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Should I tell my Client I am ‘doing Clean Language’ with them?
This question was the subject of a discussion at a recent training. Most of my clients know I will be using Clean Language with them - the reason they come to me is because they are particularly interested in receiving this kind of facilitation. But if you are working in the corporate world as a marketing expert or a project manager, or if you are just introducing Clean Language into your coaching practice - should you tell your clients that you are using this tool?
The question arises because when we start questioning people in this way, they start to access different kinds of information, sometimes at quite a deep level quite quickly. We always recommend that you get permission to ask people these kinds of questions, by simply asking "Would you like me to ask you a few questions to help you clarify that?" although whether you want to frame the questions as 'Clean Language' will depend on the context.
Posted on 20 Oct 2009 by Marian Way in Clean Language, Interviews
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The Kaiser Chiefs’ Creative Process
On Radio 2 this morning, Alex Lester interviewed the Kaiser Chiefs (the inde rock band) about their creative process. It starts with a 'flash of inspiration' which may be a guitar or piano piece or some lyrics. This forms the main body of the song. The group then work together, playing, refining and developing the sound until it either works (i.e. it's sounds like Kaiser Chiefs') or it becomes clear it's not going to work. When it works, it can take just two hours to develop a song from scratch. And yet, even though they were 'desperate to get another album together', it took them almost a year to create their latest album, Yours Truly - eight months to write the songs and seven weeks to record them. when they are not writing they are busy playing and rehearsing.
Posted on 16 Feb 2007 by Marian Way in Creativity, Interviews, Modelling
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