Podcasts about liminal thinking

What if your beliefs—about work, people, or even yourself—are quietly holding you back? In this episode of The Mob Mentality Show, we sit down with visual thinker, author, and accidental Mob Programming anthropologist Dave Gray to unpack the power of belief, clarity, and collaboration in tech and beyond. Dave Gray is known for Liminal Thinking—a book about understanding the invisible beliefs that shape behavior and systems. But did he know he was writing a book about us? Turns out, our Mob Programming origin story and Dave's journey are more connected than you'd expect. With roots as an artist, Dave brings a rare perspective to complex tech and business systems. From prior infographic posters that demystified RFID and Bluetooth when they first came out, to visual guides on inner transformation and his latest books, Dave's work simplifies the complicated and builds bridges for real understanding. With Dave we explore: What led Dave from agile software development to Liminal Thinking Why most Agile transformations fail  How to navigate confusing resistance—are people really lost, or just saying “no”? The principles behind creating safe spaces and disrupting unhelpful routines Visual and liminal thinking for fostering organic authentic change, not just communication tricks Raw observation vs. narrative: how perception can distort reality Why having lunch with someone you think is "crazy" or "stupid" might be the wisest move The psychology behind tech resistance, organizational inertia, and true agility We also revisit how Woody Zuill and our original Mob Programming team with Chris Lucian smashed the belief that “real work” only happens in cubicles and outside of "meetings." The mob origin story had Liminal Thinking on full display as that team reflected, questioned, and ultimately acted in defiance of broken norms. The result? A shift in how we define space, collaboration, and innovation as Dave captures in his book.  If you work in tech, lead change, facilitate teams, or just feel stuck inside outdated ways of working, this episode is for you. Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/fWF6kQBRdhg  

INIKOPER berbagi bagaimana merancang sesi pertemuan sebagai Liminal Space dengan menggunakan cara Liminal Thinking.  Intinya bagaiman menyusun sesi yang menggunakan moda berfikir "ruang antara"?   Ruang Antara membuat peserta bisa keluar dari asumsi yang mereka. yakini selama ini dengan menangkap asumsi baru tentang perubahan sosial. 

INIKOPER kali ini berbagi tentang apa itu Liminal Thinking atau Liminal Space?   Dalam bahasa sederhana Liminal Thinking itu adalah cara berfikir tanpa batas.  Untuk berpikir liminal kita perlu mengubah pengalaman kita, atensi kita, teori kita dan keyakinan kita.   Tanpa mengubah hal-hal tadi, kita selalu dibatasi oleh keyakinan kita sendiri dalam melakukan apa pun.   Silakan dinikmati.

Send us a textWelcome to the Feel Lit Alcohol Free Podcast, where your hosts, Susan and Ruby, guide you on a transformative journey to break free from the love-hate relationship with alcohol. In this episode, we dive deep into a topic many of us can relate to: feeling embarrassed about being alcohol-free. They answer a listener's question: "I am loving being alcohol free - however, I'm struggling with “the label” - probably because I judged others who were alcohol free and considered them “not fun.” Any advice on how to feel proud of it and not embarrassed by it? I know that sounds crazy to be embarrassed that I'm not drinking all the time…"Have you ever felt awkward or out of place without a drink in hand? You're not alone! Ruby and Susan share their personal stories and powerful coaching tips to help you overcome these feelings and embrace your alcohol-free lifestyle with pride.What if you could turn embarrassment into empowerment? How would it feel to walk into any social setting with unshakeable confidence? From challenging limiting beliefs to unleashing your inner badass, we explore practical strategies to uplift and empower you on your alcohol-free journey.Tune in and discover how to navigate these challenges with grace and strength. Ready to feel lit and live your best alcohol-free life? Let's get started!Time stamp:00:00 Listeners question: Advice on how to feel proud AF and not embarrassed by it?05:29 Fear of judgment, rationalizing alcohol, questioning beliefs.09:10 Liminal Thinking basis for transformative coaching method.11:31 Replace old thoughts by practicing new ones.13:48 Create alcohol-free lifestyle pitch for social situations.19:48 Trying to live without TV and alcohol.We want to hear from you! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and ask us any questions you have about breaking free from wine or living an alcohol-free lifestyle. Your question could be the highlight of a future episode! Grab your copy of our FREE WineFree Weekend Guide to help you on your alcohol free journey. https://feellitpodcast.com/Guide Find community and connection on the Feel Lit Alcohol Free Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/feellitalcoholfreepodcastWatch Episode on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@FeelLitAlcoholFreePodcast/videosWebsites:Susan Larkin Coaching https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com/ Ruby Williams at Freedom Renegade Coaching https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/Follow Susan: @drinklesswithsusanFollow Ruby: @rubywilliamscoachingIt is strongly recommended that you seek professional advice regarding your health before attempting to take a break from alcohol. The creators, hosts, and producers of the The Feel Lit Alcohol Free podcast are not healthcare practitioners and therefore do not give medical, or psychologic...

Welcome to another episode of the Human Centred Design Podcast, this time with someone I hold in the highest regards for their contribution to the world of design. It's Dave Gray, co-author of Gamestorming, and author of The Connected Company, and one of my favourite all-time books, not just design books, Liminal Thinking. Now this episode was really open and free-flowing, mainly because I think it was recorded quite late in the night for me, so we discussed lots of topics. Different topics, but mainly going to cover off some of the main points here. We talk about the power of drawing and visualisation, the influence of belief systems on reality, and the importance of finding common ground with those that we're working with. Dave shares his insights on facilitating workshops and encouraging active participation, something many of us are really struggling with. As well as nurturing creativity and challenging beliefs. This conversation really highlights the need for trust and open-mindedness. How do we get that in order to drive meaningful change? Dave also discusses his experience and how he got his first break, really creating infographics for newspapers, and then teaching others to draw to create that alignment. Now he shares the story of starting his company, XPLANE, and the power of information visualisation. We really stress the importance of creativity and design, and the challenges of that the notion that only some people are creative, something that I face many times when I'm training. Now he introduces the concept of being a possibilitarian and encourages testing assumptions and pushing boundaries. Dave also discusses his new endeavour, School of the Possible, a community that you might be interested in as it explores creative projects and cultivates positive possibilities. It's an incredible episode, Dave's incredible. Go grab a coffee, a slice of your favourite cake, or maybe a few biscuits. Sit back and enjoy. linkedin.com/in/davegray Campfire call – SCHOOL OF THE POSSIBLE Visual Thinking – Hi there! (xplaner.com) Become a member: https://www.thisishcd.com/landing/circle-a-community-for-ethically-conscious-designers-changemakers Book a Coaching Chemistry Call: https://calendly.com/gerryscullion/coaching-chemistry-call

Dave Gray describes himself as a possibilitarian. He focuses on helping people and teams realize their creative potential. Dave the author of several influential books, including Liminal Thinking and Gamestorming, which he co-authored with Sunni Brown and James Macanudo. He also founded the pioneering visual thinking company XPLANE. In this conversation, we discuss how to move beyond mental models that constrain us to open up new possibilities.Show notesDave GrayDave Gray - LinkedInThe Connected Company by Dave Gray and Thomas Vander WalGamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James MacanufoLiminal Thinking by Dave GrayRed Herring (magazine) - WikipediaXPLANATIONSXPLANEGreg Petroff - LinkedInDouglas Engelbart - WikipediaAndy MatuschakSchool of the PossibleSchool of the Possible Campfire CallsShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.If you're enjoying the show, please rate or review us in Apple's podcast directory:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200This episode's transcript was produced by an AI. If you notice any errors, please get in touch.

