We use the verb ‘to think’ to refer to a group of different cognitive and affective processes. If modalities of thinking are our tools to solve tasks with our minds, knowing distinctions between these processes is critical. Without discerning the tools, we end up hammering the nails with a frying pan.

Image by Javier Calvo Parapar from Pixabay Some time ago there was a day when I was feeling shitty. I felt frustrated with myself and with others, I felt resentful, I felt ashamed, I felt inadequate. What does one do when he feels like that? What I wanted was for that mood to be gone. […]

My Interest in T-groups I was interested in groups pretty early in my coaching journey. Around 8 years ago I read everything that was available about group coaching* but I didn’t really find out about T-groups until around 2 years ago and mainly through the work of Carl Rogers**. He wrote a book ‘On Encounter […]

Photo by Robert Clark on Pexels In the previous blog I wrote about some of the most common complexity anti-patterns. Here, I would like to talk about the work of Carl Rogers. For those who don’t know, Carl Rogers was one of the most prominent psychologists of the 20th century, albeit not that influential these […]

Photo by Ming Sun on Pexels In this blog, I want to offer an overview of the themes distilled from different literature that can be considered anti-patterns when we deal with complexity. This is intended as part one of a two-blog series. In the second one, I will share how the work of Carl Rogers […]

Photo by Tony Phan on Unsplash Some time ago I was reading a post from a fellow coach where she shared how well her year went financially and about how awesome and high-status her clients were. The first thing I noticed was my judgment about her bragging. The next thing I was thinking was how […]

In a recent coaching conversation a client mentioned a situation where his colleague had a bad breath. They were sitting close and discussing work matters. But because of the bad breath, it was difficult for my client to pay attention to what his colleague was saying. In a situation like this we face a choice: should we do something about it or just leave it as it is?