The Thinking Environment: The Foundations Course (4 virtual sessions)

In a world where AI can analyze data, generate content, and even facilitate conversations, what makes human leadership irreplaceable?

It's our ability to think independently—with rigor, imagination, courage, and grace.

Yet most of our meetings, teams, and organizations inadvertently shut down the very thinking we desperately need. We interrupt each other. We compete for airtime. We rush to solutions before fully exploring the problem.

Does This Sound Familiar?

• Meetings after the meeting – and limited movement forward
• A constant swirl of activity with little time for strategic thinking
• Teams caught in confusion or competing to "sound smart"
• Decisions made quickly — and often revisited just as fast
• Endless action, yet limited progress

These are not just operational problems — they're thinking problems.

Transform How You Lead

The Thinking Environment, based on the pioneering work of Nancy Kline, is a transformative approach that changes how we think, listen, and engage. It fosters conditions where people think for themselves — deeply, independently, and creatively — leading to breakthroughs in clarity, trust, and performance.

Who This Is For

Leaders, facilitators, coaches, and team managers who want to move beyond "busy" leadership and create a culture where the quality of thinking drives the quality of results.

If you lead teams, facilitate groups, or coach individuals — this course will transform your practice.

What You'll Learn to Do

Through this course, you will be positioned to:

✓ Break the cycle of endless meetings by structuring conversations that actually produce insight and decisions

✓ Replace swirl with stillness, learning to create space for clear, independent thinking

✓ Shift from competition to collaboration, where the goal is not to one-up, but to unlock each other's best thinking

✓ Surface diverse perspectives and counteract groupthink through genuine listening and presence

✓ Lead from calm clarity, rather than constant reaction

What You'll Gain

• Deep understanding of the 10 Components of a Thinking Environment
• Practical frameworks to transform conversations, meetings, and decision-making
• Greater clarity, confidence, and capacity to lead with intention — not anxious intensity
• A renewed sense of calm and connection in your leadership
• Proven methodology that has transformed organizations worldwide for 40+ years

The Experience

We will practice thinking for ourselves - individually and collectively - and marvel at the depth that opens up when we break away from common thinking inhibitors such as:

• Competition, self-doubt, perfectionism
• Criticism, formality, and ridicule

And instead embrace thinking enhancers like:

• Listening with passion
• Trusting our own intelligence
• Freedom from fear
• Focus on seeking the best idea over trying to win
• Ease, appreciation, and encouragement

The format:

Four ½-day (4-hour) virtual sessions | Immersive, experiential learning
Through guided practice, reflection, and peer dialogue, you’ll experience the Thinking Environment firsthand, discovering not only new tools, but a new way of being that transforms how you lead and how others think around you.

One ticket secures your seat in the 4-session virtual series that runs:

• Monday, December 1, 2025: 9a-1p ET
• Wednesday, December 3, 2025: 9a-1p ET
• Monday, December 8, 2025: 9a-1p ET
• Wednesday, December 10, 2025: 9a-1p ET

An Outlook calendar invite with connection details will be sent to all registrants prior to the first session.

Led by Natasha Velikoselskiy, Certified Time to Think™ Facilitator, Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor, and founder of Leading While Human