Sharon Explicitly Unedited
The Wisdom of a Small Cup
How is interviewing like drinking from a small coffee cup? You might be suprised by the answer
On Symbolic Modeling Lite
This is a transcript for a 19-minute video chat with Penny Tompkins & James Lawley on August 28, 2017, about Penny & James original three-day training format “Symbolic Modeling Lite”. This is the same training I, Sharon, will be presenting January 7-9, 2019 in...
Symptoms & Systems: A conversation with Penny Tompkins & James Lawley
This last weekend I had a chance to have a conversation with Penny Tompkins and James Lawley on their upcoming workshop - Symptoms & Systems: A Clean Approach - happening January 11-13, 2019 here in California. The following is our conversation broken into three...
Clean Language Meets the 5 Second Rule
I’ve been cleaning out my shed.
It’s at the very back of our property and holds books, treasures, and lots of junk. You know how it goes…ten years in the same place. For me small, and not so small, things accumulate and I do the ole “I’ll get around to it…one day” routine.
Here it was – a beautiful day for working outside and I was procrastinating.
On Clean Interviewing with James Lawley
James Lawley and I talk about what Clean Interviewing is, where is comes from, where and how it is being used, and the benefits of using this innovative interview model that minimizes unintended interviewer bias.
Clean interviewing is for managers, coaches, analysts, educators, researchers, graduate students, auditors, small business owners … Anyone in a situation where gathering authentic and trustworthy information is important.
Clean Language is like… Origami
Metaphor is to the human mind what folding is to science.
Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. It originated in China in the 2nd century and moved to Japan in the 6th century. Paper was very expensive, so it was originally an art form for the rich: even the smallest scraps were saved to be used in folding.
Chatting with Penny & James
I talked with Penny Tompkins & James Lawley about their focus for their 3-day Enhancing and Integrating Your Symbolic Modeling Skills at Clean Convergence 2019. In 2019 Penny & James will be presenting a program titled A Clean Approach to Working with Physical...
The Janus Position
It isn't just for interviewing. I just taught a one day Clean Language Interviewing intensive at the HPRCT (Human Performance, Root Cause, and Trending) conference in San Antonio, Texas on the 22nd of June. In this training we talk about a frame James Lawley and I...
When roles are well defined…
...even (seeming) chaos has order Il n’est pas encore minuit… 7 min (It's not midnight yet) Beautiful acrobatic dance rendition from France. Chaotic, stunning, and a feat of organizational wonder. (actual link: https://vimeo.com/154179095)