The Power of Art
“For practical purposes, perception is thinking.” Dr Edward de Bono “90% of errors in thinking are errors of perception, not…
Processed Truth – with Additives
Inspector Lestrade: “We’re obviously looking at a suicide. It does seem the only explanation of all the facts.” Sherlock: “Wrong.…
The Mechanism of Memory
Why can we not find anyone today who remembers they supported apartheid, or didn’t think Jimmy Savile was a little …
Lest We Remember
“Invert, always invert” recommended Jacobi. Like a cat, when we’re trying to see something clearly we should move our head…
Too close to see
What difference would it have made to the human race if we had never discovered reading and writing? How would…
Joined Up Thinking
“Like so many iconic American products, Los Angeles smog is now being made in China” Noticing this intriguing statement in…
Your Dream Present
We’re running a workshop, Adrian is in full flow delivering our “Practical Thinking” programme. I set up my laptop on…
Conversations with your subconscious
It is almost a truism that we, ourselves, are our own worst enemies when it comes to understanding ourselves and…
Certainty stops you doing Maths
Somewhere in a Psychology Laboratory What you believe affects your ability to do maths, apparently. If you make up a…
Shakespeare the Social Psychologist
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players” (As You Like It, Act 11 Scene…
The Cognitive Miser
Picture the scene, it’s the school holidays, I am, to all intent and purpose, highly stressed. I am juggling childcare…
A Mind of our Own?
We must have time and a mind of our own if we are to improve the quality of our thinking” …