Fast-track your career with our 12-week training programme: https://www.thisishcd.com/coaching-mentoring-for-innovators-change-makers Welcome to another episode of This is HCD. Several months ago, I started speaking with today's guest, Mike Parker, owner and founder of Liminal Coaching in Wales in the UK. I'd heard Mike's name mentioned several times over the years online, especially after reading the brilliant book by Dave Gray called Liminal Thinking several years ago. Now that book for me was transformative. Both personally and professionally, and over the years, as I explored ways and means to extend my level of knowledge in this space, I started to read more and more about the benefits of liminality to changemakers. So what exactly is liminality? And more to the point, what is liminal thinking? If you haven't read that book, I really encourage you to pick it up. It's a brilliant book and a brilliant read. Now, liminal thinking is a concept, an approach to problem solving and understanding. The world that deals with the power of the thresholds of perception and belief. Now, the term liminal comes from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold. And in a broader sense, liminality refers to a state of transition, the in between phase of a process of change, where you are on the threshold between one state and another. Some of Mike's work is really fascinating and involves holding space for yourself just to drift. So for anyone who knows me personally, they'd be familiar with the constant drive or chaos that surrounds my own life and is in constant conflict with this idea of just holding space. But I truly love it and I love practicing it. I might not be good at it. But I know I want to get better at it, but that's probably a really nice way of framing it. So this episode is going to be of interest to me, or of interest to you if you're like me in that sense, always running close to empty and always striving for perfection and really ultimately being critically hard on yourself from time to time. So in this episode we tackle some of those pieces and go deeper into Mike's practices. Let's get stuck in. linkedin.com/in/mikekparker

Season 4 Episode 76 Accounting High is supported by our Booster Club Thank you LiveFlow!  LiveFlow - Advanced financial reporting on autopilot. LiveFlow turns your spreadsheet into a scalable, real-time FP&A platform, check them out: https://www.liveflow.io/partnerships/accounting-high Get 20% off for 3 months with promo code HIGH FACULTY: Ron Baker CLASS: #GuidePosts TITLE: Age Marks Milestones: A Book Report on “Strength to Strength” by Albert C. Brooks in the Principal's Office with Principal Ron Baker | #GuidePosts In this episode, Scott finds himself in Principal Baker's office again to review the book "Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life" by Arthur C. Brooks. They deep dive into the key themes and ideas presented in the book, offering insights and perspectives on finding success, happiness, and purpose in the second half of life. Scott and Ron share their initial reactions and thoughts after reading the book. The concept of the striver's curse and the inevitable mental decline that comes with age is explored. They discuss how different fields and innovations experience declines at different rates. The idea of using knowledge to pivot and pursue new paths for personal growth is examined. Scott reads Jasper's A.I. book review They challenge the notion that having goals is always beneficial for humans. Strategies and approaches to counter the striver's curse are discussed. They delve into the importance of acquiring crystalized knowledge and its application in different fields, including accounting. Ron shares his perspective on writing books later in life compared to when he started. The Sisyphean Curse and the dangers of growth for the sake of growth are discussed. The awareness of death and finding purpose while engaging in business activities is examined. They talk about applying ancient wisdom to everyday life and finding meaning in what we do. Age is seen as mile markers in life and opportunities for growth and reflection. The role of ancient wisdom and spiritual guides in navigating the second half of life is explored. The significance of playing to one's strengths is highlighted. The concept of Liminal Thinking is briefly discussed. They conclude the episode with a discussion and debut of Scott's newest rap Shout Outs: Rick Rubin, Arthur C. Brooks, Elon Musk, Billy Joel, Raymond Cattell, Jason Ackerman, Malcom Forbes, Paul Dunn, Paul Johnson, Terrell Turner, Heather Smith, Edward Abbey, Edwin Land, Dave Barrett, Don Brolin, Xero, Ribbi Daniel Lapin, LiveFlow, QuickBooks Connects, Anita from LiveFlow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/accountinghigh/message

Podcast Intro: What are your beliefs around health, healing, and disease? You might have experiences that you have individually experienced, and there are also universal energy experiences or unity consciousness experiences that are also part of your experience box. But you can't know everything on some level. In this world, there is a lot to learn. Do a bit of exploration. When you hear someone else tell you about their experience, it becomes part of your own. You can have direct perception experiences and experiences in different levels of consciousness that aren't always conscious states. What you'll get out of tuning in: What is your workshop on looking at beliefs? What are some ways to question our beliefs? What are your beliefs? What is obvious to you? What is the emotional resonance you have with this specific word over that word? What is the opportunity at the crossroads of your life right now?  Is inquiry practice a healing process in itself? Links/CTA: Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray Check out Yogahealer's latest events & workshops! Highlights: Cate shares one of her favorite images which is Dave Gray Cate tells a story when her daughter keeps asking questions that are so beyond her experience. Cate mentioned being aware of the visceral experience Timestamps: [0:59] The empathy map by Dave Gray [5:19] Beyond the threshold  [8:57] Experience the experience in your body [11:31] Inquiry practice [15:01] Emotional resonance with certain words [16:14] What're the crossroads right now? Quotes: “We have these strong theories, judgments, beliefs, and things that we think are super obvious. But it's resting on a small chunk of possible experience. What brings us beyond the threshold, beyond our condition thinking into liminal thinking is actually in part when we question our beliefs.”  “Your beliefs are what is obvious to you.” “It's okay to allow for contradictions. As you investigate your beliefs about the mind, return to what experiences have led you to those beliefs.” “It doesn't have to be obvious to anyone but you because you're just relying on your experience of what's obvious.”

Join ThisMrs and Drifter as they unpack Chapter 1 of This Naked Mind by Annie Grace. Chapter 1 incudes cognitive dissonance, Liminal Thinking and discusses how powerful our subconscious minds are vs our conscious minds. Also that we have 2 thinking systems, conscious and subconscious.     I had an absolute blast sitting down with ThisMrs and discussing chapter 1 of This Naked Mind!!! This Naked Mind by Annie Grace changed both our lives! We've been empowered! We're not Powerless!!  BOOOOOM!!!   No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com  

(NOTAS Y ENLACES COMPLETOS DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/107-creatividad-ii-pensamiento-liminal/) Una vieja parábola india cuenta que un grupo de ciegos escuchó hablar de un extraño animal, llamado elefante, que había sido traído a su pueblo por primera vez. Ninguno de ellos conocía su forma, ni su figura, así que pidieron ser llevados hasta él, para poder reconocerlo al tacto. Cuando llegaron, se pusieron alrededor del elefante y cada uno comenzó a describir lo que percibía con sus manos. El primero, palpando la trompa, dijo: “Este ser es como una serpiente gruesa”. Para otro, cuyas manos recorrían las orejas del animal, era como una especie de abanico. Un tercero, tocando su pata, dijo que el elefante era un pilar como el tronco de un árbol. Otro, que palpaba su costado, dijo que era más bien como una pared rugosa, mientras que el que palpaba su cola lo describió como una cuerda. El último de ellos, tocando su colmillo, dijo que el elefante era duro, liso y puntiagudo, como una lanza.Menos mal que esta fábula es india y no española que, si no, a saber cómo terminaba el cuento. Pero, bromas aparte, creo refleja una de esas verdades milenarias que en el fondo siempre hemos sabido y que, aún así, necesitamos que nos recuerden de vez en cuando. Cada uno de nosotros somos ciegos a nuestra manera. Vivimos y describimos el mundo basándonos en nuestra experiencia. Y tomamos decisiones basándonos en ella, pero completamente ajenos a que esa experiencia es sólo es una pequeña parte de la realidad. Construimos nuestros modelos de cómo es el elefante basándonos sólo en aquello que hemos podido palpar. A veces nos tiramos meses, o incluso años, pensando de una manera sobre un tema concreto. Siendo incapaces de resolver un problema, por ejemplo. Hasta que, de pronto, en el momento más inesperado, algo nos cambia la perspectiva y nos hace verlo desde un ángulo diferente. Y, de golpe, tenemos la solución. Vemos al elefante completo.Normalmente, esos momentos de descubrimiento, esos momentos Eureka, tienen que ver con que de alguna manera hemos expandido nuestros modelos. Los hemos extendido y redefinido. Y podemos esperar a que estos momentos sucedan por arte de magia o podemos intentar provocarlos aplicando ideas como la del pensamiento liminal, a la que vamos a dedicar el capítulo de hoy.

