2. Proposition: Coaching is a creative act which seeks to facilitate a creative insight on the part of the coachee TRY Experiencing Insight……..what do you see on the next slide
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7. They suddenly see their behaviour or thoughts from a new perspective
8. The insight is like a Cognitive FulcrumTM which reorients their perspective and enables a way forward
18. They use the sticks to reach and obtain the food.Interestingly, they tended not to display such “insightful thinking” if they were too hungry – the level of “arousal” INHIBITED THE INSIGHT. * Kohler, Wolfgang (1925). The Mentality of Apes. Norwood, NJ: Ablex
19. And it’s not just Chimps…. Albert Einstein finally hit on the core idea underlying his famous theory of relativity one night after months of intense mathematical exercises. He had given himself a break from the work and let his imagination wander about the concepts of space and time. Various images that came to mind prompted him to try a thought experiment: If two bolts of lightning struck the front and back of a moving train at the same time, would an observer standing beside the track and an observer standing on the moving train see the strikes as simultaneous?* ... Guenther Knoblich and Michael Oellinger November/December 2006 issue of Scientific American Mind.
20. Coaches often use a framework based on Johari’s Window to describe how individuals have “blind spots,” public and private “facades,” and aspects of their potential. This Framework can be useful in exploring the role of insight in coaching
21. The Johari window Known by Self Unknown by Self 1 3 Known by others Unknown By others 4 2 Based on: Luft, J.; Ingham, H. (1955). "The Johari window, a graphic model of interpersonal awareness". Proceedings of the western training laboratory in group development (Los Angeles: UCLA)
22. Known by Self Unknown by Self 1 3 Known by others Feedback/360 & Coaching insights Increase by self-disclosure, encouraged by Coaching Exploration/ Insight Unknown By others Exploration/Insight 4 2 Based on: Luft, J.; Ingham, H. (1955). "The Johari window, a graphic model of interpersonal awareness". Proceedings of the western training laboratory in group development (Los Angeles: UCLA)
28. Can you give me an example/ more examples Re-interpret Reality Asking open questions to get the person thinking more broadly about the issue Do not offer any judgements or solutions - keep away from solutions You may find that you need to go back and review the goal The more depth in this stage, then the more effective the coaching Goal Re-interpret Reality
29. Goal Reality Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option n Options Will The more the coachee explores their Reality, the more likely they are to “join the dots” and have an insight. The level of insight will determine the number/ power of the Options
30. The Cognitive FulcrumTM Coaching is a Creative Act Looking too directly at the problem makes us think Convergently, focussing in on our narrow view This precludes/interferes with the need to think Divergently/laterally which is necessary if we are to raise awareness and develop alternative options Metaphors, analogies, narrative, meditation, mindfulness and other coaching devices all provide a prism through which we can see our issues (obliquely) from a different perspective. It is proposed that such coaching devices act like a prism, facilitating divergent AND convergent thinking. The prism mechanism enables switching fast between both Divergent and Convergent thinking modes Initially, we think divergently and expand our awareness of the issue. Then, at a certain point, the switch flips through the cognitive fulcrum, and we begin to think Convergently, and the relevance of the new information and its application to the real problem becomes apparent. At that point we converge on the real issue, before diverging again as the richness of the prism opens up additional lines of enquiry.
31. THE COGNITIVE FULCRUMTM GROW COACHING MODEL CREATIVE THINKING MODEL* Preparation preparatory work on a problem that focuses the individual's mind on the problem and explores the problem's dimensions GOAL The Cognitive Fulcrum Incubation REALITY where the problem is internalized into the unconscious mind and nothing appears externally to be happening Narrative Reframing Metaphor Meditation Silence Intimation Convergent Divergent Switching The person gets a "feeling" that a solution is on its way OPTIONS Insight Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option n where the creative idea bursts forth from its preconscious processing into conscious awareness Verification WILL to ACT where the idea is consciously verified, elaborated, and then applied * Graham Wallas Art of Thought 1926
