Book Club: ‘Time to Think: Listening To Ignite The Human Mind’ by Nancy Kline

“The quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first. The quality of our thinking depends on the way we treat each other while we are thinking.” – Nancy Kline

This session of the Leading to Change Book Club will be featuring ‘Time to Think’ by Nancy Kline.

Whether you have already read the book, you are interested in reading it or finding out more about it; this is a space were you are welcome to engage and join the conversation.

About the book:

• ‘Time to Think: Listening To Ignite The Human Mind’ by Nancy Kline
• An online copy of this book is available via the Knowledge Network. Anyone who helps to deliver publicly funded health or social care in Scotland is eligible to access and create an Open Athens account.

Have a look at some free, optional resources below:

• 3-minute read – A short article from the author: A thinking environment organisation
• 6-minute watch – A visual summary of the 10 components of the thinking environment: How to Improve Your Creativity and Listening Skills with Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment
• 10-minute read – A summary and reflective questions on each component of the thinking environment: How Do You Create The Best Thinking Environment?

About the book club:

Our aim is to create a flexible learning space for leaders at all levels, who appreciate books and reading as part of their continuous leadership development. A cosy space to promote, celebrate and enhance the valuable role of books to our personal growth, self-leadership and critical thinking.

We will start the session with an introduction and summary from our team, then participants will be put into smaller groups to allow for deeper reflection and conversation.

We will be using the following format to facilitate this 1-hour session:

Welcome and setting the scene

Discussion in small groups:   What interested you in this book? Share an insight that resonated with you Share one thing you will do or think about differently as a result?

Larger group discussion

Collating our ‘5 Leadership Bookmarks’ as a group

Closing

Bring a cuppa, a curious mind and join us in conversation!