We're all a lot less objective than we give ourselves credit for. David & Mike attempt to figure out why by considering limiting beliefs, learning loops, and the slippery slope of self-sealing logic.

We're all a lot less objective than we give ourselves credit for. David & Mike attempt to figure out why by considering limiting beliefs, learning loops, and the slippery slope of self-sealing logic.

Our beliefs form the basis of everything we say, think, and do. Modifying them can be hard, but today's author tries to teach us how to make it easier. Joe & Mike as they attempt to change their minds – and their behavior. Links Support the Show Obsidian Mobile The Sweet Setup Obsidian Course Obsidian […]

Dave is a possibilitarian who believes that anything is possible. And if he thinks something that he wants is impossible, he will devise an experiment to test that assumption. FIND DAVE ONLINE Twitter: https://twitter.com/davegray QUOTES [00:04:09] "I think one of the things that surprised me the most is that I was able to somehow find a way through creativity to be financially successful. Which I never somehow never really expected." [00:07:09] "People tend to use the word creative as a way to describe a kind of a personality trait. Oh, I'm creative. She's creative. He's creative. That's a creative person. And I think there's a lot of connotations that go with that creative meaning...But when you think about what the word creation means, to create something is to bring something new into the world...So creation is the process by which we bring new things into the world that weren't there before. And I think everyone has the potential within them to do that in different ways. " [00:13:21] "Well, reality is unknowable, right? In some way, we all have different experiences of reality. Each one of us has a unique set of experiences, but none of us can know all all of reality." [00:21:30] "Liminal thinking is being cultivating a mindset where you can find those thresholds, stand on those thresholds between one thing and another." HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW [00:01:36] Guest introduction [00:02:54] We learn about Dave's background [00:03:57] How different is life now than what you had imagined it would be? [00:04:46] What was your journey like to now? [00:05:30] Was there a particular experience that helped you develop this philosophy around creativity? [00:06:53] How would you define creativity and how can somebody who doesn't see themselves as a creative individual tap into the creativity that they have naturally? [00:08:38] How to “connect the dots” [00:09:39] What do you think is the difference between science and art? [00:11:43] So in science, we kind of have like that the scientific method. Do you think there's a method to creativity? Can creativity be systematized? [00:12:44] What is a belief and how is a belief different from reality? [00:16:12] Can we make sense of the world without beliefs? [00:19:43] What is liminal thinking? [00:23:46] How do we create beliefs? [00:30:36] What are some pitfalls of mistaking belief for reality that you've seen play out organizations? [00:35:10] Self-sealing logic [00:39:58] The pyramid of beliefs [00:42:53] The loopiness of your belief system [00:46:07] Should we test to falsify our beliefs? [00:51:43] Johari Window [00:53:50] Check your cognitive blind spots [00:55:26] Try on different beliefs [00:57:13] How can we use storytelling to understand people's beliefs? [01:00:39] How can we use stories to help persuade people to buy into our ideas? [01:04:21] How can we make sure that we're not asking questions in such a way that we're almost setting up the response to get an answer that will conform to what we want to hear? [01:08:03] It is one hundred years in the future: What do you want to be remembered for? [01:08:23] The Random Round Special Guest: Dave Gray.

Inspiring conversation about service design, value creation, design pillars, and the importance of holistic thinking with Jane Vita, Design Director at Digitalist.  We had discussions about learning design tools, improving your communication, and crafting your narrative skills. A designer should be able to use design tools, but also learn how to extract information from stakeholders and  how to extract value creation and experience for the users. Additional Reading Mentioned in the Interview Jane Vita Portfolio: http://www.janevita.com/ IxDA - Interaction Design Association: https://ixda.org/  Service Design Networks (SDN): https://www.service-design-network.org/  Interaction Conference talks: https://vimeo.com/ixdaglobal  Invision Talks - Diverse selection of Design topics: https://www.invisionapp.com/talks/all  Trendwatching: https://trendwatching.com/ McKinsey: https://www.mckinsey.com/  Trendone: https://www.trendone.com/en/  The Good to Great by Jim Collins: https://amzn.to/2DMRwdH  This is Service Design Thinking by Marc Stickdorn: https://amzn.to/3h1FjQC  This Is Service Design Doing by Marc Stickdorn: https://amzn.to/3arxm4N  Designing for the Digital Age by Kim Goodwin: https://amzn.to/345fJqm  Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray: https://amzn.to/31QKL2m  UX LAB YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw-CQYphBIs_nplLNJuz44w  UX Collective Blog: https://uxdesign.cc/?gi=8af050bf3e26 Secret Leaders Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2IwIk50zNhVsgK0rQRSik7?si=YPobewwiQY2a3QbnnQ-YYQ   Our website is LatinxInPower.com. Send me a message on Instagram @Latinx_in_Power or Twitter @LatinxInPower. Check out our new episodes every first Tuesday of the month.

INI KOPER berbagi pengetahuan dan pengalaman tentang Liminal Thinking.  Sebuah cara berfikir meregang dari kebiasaan-kebiasaan lama.  Realitas yang kita lihat dibatasi oleh keyakinan kita atas realitas itu.  Bila ingin melakukan perubahan, kita harus mengeksplorasi keyakinan-keyakinan baru untuk bisa menciptakan aktivitas yang baru dan akhirnya hasil yang sama sekali baru.   HOST: Dani Wahyu Munggoro

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/A conversation with multiple-author and thought leader Dave Gray on his book 'Liminal Thinking'.We talk:- The power of popping our "bubbles of belief"- The ultimate culture hack in a Dallas district- Hacking fishmarkets in Mogadishu- The art of the pattern interrupt- What we can learn from the American PragmatistsEnjoy!Links:Liminal Thinking on AmazonThe WesbiteDave's personal website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/A conversation with multiple-author and thought leader Dave Gray on his book 'Liminal Thinking'.We talk:- The power of popping our "bubbles of belief"- The ultimate culture hack in a Dallas district- Hacking fishmarkets in Mogadishu- The art of the pattern interrupt- What we can learn from the American PragmatistsEnjoy!Links:Liminal Thinking on AmazonThe WesbiteDave's personal website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/A conversation with multiple-author and thought leader Dave Gray on his book 'Liminal Thinking'.We talk:- The power of popping our "bubbles of belief"- The ultimate culture hack in a Dallas district- Hacking fishmarkets in Mogadishu- The art of the pattern interrupt- What we can learn from the American PragmatistsEnjoy!Links:Liminal Thinking on AmazonThe WesbiteDave's personal website

TUS CREENCIAS DETERMINAN TUS DECISIONES Y COMPORTAMIENTO, ASÍ, QUE PARA CREAR CUALQUIER CAMBIO EN TI O TU ENTORNO, ES CRÍTICO APRENDER A CAMBIARLAS Esta idea sobre Innovación Instantánea fue extraída de "Liminal Thinking" por Dave Gray. Este título muestra la importancia de las creencias para cualquier transformación y enseña un método de pensamiento para cambiar la mentalidad bajo demanda. Recomendamos todas las ideas de este libro a cualquier persona preocupado por su capacidad para cambiar y a los líderes al frente de cualquier iniciativa de cambio o transformación. Para dialogar Piensa en cualquier problema o reto que parece imposible de superar ¿Qué clase de persona necesitarías ser para ser capaz de resolverlo? ¿Qué creencias te impiden ser así? ¿Te sirvió esta idea? Propágala para que más personas descubran de dónde vienen las buenas ideas. Suscríbete en ideasinfalibles.com o visita ideasinfalibles.com/premium para conseguir resúmenes completos.

