Philosophy for me has always been "transformational thinking", a powerful tool to change the world by thinking about it differently. After my philosophy studies and academic career across England, the United States and Japan, working on a United Nations project gave me a taste for doing philosophy in the real world. While directing a research project on developing Thinking Tools, I developed the Reframing method.
I wrote Reframing: the Art of Thinking Differently in 2012 to share this method with a wider audience. Then I found out that reading about reframing is the easy part. Actually doing it, surfacing your own assumptions, pushing them to radical opposites, and running small experiments that change behaviour takes practice.
I've been working with teams, organisations and companies for over 20 years to reframe their professional assumptions and to become radically more effective. I have led more than a 1,000 reframing sessions across Europe, Asia and North America, working with large multinationals, governmental organisations, educators, scientists, and law enforcement. I have also led seminars on personal transformation, about the future of work, major life changes, and the large paradigm shifts occurring in society.
One of the main frustrations of being an educator is that the material is the same for everybody, whether it's a lecture, a workshop, a book, or even a video course. They are all sequential. Everybody goes through the same mental process, regardless of their ability, learning style or specific interests. The amazing promise of AI is providing individual, tutor-level coaching for each learning journey.
This app designs your own unique transformational journey, completely tailored to your specific situation and challenges. It's brilliant at encouraging you to think radically differently and to take chances on running experiments. It has a fantastic memory feature to connect your thoughts and behaviours as you build your practice week by week. I've seen firsthand how powerful it is when someone moves from thinking differently to acting differently - this experience is now more accessible than ever.
