Problems created by our current

level of thinking can’t be solved by

that same level of thinking

“ “Albert Einstein

Where’s Your Thinking?

Most people would not know where their level of thinking is at.

Your Thinking Level

• shapes your choices, behaviours, opportunities and interactions with others

• impacts how companies and individuals perform when responding to their world.

Your Thinking Level

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When you know your Thinking Level you will discover

• How you’re viewing your world and the decisions you make.

• How you are in business and your relationships• How you may develop your products and

services • How you can identify where the blockages are• How you may go to market• The purpose of why you’re in business or why

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The Thinking Pendulum

5. DIVERSITY

1. SURVIVAL

2. CONNECTION

6. COMMUNITY

3. CHALLENGE4.SYSTEMS

Our life conditions are the inertia that cause the pendulum to swing. As the pendulum swings

to the next level you switch on the thinking required to overcome,

deal with or makes sense of the conditions

presented.

The Thinking Pendulum

5. DIVERSITY2. CONNECTION

6. COMMUNITY

3. CHALLENGE4.SYSTEMS

1. SURVIVAL

How you overcome each stage will reflect your level of thinkingand the success you will have in business and in life.

You cannot skip a level.

1. SURVIVAL

The team is getting by hoping things work outUnder functioning:

Over functioning: Self-involved, closed, isolated

Functional: Doing what needs to be done to break through a crisis

with single focus

“automatic thinking”

Thinking Level 1

2. RELATIONSHIPS

Disregards the importance of people coming together

and forming the team to achieve results

Under functioning:

Over functioning: All about teamwork at the costs of results

Functional: Accepted as part of a community that contributes

“traditionalistic thinking”

Thinking Level 2

3. POWER

No initiative, constantly waiting to be told, and even when

they’ve done it once, has to be told again for next time

Under functioning:

Over functioning: Over reliance on dominance and power over others

Functional: Uses ability to influence and give certainty and a path forward

for others to follow.

“egocentric thinking”

Thinking Level 3

4. SYSTEMS

Disregards protocols and sees themselves independent of the

norms and ethos of the business

Under functioning:

Over functioning: Over reliance on systems at the expense of thinking

Functional: Uses structure to drive home replicable and sustainable

practices

“absolutistic thinking”

Thinking Level 4

5. DIVERSITY

Treats business like a club where salary magically appears every

month on time regardless of personal contribution; may see

themselves as ‘owed’ and resent performance reviews

Under functioning:

Over functioning: Results for everything so no natural flow to conversation for

exploration

Functional: Multiplistic ways to achieve results

“multiplistic thinking”

Thinking Level 5

6. MISSION

Disregards the mission and values when under pressure or doesn’t

link their tasks to the mission and values

Under functioning:

Over functioning: Over reliance on their living the mission so judgmental of most

others

Functional: Links what we do with why we do it all the time

“relativistic thinking”

Thinking Level 6

When you know where you are on the Pendulum

• You can deconstruct areas of dysfunction and function in your team and business so you can create a framework for all knowledge to be applied.

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• Organisations are able to frame their knowledge and shape their response to suit their environment.

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