This is the second (I think) and last part of the book summary "Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray". So therefore this Self Development With Tactics Podcast episode is all about the johari window, why emptying your cup could make a lot of change ;), creating safe spaces is important, triangulate and validate, why asking questions is sooooo necessary, how and why you should change up your daily routines!, the double loop principle and the power of storytelling and story-receiving!

If you've ever wanted to make big changes in your life, then do we have the Liminal Thinking show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dave Gray, founder of Xplane, and the author of two previous books on design change and innoviation, Gamestorming, and The Connected Company, and his latest, liminal thinking. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about creating the change you want by changing the way you think. That plus we'll talk about lemonade and Somalia, what in the world's falsifiability, the power of baking cookies, late night video games and routers, the power of a cup of tea, why you'd want to put crackers in a bed, and why in the world spitfire, wasn't really doomed. Life-Changing Liminal Thinking Topics Include: What is xplane? What is the word liminal? What is visual problem-solving? What does it mean change happens at the boundary of things? What does it mean beliefs are constructions? What does it mean the obvious is not obious? What's the danger of confusing beliefs with “reality” What does it mean beliefs cause behavior? What's a doom loop? How do beliefs create blind-spots? What's the importance of assuming we're not objective? What is falsifiability? What's the importance of triangulation? What does it mean to disrupt routines And what's the importance of disruptors? Why would you want to put crackers in a bed? What's the importance of taking a risk? http://www.LiminalThinking.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

This episode features Michael Roderick, founder of Small Pond Enterprises and Host of the Access to Anyone Podcast. Michel is a coach and consultant who knows how to design conversations large and small. We talk about closing the loop on free advice (let people know if if it works…otherwise we'll keep giving bad advice!), teaching through simulations and how to see patterns and build frameworks. Michael sends a daily (yes, daily!) email that I actually read! His claim to fame is that he went from High School English Teacher to Broadway producer in under 2 years, which is fast for *any* career shift, let alone a jump like that. I first learned about Michael's work years ago through his conference, ConnectorCon, which he designed to build a safe space to talk and connect, and to learn what it takes to be a great connector. One of the reasons I was excited to bring Michael on the show is that he sees the world through a lens of frameworks, just like me! And we hit on several key ideas that resonate with some components of my Conversation OS, which is always nice. The Power (and limits of) Narrative. We live our lives through the stories we tell. Stories help us build connections and relationships, but they can also limit us. A positive self-story feels better than a negative story, but it can also limit us and tell us what is and isn't possible. It's worth asking for time to time “what stories are serving me? What narrative can help me build a new future and a new identity? What do I believe is possible? What do I *not* try, because I believe it's impossible?”   The Cadence of Connection. We talk about how Community is a resource you *can* draw from if you've built it up over time…and how you need to build it before you need it. Like sleep, it's something you have to do regularly.     What's On TV (or…the importance of perspective) Michael has many, many great aphorisms, but this one is amazing. The idea is that you will always be too close to your own issues to solve them… unless you take time to pull back and see the big picture. This is also why we're always better at solving other people's problems! And why having a coach is essential.   Competition doesn't exist… just specialization and niches. We are in competition with ourselves, each of us trying to find our own niche. But watch out! All specializations aren't compatible…what's interesting about this to me is the idea that if we can't connect with someone, it's not always because of anything other than incompatible approaches, not something “wrong” with you or them.     The Power of Invitation. As Michael points out, “People love to feel useful, but they hate to feel used.” Pressure never works well as an engagement tactic, at least not in the long term. Asking permission, asking nicely and giving people the option to say no gives people choice and allows them to choose to be highly engaged. Small Pond Enterprises http://www.smallpondenterprises.com/ Access to Anyone Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/access-to-anyone/id1040351484?mt=2 Morning Pages http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/ Liminal Thinking: an interview with Dave Gray http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2017/4/18/dave-gray-on-drawing-conversations-and-liminal-thinking The Conversation Operating System (OS) Canvas http://theconversationfactory.com/downloads/  

