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Sustaining the Journey
Thoughtful writing authored and shared by members of of the Thinking Collaborative community to support others on the journey.
Sustaining the Journey
Putting Adaptive Schools and Cognitive Into Practice - Pitt County Schools | March 4, 2024 | Carolee Hayes |
Serving Staff and Students with Adaptive Schools and Cognitive Coaching - Littleton Public Schools | February 11, 2024 | Carolee Hayes |
The International School Yangon – Living Adaptive Schools | January 23, 2024 | Carolee Hayes |
The Way a Group Makes Decisions Reflects Its Identiy | December 5, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Stringing of the Beads: A Strategy for Facilitating and Developing Groups | November 15, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Distinguishing Values and Beliefs | October 3, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Revisiting Public Coaching | September 1, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Psychological Safety - Really? | August 28, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Polarities of Leadership Part 2 | July 18, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Polarities of Leadership Part 1 | June 14, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Designing YOUR Surround | May 4, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Attuning to and Adjusting for Human Uniqueness in Emotions | April 10, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Gestures Revisited | March 21, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Tool for Guiding Adaptive Leadership | February 27, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Rebooting Sustaining the Journey | January 26, 2023 | Carolee Hayes |
Flexibility (April 2019) | April 15, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Efficacy (April 2019) | April 22, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Interdependence (April 2019) | April 29, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Breathing Renewed Life into Our Work: Planting the Seeds | May 06, 2019 | Ericka Harris, Training Associate and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
Breathing Renewed Life into Our Work: Nurturing the Seedlings | May 13, 2019 | Ericka Harris, Training Associate and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
Breathing Renewed Life into Our Work: Watching for Growth | May 20, 2019 | Ericka Harris, Training Associate and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
Breathing Renewed Life into Our Work: Enjoying the Blossoms | May 27, 2019 | Ericka Harris, Training Associate and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Question Burst Strategy, Part 3, Identify a Quest and Commit to It | May 28, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Video as Accelerator of Reflection: Teachers Seeing Their Practice Through Their Own Eyes | June 03, 2019 | David Baker |
Video Promoting Increased Noticing | June 10, 2019 | David Baker and Karen Smith |
Video as a Third Point for Reflection | June 17, 2019 | Karen Smith and David Baker |
Video as an Accelerator of Reflection | July 08, 2019 | David Baker and Karen Smith |
Video as a Catalyst for Improved Practice | July 15, 2019 | Karen Smith and David Baker |
What the Best Teams Do to Be the Best Teams! 2 -- They Share Vulnerability | April 16, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
What the Best Teams Do to Be the Best Teams! 3 - They Establish Purpose | April 23, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
What the Best Teams Do to Be the Best Teams! Concluding Thoughts | April 30, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Gender and Voice | May 07, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Question Burst Strategy, Part 1, Set the Stage | May 14, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Question Burst Strategy, Part 2, Brainstorm the Questions | May 21, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Kegan's Stages of Adult Development | June 04, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Kegan's Stages of Adult Development: Socializing Knowers | June 11, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Kegan's Stages of Adult Development: Self-Authoring Knowers | June 18, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Kegan's Stages of Adult Development: Self-Transforming or Interindividual Knowers | June 25, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Posing Mediative Questions—Approachability | July 02, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Posing Mediative Questions—Plural Forms | July 09, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Posing Mediative Questions—Tentative Language | July 16, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Posing Mediative Questions—Positive Presuppositions | July 23, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Posing Mediative Questions—Open-Ended | July 30, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Context-Specific Coaching | August 06, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Coach as Choreographer and Catalytic Leader | August 13, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Coach as Ethnographer and Designer | August 20, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Coach as Creative Liaison and Counselor | August 27, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Four Support Functions: Evaluating | September 03, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Four Support Functions: Consulting | September 10, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Four Support Functions: Collaborating | September 17, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Four Support Functions: Coaching | September 24, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Mentoring/Coaching the New Teacher | October 01, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Mentoring/Coaching the Veteran Teacher | October 08, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Mentoring Using Feedback, Part 1 | October 15, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Mentoring Using Feedback, Part 2 | October 15, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developing the Mentors/Coaches | October 29, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
What’s the Best Size for Making Meetings Productive? | November 05, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Things and Energy Matter | November 12, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Update on Learning Styles and Eye Movements | November 19, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Reading Non-Verbals: Racial Bias | November 29, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Articles on how Gen Zers are different from Millennials in the Workplace | December 03, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
