical methodology for change, and for modelling success, and so tends to tell its own story through anecdotes and case studies. However it is informed by, and consistent with, various well-established ...
By Philip Harland An earlier version of this article appeared in ‘The Model’ magazine, Edition 2 , 2006 “Who translates, corrupts” Anon Master Lieh Tzu asked gatekeeper Yin, “How can I walk underwater and not drown, move through fire without burning, and pass amongst the multitude of forms of life without ...
Annemiek van Helsdingen runs a programme on stress prevention in Holland which uses Clean in various ways. She explained: “Though 10% of the Dutch labour force is currently suffering from burn-out, and 70% of all GP visits in Holland are stress-related, there is quite a taboo on stress. Everyone always says they are busy, but no one wants ...
by Judy Rees, July 2007 This list records some of the applications of Clean we have heard about. If you’re doing something different with Clean, please let us know! Coaching Examples: Executive coaching: various corporates, NHS managers in London and elsewhere, head teachers etc Sports Coaches to: British ...
Recommended reading on the importance of metaphor in thought. The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker. Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Philosophy In The Flesh by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Women, Fire and Dangerous Things by George Lakoff. How Customers Think by Gerald Zaltman. The Way We Think by Gilles ...
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