In the chaotic and stimulating modern age, we often find ourselves living in our minds rather than our bodies. This can lead us to getting out of sync with the habits that allow us to thrive. Richard Hudak began his detox journey with Yogidetox in the fall of 2010, and has regularly returned to the practice seasonally ever since. When he began this transformation, he was 45 lbs heavier and out of tune with his body. The Yogidetox program has provided him with a support community that has guided him through a powerful mental and physical transformation. Richard and Jessica talk about how people may feel resistant when it comes to starting such a detox program. Overcoming this resistance is critical, whether it be with a support buddy or due to a sudden change in mindset. Richard’s personal journey involved getting more in touch with his physical activity needs by practicing cycling regularly. He found himself in 100k races not for the competition, but for the satisfaction of doing it for himself. As the weight fell off and his health habits improved, Richard found his body naturally pulling him into the seasonal detoxes. With a better connection between his mind and body, Richard has been able to transform his mental and physical well-being. Learn how you can do the same for yourself with Yogidetox! What you’ll get out of tuning in: How to achieve weight loss through detoxing Why support is necessary when cleansing Why regular detoxing is so powerful Links Mentioned in the Episode: Body Thrive Book YogiDetox Webpage Body Thrive Course Webpage Liminal Thinking website Buy the Liminal Thinking book Farmhouse Cultures Gut Shots Preorder Atomic Habits by James Clear Ayurvedic Spring Detox and the Doshas with Alex Biondo Intermittent Fasting, Detoxing And The Ayurvedic Clock Living a Detoxed Life with Kim Constable Show Highlights: 6:40 - In a detox experience, we want to avoid focusing on weight loss too much because it is such a narrow goal. We want to instead focus on the long-term habits we can instill in ourselves. 11:20 - While Yogidetox may seem like an individual experience, it actually is strongly based on the online support community. Once people step into the process and the forums, they recognize themselves as people that are contributing to a group traversing similar health journeys. 15:45 - People have resistance when it comes to beginning things such as yoga or starting cleanses. Ensuring accountability buddies to join with you or even to simply provide support leads to more probably success. 23:55 - Richard describes how after regular detoxing, his body has a sense for the seasonal change and a desire for the detox. By accustoming our bodies to these cleansing periods, we can naturally feel our bodies pull us into seasonal detoxing. 25:50 All of us have a tendency to live more in our heads. With all the stimulus and rushing in a modern world, these cleanses allow us to live more in tune with our bodies.  Favorite Quotes: “It involves taking ownership of yourself - where you are and where you want to be. “ - Jessica Graham Robinson “ Its me coming into something that I clearly have enjoyed and being better that.” - Richard Hudak “Sound mind, sound body.” - Richard Hudak “Adding in the Yogidetox was another layer, another piece, another supportive practice.” - Richard Hudak “I got this! The meal will return! I will nourish myself when the time is right.” - Richard Hudak   Guest BIO: Richard Hudak "Talking about yogidetox" My first one was fall of 2010. Also done other detoxes with other practitioners other than Kate. We all had transformational experiences. Getting better at listening and doing what our bodies want. This has been a really big journey for you. Physical journey as well. 2:30 - I started practicing yoga at the end of 2005, certainly began a transformation. Doing the detox was complimentar to that. Trimming down, but wasn’t losing weight. Adding muscle, but adding in the yogidetox was another layer, andother, piece, andother supportive practice.” This spring was another deeper spiral in, and for me it kind of propelled me back into my love of road bycyling. Used lightness to do this. 100k charity ride. Athletic events, not competitive, but this is a different side of me I am experiencing. 4:40 - Big shifts in what he wants to do with cycling.Teacher says to think of ourselves as athletes. Schedules supportive practices for yourselves. 25 years ago it was commuting. But to reengage that. “ Its me coming into something that I clearly have enjoyed and being better that.” 6:40 - dont want to focus on weight too much. Kate would say don’t get on the scale. That’s not what this is about. That is a narrow goal. The way that people respond to him. I went from like 215 to like 185. There were some yoga friends that said, you are half the many you were. 8:50 - giant billboard, have people joined because of you. 9:10 - it is so interesting to face resistances face to face.  I had reasons not to do this at the start. Got it from yoga students and friends and also resistance. I hope I don’t make it sounds like a bigger deal than it is. I very often find that people are looking for a one size-fits-all solution.” Tell me what to do. Still have to inhabit a wellness model. 10:45 - This is a very on your own detox. Involves taking ownership of yourself, where you are and where you want to be. “ 11:20 - once people step into the process and the forums, then people recongnize themselves as people that are contributing to the community. Once you are embraced, I’ve found someone who is experiencing the same things as you. I’ve got a craving, I had an energy bar. Hearing the “it happens” makes you feel so much better. 12:50 - there are so many people on the team. Was one of the reasons you did not join because of the idea of being in a group turns them off from it. It can feel very intimidating, it is just a hang up, it is in your own mind. 13:45 - people explain in my yoga classes that going to actual classes helps because of seeing what others do and getting alignment cues from the teacher really make the difference. 14:30 - I think we are an individualistic culture, but also a nation of joiners. Social media is effecting that. Social medica gives us the allusion that we are connected when we are really not. Typically the yogidetox, friends that I have never met in person. 15:45 - people have resistence, and the same type i had when initially attending yoga workshops. Totally worth the investment. Same is true as the detox. Get in as an early bird. You have accountablity buddies if you join with other people. I notice with yoga students. Regular attendees come with buddies. It insulates the merging with other people. 17:30 - Initially for me, where is Cate. She's so far. I have learn so much and i've gained so many tools. It enhances my day job. Sometimes i'm teaching four classes in a row, and sometimes large classes of students an dusing my voice all day long. Drinking lemon water all day allows me to support that. Taking space and quiet time. Consciously eating meals. Gives me some pause in the middle of my hectic day. 19:00- I have not done bodythrive. Has the book right here on my desk. Use it during the yogidetox. 19:45 - so at one plateau 30 lbs lost, and since the beginning 45 lbs. Its always more than that. That's the physical piece. You're choosing to do different things with your body. Emotionally or mentally or a subtle way, what can you say about those shifts that you've made. 20:50 - But don’t panic. I feel that is a somatic experience. Okay, I am going to work with my mind and be calm. When I first started to practice yoga. Don’t panic I got this. Trying not to snack in the middle of the day. Intermittent fasting, got this feeling like - “I got this! The meal will return! I will nourish myself when the time is right.” 22:30 - This is somatic, bodily experience too. For me, that's been important. Being an academic and a lot in the mind, it has been important to reinhabit the body. In my teaching philsophy, latin phrase “Sound mind, sound body.” The emotional experience. 23:55 - I feel myself pulled into each seasonal cleanse. Like checking my watch, sensing the change in the season, and saying its time. I fell myself naturally pulled into each seasonal cleanse. 24:35 It is habitual, but you are able to listen more deeply and you are able to hear what your body is really asking for. 25:00 A sensing into nature. Spring can break early or late, fall is more consistent. Seems always right. I start looking at the calendar and the email. Yogidetox is coming up again! The body leads the mind there. Habitual practice. 25:50 Living more within and from you body. All of us have a tendency to live more in our heads. So much stimulus and rushing, those are so valuable in everyday life. 26:25 - I get in the car and don't turn on the radio. This is what I do when i cleanse. I don’t turn the radio on right away as a matter of habit. Drive in peace. Imagining hell be listening to some of the calls in the car. Its a treasure.   What is the next evolution of Richard   27:45 Habit and routine. When am I gonna have all the time to do this? It fits in by becoming habit. Scrape my tongue, start the hot water. However, I am a person that can get stuck in other kinds of routines that don’t serve.  Where I am coming to the community, how do I deal with the discrepancy between the routines that serve and those that do not. Where does that pattern take you to? 29:40 - doing these seasonal cleanses, you've got the whole body thrive mindset. You're in that place. Habits. As we adopt these new habits and line up with nature a lot of these other things fall into place naturally. Once you find those, its not like you have to cram it in. something else must have fallen away, some things are deeply ingrained habits that we have to more consciously disentangle myself from emotional eating. Patterns of media consumption. How do i stay connected and informed enough, how do I also not let that go. 32:45 One of the things that has always impressed me about yoga teachers is that they are also students. Those are also students of other teachers. We go deeper or more subtle, we forget and remember. Seasonal cycle of entering the stream with the community. Its always in a supportive way.

Annie was recently interviewed by Katelyn Michals, creator of MindBody Mastery podcast.  Listen as Katelyn interviews Annie Grace about her own journey to recovery.   Annie shares with Katelyn, how she applied Dr. John Sarno’s methods and trained her unconscious mind to change her relationship with alcohol and how “This Naked Mind” was created using this method.   Episode Links: MindBody Mastery podcast Healing Back Pain by Dr. John Sarno The Great Pain Deception by Steve Ozanich The Alcohol Experiment  The Easy Way to Control Alcohol by Allen Carr  The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr  Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray  The Work of Byron Katie 

