The Designed Change Process

Thinking

Thinking is a learned process. Each person thinks differently. Anyone can learn new ways of thinking, although many become frightened of trainers tinkering with their thinking because it appears to be a personal and private part of life. They resist learning new ways. So, while product development is going on, people with productive thinking habits will interfere with people who are imaginative. Then, when it gets to the production stage, the creative minds will interfere by offering a better product when it's too late to produce it. Thinking produces poor performance when it is inappropriate. Thinking produces excellence, accuracy, productivity when it is "in tune". Through the Designed Change Process, each individual can learn methods of thinking which can match the needs of the organization at the moment.

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Dynamic Thinking

As with any kind of thinking, dynamic thinking is already automatic for some people. The gyroscope at rest which is made to stand and is then pushed over responds predictably. The spinning gyroscope, when pushed over, seems to respond unpredictably. Dynamic thinking predicts the effects of the inertia of ongoing systems. Without this form of thinking, how individuals behave in an organization remains mysterious, unthinkable. With the Designed Change Process you can learn how to think dynamically, and you can integrate that ability with other training, such as "Systems Thinking".

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Thought and Stress

Probably the most significant knowledge brought to you by the Designed Change Process is how various levels and kinds of stress alter how you think. Although everyone experiences this, few notice. When you want to concentrate you generate various forms of stress, like "I've GOT to get this done". When you wish to make a complex decision, you may not know how important it is to relax and provide yourself with "cognitive flexibility". As a matter of fact, the very importance of the decision itself may increase stress, narrow your thinking and spoil your decision. The Designed Change Process can help you learn how to think in the manner that is most appropriate and productive for the moment.

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