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 ...

Amicas case study: National Audit Office The National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned Amicas to help it achieve some key outcomes for the strategic change programme it had launched six months previously.  The programme was spearheaded through an innovative leadership and management development programme, to introduce new management ideas ...

A large, publicly-funded civil engineering project, which had lasted four years and involved partner organisations from five different countries, was drawing to a close. The challenge was to quickly and efficiently look back at the results of the project, and draw out relevant lessons. In order to extract maximum benefit from the experience, a ...

When recruiting for very senior roles (£400k+) in the pharmaceutical industry, as in any business, you can’t afford mistakes. Tightly defined frameworks allow detailed assessment of competencies, and standard interview and meeting protocols gather the views of prospective colleagues. And still something extra was wanted – another ...

Greenmann is a commercial company employing a UK-wide force of fundraisers on behalf of a number of wildlife and conservation charities, selling memberships door-to-door. After winning a major new contract, the company wanted to improve the results achieved by their new recruits so as to maximise revenue and reduce staff turnover. Clean ...

Lorenza Clifford, learning and development consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers said: "We run a two-day senior manager benchmarking and development planning event that is innovative in its design. "Senior managers receive a lot of feedback during the event, so one of the key factors for success was to find a way to help managers ...

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 ...

A Siemens department of eight people who were responsible for organising activities to keep managers fit and healthy hired Hans-Peter Wellke to deliver a strategic workshop to help them create a motivational corporate identity. He said: "We had defined already two vision statements which they all committed to. There seemed to be a third one ...