Today's guest is the remarkable Indi Young, author of Mental Models and Practical Empathy. Indi was a founder at Adaptive Path, and is one of the design field's leading visionaries on how we develop an understanding of what people are trying to accomplish, and how to represent it in ways that support innovation. Indi's background is in computer science, in which she has a degree from Cal Poly. In our conversation, she explains how her time there contributed to her learn-by-doing philosophy, as well as her interest in understanding what goes through people's minds. She'll also dig into what it means to research problem space, what practical empathy is and how to use it, and how to develop and maintain an understanding of how people think as an ongoing basis for Indi is focused on the same thing she's been focused on all her life, but with a changing vocabulary around it: understanding the problem space. As you'll hear, she tries to pull the problem space further and further away from the solution space to create a broader understanding. Problem-space research, as she points out, is evergreen. By splitting it off from being solution-focused, Indi hopes to bring attention to what people are actually doing. In our conversation, you'll also hear about the ways in which empathy is more complex than sympathy or compassion. Indi compares the various aspects of empathy to a skilled worker with tools rolled up in a bundle. When the worker needs to use a tool, he or she unrolls the bundle and pulls out exactly the right tool from its individual pocket. This, Indi points out, is similar to empathy, which you use differently in different situations. Indi also digs deeply into the important ways in which empathy is different from emotional contagion, which many people don't realize is a separate concept. She shares how important it is to support someone as part of empathy, rather than simply to feel what another person is feeling. Tune in to learn more about all of this and much more!   Learn More About Today's Guest Indi Young @indiyoung on Twitter Indi Young on LinkedIn Adaptive Path @AdaptivePath on Twitter Indi's newsletter sign up   In This Episode [01:38] — We learn more about what Indi is doing now, as well as why she focuses on the problem space instead of the solution space. [06:02] — Indi shares some of her background and talks about how it has influenced her. [09:10] — Indi talks about making what other people call “personas,” but which she calls “behavioral audience segments” or “thinking styles.” [11:13] — The book Mental Models has been really important to Dawan, he reveals. We then hear about how Indi's ideas have developed between that book and her newer one, Practical Empathy. [15:35] — A lot of people are conflating emotional contagion with emotional empathy, Indi points out, and clarifies the difference. [19:59] — We hear more about the support piece of emotional empathy. [23:36] — Indi talks about her listening sessions (which she used to call “interviews”), and why she changed the vocabulary. [27:17] — Not judging people can be difficult on the airline side, Indi explains, and talks about how one can treat others with more empathy. [32:58] — Indi points out a phenomenon that when you're in a position of authority, the person you're talking to will try to please you, impress you, or tell you what you want to hear. [35:00] — Indi talks more about behavioral audience segments. [40:56] — The method that Indi has been discussing also emphasizes context. She offers a couple of examples of the relevance of context. [44:07] — How do characters, in the sense that Indi has been describing, float into the separation between the problem space and the solution space? [46:19] — Has Indi changed the way she thinks about multi-functional teams from a design standpoint? [48:24] — We hear about Indi brings people into a unique collaborative moment or space. [52:36] — What are some of the challenges that Indi is facing now, whether exciting or frustrating? [55:52] — Indi shares some of the things that have helped her get her clients comfortable with the kinds of investments needed to do the work she has been describing. [62:41] — Where can people find out more about Indi and her work? In her answer, she talks about how to get a discount on her books.   Links and Resources Indi Young @indiyoung on Twitter Indi Young on LinkedIn Adaptive Path @AdaptivePath on Twitter Indi's newsletter sign up Mental Models by Indi Young Practical Empathy by Indi Young Practical Empathy audiobook by Indi Young Describing Personas by Indi Young (Medium article) Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray Against Empathy by Paul Bloom Up (2009 film) Brené Brown on Empathy Inside Out (2015 film) “Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty” by Eric Meyer Rosenfeld Media yes@designthinking101.com (Dawan Stanford)

Today’s guest is the remarkable Indi Young, author of Mental Models and Practical Empathy. Indi was a founder at Adaptive Path, and is one of the design field’s leading visionaries on how we develop an understanding of what people are trying to accomplish, and how to represent it in ways that support innovation. Indi’s background is in computer science, in which she has a degree from Cal Poly. In our conversation, she explains how her time there contributed to her learn-by-doing philosophy, as well as her interest in understanding what goes through people’s minds. She’ll also dig into what it means to research problem space, what practical empathy is and how to use it, and how to develop and maintain an understanding of how people think as an ongoing basis for Indi is focused on the same thing she’s been focused on all her life, but with a changing vocabulary around it: understanding the problem space. As you’ll hear, she tries to pull the problem space further and further away from the solution space to create a broader understanding. Problem-space research, as she points out, is evergreen. By splitting it off from being solution-focused, Indi hopes to bring attention to what people are actually doing. In our conversation, you’ll also hear about the ways in which empathy is more complex than sympathy or compassion. Indi compares the various aspects of empathy to a skilled worker with tools rolled up in a bundle. When the worker needs to use a tool, he or she unrolls the bundle and pulls out exactly the right tool from its individual pocket. This, Indi points out, is similar to empathy, which you use differently in different situations. Indi also digs deeply into the important ways in which empathy is different from emotional contagion, which many people don’t realize is a separate concept. She shares how important it is to support someone as part of empathy, rather than simply to feel what another person is feeling. Tune in to learn more about all of this and much more!   Learn More About Today’s Guest Indi Young @indiyoung on Twitter Indi Young on LinkedIn Adaptive Path @AdaptivePath on Twitter Indi’s newsletter sign up   In This Episode [01:38] — We learn more about what Indi is doing now, as well as why she focuses on the problem space instead of the solution space. [06:02] — Indi shares some of her background and talks about how it has influenced her. [09:10] — Indi talks about making what other people call “personas,” but which she calls “behavioral audience segments” or “thinking styles.” [11:13] — The book Mental Models has been really important to Dawan, he reveals. We then hear about how Indi’s ideas have developed between that book and her newer one, Practical Empathy. [15:35] — A lot of people are conflating emotional contagion with emotional empathy, Indi points out, and clarifies the difference. [19:59] — We hear more about the support piece of emotional empathy. [23:36] — Indi talks about her listening sessions (which she used to call “interviews”), and why she changed the vocabulary. [27:17] — Not judging people can be difficult on the airline side, Indi explains, and talks about how one can treat others with more empathy. [32:58] — Indi points out a phenomenon that when you’re in a position of authority, the person you’re talking to will try to please you, impress you, or tell you what you want to hear. [35:00] — Indi talks more about behavioral audience segments. [40:56] — The method that Indi has been discussing also emphasizes context. She offers a couple of examples of the relevance of context. [44:07] — How do characters, in the sense that Indi has been describing, float into the separation between the problem space and the solution space? [46:19] — Has Indi changed the way she thinks about multi-functional teams from a design standpoint? [48:24] — We hear about Indi brings people into a unique collaborative moment or space. [52:36] — What are some of the challenges that Indi is facing now, whether exciting or frustrating? [55:52] — Indi shares some of the things that have helped her get her clients comfortable with the kinds of investments needed to do the work she has been describing. [62:41] — Where can people find out more about Indi and her work? In her answer, she talks about how to get a discount on her books.   Links and Resources Indi Young @indiyoung on Twitter Indi Young on LinkedIn Adaptive Path @AdaptivePath on Twitter Indi’s newsletter sign up Mental Models by Indi Young Practical Empathy by Indi Young Practical Empathy audiobook by Indi Young Describing Personas by Indi Young (Medium article) Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray Against Empathy by Paul Bloom Up (2009 film) Brené Brown on Empathy Inside Out (2015 film) “Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty” by Eric Meyer Rosenfeld Media yes@designthinking101.com (Dawan Stanford)

Annie discusses how to expose the unconscious belief that drinking is just a habit by explaining Liminal Thinking and how our experiences, observations, assumptions and conclusions have determined our current reality. 

