Welcome to Segment #2 of a conversation with Penny Tompkins & James Lawley.

This segment is about ten and a half minutes. James and Penny go quite deeply into working with metaphor and the difference that makes for people and organizations.

So enjoy the next ten and a half minutes and we'll see you soon for Segment three.

Register for Ask Us Anything October 20, 2018:

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This is the first segment of a three part conversation with Penny Tompkins & James Lawley.

In this 7.5 minute segment, Penny and James talk about the workshop Symptoms & Systems: a clean approach, They are offering in California, January 2019.

Now don't worry. It's not all just dry information about the workshop. It's really quite a deep conversation about clean language, working in metaphor, and how this kind of thinking and questioning can help you in your work and life.

So enjoy segment one and then we'll see you again for Segment two.

Register for Ask Us Anything October 20, 2018:

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Or check out Clean Convergence 2019 here: http://cleanlanguagetraining.com/clean-convergence-2019-sharon-small/

We all use metaphors when we are speaking, in conversation and as a way of explaining how something is. Listen as I share eight very good reasons to work with the naturally occuring metaphor in your clients speach.

Read more about how we work with metaphors cleanly in this article by Penny Tompkins & James Lawley: http://www.cleanlanguage.co.uk/articles/articles/127/1/Coaching-with-Metaphor/Page1.html

James Lawley and I talk about what Clean Interviewing is, where is comes from, where and how it is being used, and the benefits of using this innovative interview model that minimizes unintended interviewer bias.

Clean interviewing is for managers, coaches, analysts, educators, researchers, graduate students, auditors, small business owners … Anyone in a situation where gathering authentic and trustworthy information is important.

Please join us for the 20 minute conversation and find out how Clean Interviewing could be helpful to you.

To find out more about how you can trained in this innovative method. visit http://cleanlanguagetraining.com/clean-interviewing/

or http://cleanlanguagetraining.com/clean-convergence-2019-sharon-small/

A bright blue dodge dart, Dragnet, and the difference between fact and fiction. False Attributes Concieved as Truth - often what we percieve as facts not facts at all. How do you know the difference? Have fun with this short episode about F.A.C.T.'s & facts and opening to the idea of working with metaphor.

Light rain, the coming on Autumn on the central coast of California and October being the last month for best pricing for our January 2019 event: Clean Convergence 2019.

Boiling eggs for easy peeling and gaining genuine rapport are not as different as you might imagine. Join me for this 3.5 minute spoken email about my days in Montana and what I learned from boiling eggs.

Join us for this 19 minute conversation about this particular was of starting your journey into Clean Language and the Symbolic Modeling domain.

Symbolic Modeling Lite is a 3-Day introduction to Clean Language that walks the new learner all the way through the Symbolic Modeling process from start to finish.

Sharon Small offeres this three day training each year at Clean Convergence as both a get started program and refresher for those who already have some training in Clean Language and would like ot hone their skills.

Penny Tompkins, James Lawley and I discuss why this format is so useful to both new learners and those who wish to review their earlier learning.

Would you like to join us in 2019? http://cleanlanguagetraining.com/clean-convergence-2019-sharon-small/