This document discusses Go MAD Thinking, a company that develops thinking tools and techniques to help organizations and individuals achieve different results. It provides an overview of their approach, which includes a Solution Focused Thinking System framework and leadership thinking model. Go MAD Thinking works with businesses to help transform culture and thinking at both the leadership and team levels. Their goal is to influence helpful thinking that leads to new behaviors, actions, and ultimately better results for clients.

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Go MAD Thinking
Pocket Gate Farm
Off Breakback Road
Woodhouse Eaves
Leicestershire
LE12 8RS
T: 01509 891313
Different Thinking,
Different Results
Rob Smith
Thinking Engineer
Results
focused
Passionate
Straightforward
InspiringOURVALUES

2. Source: BBC news 30/07/2008
The case for thinking
(from a notable leader)
Overheard between David Cameron and Barack Obama on the subject of
thinking, when Cameron was bemoaning time pressures and diary spaces:
Go MAD Thinking develops time efficient and effective thinking
tools and techniques, backed by research and arranged in a systemic way
"The thing to
do David, is to
have big chunks
of time in the day
to think."

3. “Quick Patrick! -
without thinking: if
you could have
anything right
now, what would it
be?"
The case for thinking
(from a creative genius / leader)
“Um – more
time for
thinking?"

4. The case for different thinking
(from a notable thinker)
“A definition of insanity
is to carry on doing the same things in the same way
and expect different results".
Albert Einstein

5. So if you want different results…
THINKING ACTIONS RESULTS
Expected
DifferentDifferent
Imposed
Go
MAD

Assumed

6. Helpful & Hindering Thinking
Self – talk Statements (self, others, situation)
Self – talk Questions (self, others, situation)
Recalled experiences
Imagined future

7. Some Thinking Statistics
On average, people talk to themselves….
once every 11 seconds
So, each day this equates to….
approximately 6,000
thoughts
Of these the percentage of thoughts we repeat….
is 90%
When people worry, the percentage of worries that are real is….
8% - although 4% are out of their control
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8. Helpful or Hindering
• Summer Holidays
• Your next Birthday
• Politicians
• Customers
• The last Work Christmas meal/outing/party
• Senior Leadership
• What you did last week
• What you‟ve got to do the rest of this week
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9. Solution Focused Thinking
A little bit of background
• 4,000 hours research into the „DNA of success‟
• 7 key principles & 11 critical relationship links
• A Solution Focused Thinking System

10. A Solution Focused Thinking System
Reason
Why
Reason
Why
Define
Goal
Plan
Priorities
Self
Belief
Personal
Responsibility
Involve
Others
Take Action
& Measure
Results
Go M.A.D.® Framework

11. Application levels for Business
Improvement
Helping organisations to think
(Leadership thinking & cultural transformation)
Helping teams to think
(Projects, meetings & team development)
Helping others to think
(Coaching)
Helping you
to think
(Personal
Effectiveness)

12. Take Action & Measure Results
Culture
(Collective
Beliefs)
Leadership
Responsibilit
y
People
Management
Thinking &
Planning
Vision &
Objectives
Organisational
Reason Why
The Leadership Thinking Framework

13. The Three Types of Employees
1
ENGAGED employees work with passion and
feel a profound connect to their company. They
drive innovation and move the organisation
forward
2
NON - ENGAGED employees have essentially
“checked out.” They‟re sleepwalking through
their workday, putting only time – not energy or
passion – into their work
3
ACTIVELY DISENGAGED employees aren‟t just
unhappy at work; they‟re busy acting out their
unhappiness. Every day these workers
undermine what their engaged co-workers
accomplish
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Recognise someone you know..?

14. Engagement
CapabilityDirection
Peak
Organisational
Performance
Impact on Performance

15. Groundhog Day..?

16. The link to results
Assumed Imposed Expected
THINKING ACTIONS RESULTS
Changing the
thoughts and
emotions that
people have about
work at an
individual and
leadership level
Changing the
thinking leads to a
new set of
behaviours and
actions
New and better
results achieved
through different
actions and
behaviours
generated
through different
thinking

17. Influencing your thinking in a helpful
way
The case for Business Improvement

18. To help your Thinking further
A piece of rubber!

19. Clarity
goal definition, diagnostic tools, measurement
Speed
techniques that are quick to learn and apply
Creativity
techniques to capture multiple ideas & stretch thinking
Consistency
systemic methodology that forms new thinking habits
Engagement
shared toolkit: gives people a „common language‟
5 Reasons Why people value our approach

20. Some of our clients

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Results
focused
Passionate
Straightforward
InspiringOURVALUES
Go MAD podcast series – “Thinking For Business
Success”
Range of resources - books, audio, video & e-books
Online thinking toolkit – iCheev
Results Acceleration Programme – risk reversal concept
Diagnostic toolkit – with business improvement solutions
www.gomadthinking.com
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