If you've ever wanted to make big changes in your life, then do we have the Liminal Thinking show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dave Gray, founder of Xplane, and the author of two previous books on design change and innoviation, Gamestorming, and The Connected Company, and his latest, liminal thinking. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about creating the change you want by changing the way you think. That plus we'll talk about lemonade and Somalia, what in the world's falsifiability, the power of baking cookies, late night video games and routers, the power of a cup of tea, why you'd want to put crackers in a bed, and why in the world spitfire, wasn't really doomed. Life-Changing Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What is xplane? What is the word liminal? What is visual problem-solving? What does it mean change happens at the boundary of things? What does it mean beliefs are constructions? What does it mean the obvious is not obious? What's the danger of confusing beliefs with “reality” What does it mean beliefs cause behavior? What's a doom loop? How do beliefs create blind-spots? What's the importance of assuming we're not objective? What is falsifiability? What's the importance of triangulation? What does it mean to disrupt routines And what's the importance of disruptors? Why would you want to put crackers in a bed? What's the importance of taking a risk? http://www.LiminalThinking.com Dave Gray on How to Use Liminal Thinking to Challenge Your Belieefs & Make Great Changes! Health | Career | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: http://www.InspireNationShow.com

Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Dave Gray. He is the founder of XPLANE and author of multiple books including Liminal Thinking. Why is he on the show: He is a visual artist and uses agile, iterative techniques like Visual Thinking, Culture Mapping, and Gamestorming to get people engaged and involved in co-creating clear, unique and executable business strategies. His latest book - Liminal Thinking, talks about a core practice for connected leaders in a complex world. What do we talk about: In a free-wheeling conversation, we speak about How did he come about writing his book "Game-storming" with Sunni Brown and James Macanufo and his experience of writing the book Empathy Map and he shares a story about a session where he used the map and how it impacts people Why is it so difficult for people to empathise with others? How did his book "Connected Company" come about and what it was all about (Digital Transformation), which led to the question about how to make the transformation? How this led him to his latest book - "Liminal Thinking" The entire conversation around belief and how critical it is for internal transformation What are some of the most simple of things that if done can have significant impact on our lives? The ability to sit back and observe oneself as a third person is a meta ability that can help us bring about significant changes in our own lives. How could one go about developing this ability? Is there a connection between being in the moment and visual thinking? Something that was surprising and interesting while researching for the book - "Liminal thinking". Who does he considers the most inspiring person and why? What is it that you see in the world that blows his mind? What is the biggest limitation of humanity? Why? What does his creative process looks like? What are his routines that support his creativity? What gives him joy or how does he rejuvenate himself? Where does he get creative ideas from ? What is his learning habits? How does he continue to evolve and grow as a person? Book Recommendation: History of Illuminated Manuscripts Making Meetings work What he thinks is obvious but people miss all the time (The answer will definitely surprise you). What is one thing he wants you to do as soon as you finish listening to this conversation? Liminal thinking talks about learning six principles and nine practices. These nine practices of liminal thinking can be summarised as three simple precepts: Get in touch with your ignorance. Seek understanding. Do something different. Here is a video where Dave explains the Pyramid of Beliefs from his book and you can find a summary of his book here. How can you connect with him: You can follow him on twitter @DaveGray and his website is http://www.xplaner.com.

Credits: Opening music credit goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Dave Gray. He is the founder of XPLANE and author of multiple books including Liminal Thinking. Why is he on the show: He is a visual artist and uses agile, iterative techniques like Visual Thinking, Culture Mapping, and Gamestorming to get people engaged and involved in co-creating clear, unique and executable business strategies. His latest book – Liminal Thinking, talks about a core practice for connected leaders in a complex world. What do we talk about: In a free-wheeling conversation, we speak about How did […]

Today I talk with Dave Gray Author of Gamestorming and his new book,     Liminal Thinking. We kick things off with a Zen story and dig into why Dave wrote this new book. We hit on a wide range of topics from the nitty gritty of facilitating group conversations to organizational change being fueled more by emotion than reason. Dave's books have always opened new pathways in my brain, so I hope you enjoy unpacking some of the lessons inside with me. One of the reasons I pulled the opening quote about drawing is that it's without a doubt the most powerful way to transform ANY conversation. Most conversations have one interface: the air. Once it's past your eardrums, I have *no* idea what's really going on inside someone's head! Drawing makes sure there's a tangible record...hell, a paper trail, of our conversation, what we've agreed to, what is in or out of the conversation. A few months ago now I helped my mom and dad work out some scenarios around selling their house and moving someplace else. Me and my brother, together with my folks, generated as many options as we could: They move, and rent out their big house, they sell it all and rent something else, they sell and buy and so on...we made a big poster for each option and then stuck up comments on each, using a format called "Rose, Thorn Bud"...which not to be too meta, is also a conversation design: We could have just done plusses and minuses, we could have done a SWOT analysis on each...but Rose Thorn Bud (which is from the boy scouts of america) is a kind of "friendly" design for conversational analysis. We used different colors for Rose Thorn Bud, a trick I learned from teaching design thinking with the LUMA institute...and after our meeting we had a visual heatmap of how the whole family felt about all the options on the table. It really helped my folks step back from the confusion of choice and get some clarity about the steps ahead. And it helped my mom realize that she and my dad haven't tried living in enough other places to make a choice about living somewhere else...and that they ought to figure that out before they sell. That, in essence, is Dave's point about drawing making a series of triangulations for a conversation. Rather than one person trying to hold all those points in mind, we used color and space to do it for us...a board for each future for my parents, and a map of each future. Another point Dave makes towards the end that I want to highlight about conversation design...when I'm designing a group workshop, the question of size and time comes up. He talks about watching people at parties, and how 3-5 people can "hold" together pretty naturally...but at 6-8 it splits, unless there's someone holding it together, someone famous, magnetic or especially entertaining. There's some math there, just like how paper increases the points of triangulation to give clarity. If 4 people generate 3-5 post-its that's about 20 stickies, and lot's of possible combinations as they try to discuss and organize them all...if you add just one more person, that's 25% increase in raw information...and increases the combination possibilities exponentially. To expect that group to process the increased information in the same period of time is just unfair! That's where a facilitator can help, by making a first action clearer (and taking some options off the table) or by giving more time, a clearer organizational framework, making the stickies all contain the same types or categories of content, or by making sure the group sizes are all consistent. On the face, conversation design for group work can seem so fuzzy, but I feel like there's a lot of quantitative thinking and actual MATH that goes on beneath it.   Dave Gray Gamestorming http://gamestorming.com   Liminal Thinking http://liminalthinking.com/   zen flesh zen bones https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Flesh-Bones-Collection-Writings/dp/0804831866   Power in organizations https://www.amazon.com/Power-Organizations-Jeffrey-Pfeffer/dp/0273016393   Finite and infinite games https://www.amazon.com/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse/dp/1476731713/r   Morning pages and journaling https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Spiritual-Higher-Creativity/dp/1585421464 http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/ https://www.amazon.com/Five-Minute-Journal-Happier-Minutes/dp/0991846206   Monkeys watching monkeys http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct05/mirror.aspx   Candid Camera Video of elevator conformity http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/the-power-of-conformity-1962-episode-of-candid-camera-reveals-the-psychology-of-riding-elevators.html

Today's Episode is a bit...unusual. My friend Gabe Gloge is interviewing me, so I'll be yapping a lot more than normal! His company, CultivateMe, helps organizations become learning organizations by breaking jobs into skills...and we try to do this for some conversation design skills!  We talk about how to break down engagements into discrete steps, tools and triggers, how a reflective practice accumulates benefits over time and how mathematical reasoning figures in all this. Enjoy!   Show Links   CultivateMe http://cultivateme.xyz/   Kanban http://bit.ly/kanbanimages   Dave Grey http://www.Gamestorming.com Liminal Thinking http://liminalthinking.com/   Persona Profiles https://twitter.com/dastillman/status/840605112930324480 http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mitroff.fig2_.jpg   Excel Timeline example http://bit.ly/excelrunofshow   The Tick: On Counting Syllables Vs Writing a Haiku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_r6XCRfXE&t=4m35s   Cultivate.me in action http://bit.ly/cultivatediagram Agile Story Estimation http://bit.ly/agileestimation Johari Window http://bit.ly/thejohariwindow l The Learning Organization http://bit.ly/learningorgbook   David Whyte's 3 Marriages http://bit.ly/threemarriages   Active Listening Script http://bit.ly/activelisteningscript   LUMA Workplace http://bit.ly/lumaworkplace   Inductive/Deductive/Abductive reasoning http://bit.ly/threereasonings  