A Review: "The Power of Listening in Helping People Change" from HBR | December 10, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developing Self-Efficacy | January 07, 2019 | Walter Basnight, Secondary Learning Coach for the American International School Chennai, India and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Discipline of Perception | January 14, 2019 | Walter Basnight, Secondary Learning Coach for the American International School Chennai, India and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Discipline of Action | January 21, 2019 | Walter Basnight, Secondary Learning Coach for the American International School Chennai, India and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Discipline of Will | January 28, 2019 | Walter Basnight, Secondary Learning Coach for the American International School Chennai, India and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
Collective Teacher Efficacy | February 04, 2019 | Walter Basnight, Secondary Learning Coach for the American International School Chennai, India
and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Next Steps of Choreographing an Opening | February 14, 2019 | Seth Brown, Agency Trainer and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
Adaptive Schools and Trauma Informed Practices | February 15, 2019 | John Matich, Training Associate and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
A Healing-Centered Framework | March 01, 2019 | Carrie Usui Johnson and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Four Hats of Shared Leadership - Facilitating | March 05, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Purposefully Creating Cognitive Diversity and Psychological Safety | March 11, 2019 | James Roussin, Training Associate and member of the Thinking Collaborative Futures Team |
The Four Hats of Shared Leadership - Coaching | March 12, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Four Hats of Shared Leadership - Presenting | March 19, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Journey of Becoming Trauma Informed: How a Norm of Collaboration is Changing Things One Situation at a Time | March 19, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Writing by the Coach | March 25, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Conciousness (April 2019) | April 01, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Craftsmanship | April 08, 2019 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developmental Approach to Feedback and Collaboration: Socializing Knowers | March 13, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developmental Approach to Feedback and Collaboration: Self-Authoring Knowers | March 20, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developmental Approach to Feedback and Collaboration: Self-Transforming Knowers | March 27, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developing Co-Laborers | April 03, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Co-Laboring: Listening Well | April 10, 2017 | Winn Wheeler |
Co-Laboring: Ensuring All Voices are Heard | April 17, 2017 | Winn Wheeler |
Co-Laboring: Building Inclusive Communities | April 24, 2017 | Winn Wheeler |
The Power of the Story | May 01, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Mastering the Box | May 08, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Gesturing to Align with Your Intention | May 15, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Using Your Palms in a Presentation | May 22, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Holding a Confident Stance | May 29, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Trust (Part 1) | June 05, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Trust (Part 2) | June 12, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Trust (Part 3) | June 19, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Trust (Part 4) | June 26, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Managing Change by Managing Transitions | July 03, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Managing Change by Managing Transitions—Endings | July 10, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Managing Change by Managing Transitions—The Neutral Zone | July 17, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Managing Change by Managing Transitions—New Beginnings | July 24, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Managing Change by Managing Transitions—Mediating Your Thinking around Transition | July 31, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Using a Third Point in a Calibrating Conversation | August 07, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Calibrating Conversations Support Self-Directed Learning | August 14, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Envisioning Success in the Calibrating Conversation | August 21, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Using the Calibrating Conversation with the Other Support Functions | August 28, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Power of Paraphrasing | September 04, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Paraphrasing - Acknowledging | September 11, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Paraphrasing - Organizing | September 18, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Paraphrasing Abstracting | September 25, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
How do I get started? | October 02, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Moving to Automaticity | October 09, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Talking and Writing by the Coach (Part 1) | October 16, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Talking and Writing by the Coach (Part 2) | October 23, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Recalcitrant Coachee | October 30, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Beginning to Understand & Embrace the Principles & Tenets of Adaptive Schools (Part 1) | November 06, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Beginning to Understand & Embrace the Principles & Tenets of Adaptive Schools (Part 2) | November 13, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Beginning to Understand & Embrace the Principles & Tenets of Adaptive Schools (Part 3) | November 20, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Beginning to Understand & Embrace the Principles & Tenets of Adaptive Schools (Part 2) | November 27, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Research Supporting Adaptive Schools & Cognitive Coaching (Part 1) | December 04, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Research Supporting Adaptive Schools & Cognitive Coaching (Part 2) | December 11, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Revision to Cognitive Coaching Capability 3…the Why | January 08, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Revision to Cognitive Coaching Capability 3…the What | January 15, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Revision to Cognitive Coaching Capability 3…the How (Part 2) | January 29, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Categories of Stories | February 05, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Why Stories are So Persuasive? | February 12, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Signature Stories | February 19, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Story Features to Make Them More Compelling | February 26, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Four Hats of Shared Leadership - Consulting | March 26, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
What the Best Teams Do to Be the Best Teams! | April 02, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
