This latest recording of a dialogue between myself and Sophie Stephenson was a thoroughly joyful roller-coaster ride that took us from the precipice of challenging a "holy cow" of Thinking Environment theory (I know we don't have any of those, but just try telling any one of us that there aren't actually Ten Components of a Thinking Environment and see what kind of response you get!) full circle back to a deep appreciation for how accurately Nancy Kline managed to distinguish and then capture the vast world of complexity that lies behind the apparently "simple" idea of there being three streams of attention that we are managing in order to offer Generative Attention.
In addition to the mind-expanding (at one point I even admit to feeling mind blown!) exhilaration of where our thinking took us, I have to also say that I really loved the experience of Thinking Environment Dialogue this particular experience was. From the unexpected curve ball of the other person's turn, not what you were expecting they were going to say, through to the geeky moment at around 37 minutes where we both disappeared temporarily into apps on our phones to access The Component of Information (it worked so well to give us something we needed!), through to the very emergence that we were exploring happening between us as we talked of it, this for me is the joy of Dialogue in a Thinking Environment.
We would love to know what you think if you can spare just under 46 minutes to listen, and look forward to any comments on where this magical mystery tour took you as you listened.
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