Have you ever been so frustrated at work or life and wanted to scream - “I don’t even have time to think!?!?” We have! Today we experiment with a simple yet not so easy (and hardly ever practiced) methodology of creating a Thinking Environment, based off of Nancy Kline’s research highlighted in her “Time to Think” book series. So the methodology can be summarized as: if you really want to do your best thinking and build your muscle to think for yourself well, then find a Thinking Partner. The Thinking Partner’s job is to listen well by providing a safe space for you to think out loud. The Thinking Partner, or Listener has a very hard job - they must keep their eyes on the Thinker and be as still and quiet as possible. The Listener only prompts the Thinker, as needed, to continue with a question like, “and what more?” or “and what else?” . . . This i ...