Pivotal Thinking

We believe that success starts with the way you think - if you want to grow, you need to think beyond survival ... As your business grows you will face many pivotal moments. If you are to succeed, you will need to think correctly but don’t just take our word for it:

Of one thing we can be sure. The quality of our life in the future will be determined by the quality of our thinking."
Edward de Bono

Pivotal moments need pivotal thinking - a blend of

Strategic

You need to think things through from the organisation’s perspective, decide on where you are, where you want to get to and how you will get there. You need to be realistic in your assessment of your capabilities but clear about your objectives

Creative

If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you’ve always got. If you don’t come up with something different to your competition, you will never gain an advantage.

Systems

The world is complex and issues are often interconnected. Applying what seems to be the obvious solution to your problems often leads to more problems. You need to think systemically as well as systematically

Project

Implementing the changes you come up with need to be thought through, planned and structured.

Critical and

You need to adopt a critical stance - challenging the assumptions you make and the conclusions you reach. You need someone to act as “Devil’s Advocate” to help you avoid the obvious solutions that cause more problems than they solve.

Lateral thinking

Real world problems don’t always respond to logical, linear thinking processes. To find more possibilities and better, more robust solutions - you need a wider range of thinking processes

Develop the thinking skills needed for the pivotal moments in your business’s development

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Strategic	You need to think things through from the organisation’s perspective, decide on where you are, where you want to get to and how you will get there. You need to be realistic in your assessment of your capabilities but clear about your objectives
Creative	If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you’ve always got. If you don’t come up with something different to your competition, you will never gain an advantage.
Systems	The world is complex and issues are often interconnected. Applying what seems to be the obvious solution to your problems often leads to more problems. You need to think systemically as well as systematically
Project	Implementing the changes you come up with need to be thought through, planned and structured.
Critical and	You need to adopt a critical stance - challenging the assumptions you make and the conclusions you reach. You need someone to act as “Devil’s Advocate” to help you avoid the obvious solutions that cause more problems than they solve.
Lateral thinking	Real world problems don’t always respond to logical, linear thinking processes. To find more possibilities and better, more robust solutions - you need a wider range of thinking processes