The Thinking Environment
The Thinking Environment work pioneered by Nancy Kline has been personally and professional transformative, and I’m delighted to now be teaching others how to truly think for themselves and to create an environment where others can do their best independent thinking.
More than ever, we are overwhelmed with data, the thinking of others, and turbulence in our own worlds. The space to be still, to receive anothers fascinated attention is I think the biggest gift we can offer each other. The teaching of the Thinking Environment is experiential; a shared experience of thinking and conversing together, where the findings and way of being in this work are gently explored.
Work pioneered by Nancy Kline.
Teaching the Thinking Partnership
The Thinking Partnership Course teaches you the Thinking Partnership Session®, a uniquely powerful process for liberating the human mind. Through generative Attention and the building of Incisive Questions, this process produces breakthough, independent thinking.
You will participate both as Thinker (considering topics of your choice), and as Thinking Partner (practicing this elegant expertise).
Along the way you will explore all Ten Components of a Thinking Environment.
This course is a prerequisite for the Coach Qualifying Course.
1 x 2 hour 1:1 Live Thinking Session for each participant with Meg
4 x 3.5 hour Live Group Workshops, with input from Meg and from experiential group conversations and breakouts
4 x Live Thinking Partnership practice sessions (at least) with fellow learners to be scheduled each week for the duration of the programme.
CPD certificate awarded on completion.
Requirements
Private space, uninterrupted allocation of time for all sessions including thinking Partnership sessions with each other
Facility to use Zoom/other on line platforms
Commitment to attend all sessions
Dates for 2026 to be confirmed - each programme runs over a morning each week for four weeks; 9.00am – 12.30pm
Contact me for dates in 2026.
Fees
£990plus VAT pp
Foundation course - up to eight participants, an immersive introduction to all the findings and applications of the Thinking Environment.
The Foundation Course introduces you to the Ten Components of a Thinking Environment and how you use the building blocks into a range of applications. You will explore Thinking Pairs, Dialogue, Rounds, Open Discussion, Meetings, the Council and Facilitation. Any of these applications will help you turn groups and organisations into Thinking Environments.
You will also see one Thinking Partnership demonstration in order to consider its importance for leaders in creating Thinking Environment cultures.
This course is a prerequisite for the Facilitator Qualifying Course. Contact me for dates in 2026.
Fees £690 pp plus VAT