Dave Gray - Liminal Thinking To be honest, doing this podcast is the treat of all treats I am giving away to myself. Already in the small, tiny history of this podcast – this has been an opportunity for me to connect and re-connect to all these people who’s ideas and work are so important to me, mean a lot to me and really changed the way I think and work. And now, for this episode, I’ll talk to Dave, Dave Gray. And there’s a funny story that connects me with Dave and I mean that literally. Years ago, I already read - and applied - Dave’s earliest book Gamestorming. And to an even wider degree I sucked in his book „The Connected Company“ - which I think is one of the most brilliant descriptions of the change that companies will have to face when they want to keep up in the … I don’t know how to call it … maybe, digital era. But really, while I loved these books, I did not know at all who Dave is. One day, though, Jabe Bloom, now working with Praxis Flow, introduced me to Dave and suggested we’d have to talk. At the time, Dave was interviewing people for his new book. And so we met on Skype and talked. At the end, I asked Dave what the book will be all about and Dave said, he wouldn’t yet know. And then, roughly mid last year, his new book came out and it stunned me: The book is called “Liminal Thinking”. And from my perspective it is the distilled and abstracted learning of all these interviews that Dave took. Rather than explaining how people and companies have to change, what this book explains is how each one of us has to change and work on himself to have an impact on our environments. At least if we want to be happy at work, keep people happy at work, want to have the right direction of impact or … just want to be happy. While being not the thickest of books, it is a read that I would recommend to take in small steps and really enjoy - and also take all the challenging exercises. Dave is a guy of many facets. At the core, it seems to me, he is driven by finding ways to influence the world of work to be a better place. Since early on he was driven by looking for tools that help people to get a better understanding of what is going o around him. Since being a kid he is working on visualization of context and he treated this as an art form. Along the way, he discovered games as a meaningful form of understanding. In 1993, he founded XPlane, a company that helps companies to understand and, well explane, you guess it, mainly by ways of visualizing. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:08 What Is Liminal Thinking Punk & Rap & R&B; Thresholds; Transitions 00:08:28 Changing yourself to impact your environment rather than changing others The dog story - The way you look at the situation influences the outcome; „We underestimate how much our beliefs about another individual tend to create the behavior we expect“ 00:19:23 How Dave’s latest book „Liminal Thinking“ was conceived and written It started as a missing book on Agile and become something different. The process of extending and abstracting the message (by extending the research) 00:30.13 The structure of „Liminal Thinking“ and why it works 00:34:32 How things that are good for you don’t always feel good on the example of „Liminal Thinking“ being on the brink of nearly not being written at one time and the catharsis of re-re-revising the book again and again. 00:41:13 How Dave Gray discovered and developed the art form of visualization and how that helps him and even drives and carries his own company. “What we can draw is always ahead of what we can make. We have to be able to draw it before we can make it. Not everything that can be drawn can be created or done. But: If it can’t be drawn it can definitely not be done.“ „To me that (visualization) is my art.“ „The polite way to say NO is „sorry, I don’t understand that“ 0:48:30 How visualization can help communication and overcome the effects of the telephone game in companies and thus align companies over strategy and other concepts. The journey to visualize is even more important than the effect of having the visualization. Visualization helps communicate and come up with the right questions. Links Dave Gray’s profile at his company XPLANE Dave’s first book ”Gamestorming” Dave’s book „The Connected Company“ Dave’s latest book „Liminal Thinking“ Dave’s videos of interviews he did for the book If you liked this issue, please make sure you give this podcast a five star rating or any other form of appreciation. Also, I am always happy for any comments sent to me on any of the available channels. Thanks for listening in and I hope to have you as my guest again for my next show. Good bye!

In this episode of FEAR NOT, Author Dave Gray discusses his book Liminal Thinking and gives us examples of how we can change our thinking and ultimately create change in our lives

Dave Gray wants to change the way you think. By changing the way you think you can achieve the change you want says Dave. His latest book Liminal Thinking gives you a set of principles and practices to follow. Liminal Thinking is “the art of creating change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs”. We talk... The post #151 Liminal thinking with Dave Gray appeared first on UX Podcast.

If you've ever wanted to make big changes in your life, then do we have the Liminal Thinking show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dave Gray, founder of Xplane, and the author of two previous books on design change and innoviation, Gamestorming, and The Connected Company, and his latest, liminal thinking. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about creating the change you want by changing the way you think. That plus we'll talk about lemonade and Somalia, what in the world's falsifiability, the power of baking cookies, late night video games and routers, the power of a cup of tea, why you'd want to put crackers in a bed, and why in the world spitfire, wasn't really doomed. Life-Changing Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What is xplane? What is the word liminal? What is visual problem-solving? What does it mean change happens at the boundary of things? What does it mean beliefs are constructions? What does it mean the obvious is not obious? What's the danger of confusing beliefs with “reality” What does it mean beliefs cause behavior? What's a doom loop? How do beliefs create blind-spots? What's the importance of assuming we're not objective? What is falsifiability? What's the importance of triangulation? What does it mean to disrupt routines And what's the importance of disruptors? Why would you want to put crackers in a bed? What's the importance of taking a risk? http://www.LiminalThinking.com Dave Gray on How to Use Liminal Thinking to Challenge Your Belieefs & Make Great Changes! Health | Career | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: http://www.InspireNationShow.com

Dave Gray describes "Liminal Thinking" and why it matters.

Dave Gray talks about why understanding Organisational culture is more important than ever and how norms, habits and behaviours shape that Organisational culture. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 1:22 - First encounter with Service Design. 3:49 - How might we create more customer centric organisations? 10:02 - Why do I say culture is norms, habits and behaviours? 25:19 - How can we shift the internal workings? 30:05 - Beginners tip: find those peers and start learning from them! 32:15 - Daves question for the viewers. 32:45 - A brief insight into Liminal Thinking. ---------------------------------------- ABOUT DAVE GRAY @DaveGray ➜ https://goo.gl/P3W3Me ➜ http://xplaner.com/ ➜ https://medium.com/@davegray LINKS FROM THE SHOW XPlane ➜ http://goo.gl/5l9Wwu Culture Map ➜ http://goo.gl/FU6XRo Gamestorming (the book) ➜ http://goo.gl/B7bQPP The Connected Company (the book) ➜ https://goo.gl/kjeJc9 Liminal Thinking (the book) ➜ http://goo.gl/K2Cw4m Liminal Thinking The pyramid of belief (video) ➜ https://goo.gl/TzG52t Service Design Chapter in St. Louis ➜ https://goo.gl/1bPg22

When you sit in the middle of an organization, it's easy to believe you can't change things. Dave and Lou talk about how we can tap our powers of liminal thinking to shed light on why people act the way they do and create safe spaces that foster better collaboration. Buy Dave’s Liminal Thinking book: http://twowavesbooks.com/book/liminal-thinking/ Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davegray Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia