Normally dyslexia is considered a handicap: a mental deficiency that makes reading, long-division and remembering whether letters and numbers face left or right difficult. Challenging this view, learning disabilities experts Brock and Fernette Eide argue that dyslexia is an alternative way brains can be wired — one with many advantages. While dyslexic children may struggle in the early grades, they often grow into gifted story tellers, … [Lees meer...]

In de klas zat Christian Boer altijd te tekenen. De verplichte voorleesbeurt was een ramp. De dyslectische Boer werd grafisch ontwerper en besloot het alfabet in zijn voordeel aan te passen. Nu helpen zijn dyslexie-vriendelijke letters wereldwijd mensen met lezen. Bron: Wereldomroep Nederland Kunt u dit probleemloos lezen? Grote kans dat u geen last heeft van dyslexie. Maar door de ogen van een dyslect, kunnen de letters plotseling gaan … [Lees meer...]

The language we use, and even the sound of our own voice reveals much more about us than we may think. Catherine Jones explains in an article in The Observer. It had been a typically robust exchange one Prime Minister's Question Time last December. All was going well for Gordon Brown until he tripped up. "And we not only saved the world, er, saved the banks ..." But it was too late; the Commons had already erupted at this revealing slip. He … [Lees meer...]

Zomer 2008 verscheen een artikel over Zuiver Communiceren in de Happinez 'Begrijpen en begrepen worden, dat is wat we zo graag willen. Het geeft ons bevestiging en zekerheid. We steken er dan ook eindeloos veel energie en tijd in: we overleggen, praten, mailen, vergaderen, sturen sms-jes, luisteren, vertellen. En toch gaat het regelmatig mis: we blijken elkaars woorden verkeerd te hebben opgevat. De methode 'Zuiver Communiceren' laat zien … [Lees meer...]

Once we accept that we always affect a person with whom we interact, we can also realise that there are many ways to avoid clumsily trampling over another’s map and even attempting to re-write it for them. The map is not the territory ‘The map is not the territory’ is one of the presuppositions of NLP.  The original version was written by Korzypski: "a map is not the territory it represents, but if correct, it has a similar structure … [Lees meer...]

Modelling, Metaphor and a Clean Approach to Business and Organisations James very kindly offered us some of his time to tell us about his experiences as a manager, knowing what he knows now about modelling, metaphor and Clean Language — the three components of Symbolic Modelling. The reason for us to have this conversation with him comes from our using modelling, ‘clean’ and metaphor in the context of business. While we know … [Lees meer...]