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 another’s fascinated attention is 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.
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 Thinking Session for each participant with Meg
4 x 3.5 hour Group Workshops, with input from Meg and from experiential group conversations and breakouts
4 × 1 hour 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
Commitment to attend all sessions
Dates for 2026 - each programme runs for one morning a week for four consecutive weeks 9.00am – 12.30pm
July 8th, 15th, 21st, 29th
October 7th, 14th, 20th, 28th
December 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
Fees £800 plus VAT pp
Foundation course
The Foundation Course provides an immersive introduction to all the findings and applications of the Thinking Environment. You will learn 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. Dates go live for remainder of 2026 22 June.
Fees £690 pp plus VAT
Transforming Meetings Course
You will learn about and practice working with the behaviours which comprise the Ten Components of The Thinking Environment. You will leave with a clear framework of principles and and actions, together with guidance on how to prepare for and run meetings that builds connection, liberates the thinking of the group and provides shared commitment and clarity.
The programme is run on line over one day for six hours plus breaks, and can be run over three shorter sessions - two consecutive days with a follow up the following week. For the one day workshop, we can also work in person at an agreed location.
2026 Dates - all run 09.30 - 16.30
28th July 27 August September tbc6 October 27 NovemberFees £350.00 plus VAT pp