What the Best Teams Do to Be the Best Teams! 1—They Build Safety | April 09, 2018 | Thinking Collaborative |
Project Aristotle – Understanding Successful Groups | March 14, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Talk Time in Groups | March 21, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Psychological Safety in Groups | March 28, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Confirmation Bias | April 04, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Blind Spot Bias | April 11, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Ostrich Effect | April 18, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Recency | April 25, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Teacher Evaluation – Getting it Right | May 02, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
What Makes a Smart Team? | May 09, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Knowing When to Consult | May 19, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Things and Energy | May 23, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Renewing Yourself | May 30, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Purposes of Reflection | June 06, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Analyzing Causal Factors | June 13, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Construct New Learnings | June 20, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Commit to Applications | June 27, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Capital is an asset in any form. Professional Capital includes Human Capital, Social Capital, Cognitive Capital, and Decisional Capital. | July 04, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Human Capital | July 11, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Social Capital | July 18, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Decisional Capital | July 25, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Listening as a Leadership Tool | August 01, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Shhhh…360 Listening | August 08, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Can you hear me now? 360 Listening | August 15, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Secrets of Great Teamwork—Enabling in a Positive Way, Part 1 | August 22, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Secrets of Great Teamwork—Enabling in a Positive Way, Part 2 | August 29, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Use One Topic at a Time and Address One Process at a Time | September 06, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Balance Participation | September 13, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Understand and Agree on Roles | September 20, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Engage Cognitive Conflict | September 27, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
AS & CC in the Classroom | October 03, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Using a Reflecting Conversation with Students | October 10, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Norms of Collboration & Students - A Real World Example | October 17, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Principles of Complex Systems - A Real World Example | October 24, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Cognitive CoachingSM Research: Outcomes #1 and #2 | November 07, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Cognitive CoachingSM Research: Outcome #3 | November 14, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Cognitive CoachingSM Research: Outcomes #3 and #6 | November 21, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Cognitive CoachingSM Research: Outcome #7 | November 28, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
What is V.U.C.A.? | December 05, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Responding Effectively to V.U.C.A – “Hey, it’s crazy out there!” | December 12, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
Revision to Cognitive Coaching Capability 3…the How (Part 1) | December 12, 2016 | Thinking Collaborative |
An Adaptive Curriculum | January 09, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Effective Thinking as a Future Curriculum | January 16, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Effective Action as a Future Curriculum | January 23, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Effective Relationship and Effective Accomplishment as a Future Curriculum | January 30, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Flexibility (February 2017) | February 06, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
The Reflecting Conversation: Reflect on the Coaching Process and Explore Refinements | February 10, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Consciousness (February 2017) | February 15, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Interdependence (February 2017) | February 20, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Efficacy (February 2017) | February 27, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developmental Approach to Feedback and Collaboration: Instrumental Knowers | March 06, 2017 | Thinking Collaborative |
Problems Created by Group Fallacies | January 26, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
How Groups Reduce Fallacies | February 02, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Helping Groups Become Wiser | February 09, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Things to Consider When Seeking Advice | February 16, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Transformative Talk: Cognitive Coaches Share Their Stories | February 22, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Things to Consider When Giving Advice | February 23, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Student Use of the Norms of Collaboration | March 02, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Back to Basics: Identity as a Mediator | April 06, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Back to Basics: Identity as a Collaborator and Inquirer | April 13, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Who Are We in the Decision-Making Process? | April 20, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Three Meeting Goals | April 27, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developing Trust for a Coaching Relationship | May 04, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Cognitive Capital | May 05, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Navigating Support Functions | May 11, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Making the Norms the Norm | May 18, 2015 | Art Costa & Bena Kallick |
Tips for Making the Norms the Norms | May 24, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Identity as a Mediator | June 01, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
What Messages are You Sending about Helping? | June 08, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Tips for Giving Goal-Referenced Feedback | June 15, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Riding a Bike | June 22, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Are Your Meetings Fun? | June 29, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
Developing Self-Directed Leaders and Learners – A Higher Purpose | July 06, 2015 | Thinking Collaborative |
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