Stardate: 24th April 2006... we, the Go MAD crew of thinkers, held our most successful Client Thinking Day (solution focused thinking events free to Go MAD clients) yet at the National Space Centre, Leicester. A range of activities, guest speakers and networking boosted the thinking of 70 of our clients through an out of this world event!! We boldly took their thinking where no thinking had gone before!!

Hosted by Go MAD Thinking Engineer Graham Field, over the course of just one Earth Day we worked with a remarkable guest speaker and a mix of Alien Life Forms, Rocket Pilots, Moon Buggy Racers, Stargazers. Brain Physicists, Spacesuit Technicians and Planet Geologists (otherwise known as clients!) to explore new, remarkable thinking... to challenge existing hindering beliefs and to turn them into helpful ones... to improve their memory and then Breakthrough their thinking.

Andy Gilbert, founder of Go MAD, introduced a session around 'Remarkable Thinking' and produced the Go MAD Remarkable Thinking Rocket...

A question to ask yourself: If you are aiming for remarkable results, how might this structure help you?

Graham delivered a session focusing on the learning we could all take from Star Wars... particularly the beliefs of Yoda and the doubts of Luke Skywalker... and if this means nothing to you, consider the limiting beliefs you might have and where you might have got them from... and how these might be holding you back. Consider also the benefit of involving a worldly wise figure who believes you can achieve... how might this help you? (For more on this specifically, email graham@gomadthinking.com with 'thoughts from Star Wars' as your title and ask him to explain more!)

Our remarkable guest speaker was Michael Tipper (silver medalist in the World Memory Championship). Michael focused on 'Face; The Final Frontier' and how to remember names... including his own 'HANDSHAKES' approach.

Download Michael Tipper's 'Handshakes' process
for remembering names now!

If you are interested in exploring Go MAD Thinking for your personal or business development contact the Go MAD Team to find out more about our products and open programme or visit our website at www.gomadthinking.com.

Solution Focused Thinking Open Programme 2006 dates are:

4th - 7th July
8th - 11th August (full)
5th - 8th September
3rd - 6th October
7th - 10th November
5th - 8th December

The initial 4-day training introduces you to an intensive and challenging 6-month programme. This 6-month programme gives you the tools to apply solution focused thinking on a personal level and to achieve business results. To receive the 6-month programme promotional DVD click here

The Go MAD Framework provides you with a consistent approach to coaching. The downloadable 'A 40 question coaching script' gives examples of questions based around the Go MAD Framework which can be used as a starting point to explore the types of questions you might ask when coaching.

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Imagine if everyone who worked in an organisation shared the same thinking system, with an easy to understand language, aligned to clearly defined business goals. It makes sense! If everyone is equipped to use the same IT system, why not equip people to use the same thinking system?

The Go MAD Organisational Development Framework allows you to analyse and facilitate change at a macro level.

So, Personal Responsibility becomes Leadership Responsibility; the People involved include employees, customers and other stakeholders; the goal becomes the Vision; the individual Self-Belief becomes the Culture of the organisation; the Reason Why becomes an Organisational Reason Why (e.g. shareholder value); and Planning Priorities becomes a Management Thinking activity in line with the business objectives and direction given by the leadership team.

Adopting a systems thinking approach to organisational change means that we need to consider the individual elements and their impact upon each other. Potentially there will be a need to take action and measure the results of each element. A different set of questions can now be asked to analyse the macro differences leaders are seeking to make and identify weaknesses in the system.

> What is the organisational reason for seeking change?
> What is the leadership vision?
> How strong is the existing culture to support the vision?
> How is the vision being communicated to managers responsible for the planning
and implementation?
> How effectively are the objectives being communicated to other people (employees, customers, suppliers,etc.) to obtain their commitment?

If you are a business leader seeking to make a difference contact the Go MAD team about attending a Discovery Day to find out how Go MAD can help you with organisational development.

Go MAD Discovery Day 2006 dates:
19th June
10th July
17th July
21st August
18th September
16th October

WANTED: Coaching volunteers required for filming

Would you like to receive a free coaching session from Andy Gilbert or one of the Go MAD Thinking Engineers?

Go MAD Thinking is currently developing an online resource to support our personal development and business improvement programmes. This resource will include video clips of real life coaching sessions to demonstrate a range of tools and techniques.

To receive a f_ree coaching session on a subject of your choice you must be willing to be filmed and to travel to our head office in Leicestershire.

To express an interest or for more information please contact Kathryn Roberts at kathryn@gomadthinking.com

Discover how to improve business performance through the development of people's thinking ability with Andy Gilbert in our latest 40 minute audio programme.

'Business Improvement Through Transformed Thinking' is the seventh CD in the 'Your Questions Answered' series and has just been added to our website.

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If you have any questions or would like more detail about the information in this issue please contact the Go MAD team.

Best wishes from,
The Go MAD Team
http://www.gomadthinking.com/

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