The Problem Is Not The Problem Thinking Podcast

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Thinking is the fundamental human resource. Where we are today as a species is the aggregate of our thinking - the good, bad and ugly. And when we change our thinking, we change our worlds. I teach thinking for a living & invite you to upskill & expand your thinking to be a more effective person. We will discuss issues of the day & explore if & where poor thinking has been at play & experiment with better thinking models to understand how critical, relevant, scarce & much needed good thinking can be. Welcome to "The Problem Is Not The Problem Thinking Podcast!"

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Think Like Earth! - the Parable of the Tree and You!

Jan 06 2023 48 mins  
In examining men, women & God, within the context of relationships, who is the Sun or the Earth or the Moon? Take a moment, think about it. How do you connect each member on both sides of this analogy? Let's explore the thinking lessons we can glean from the characteristics of the Earth. What does her rotation teach us? What does the development of diamonds and other crystals teach

Think like Water! The Parable of the Tree and You

Nov 18 2022 43 mins  
The tree is the almost the only naturally occurring material that can interact with the 4 elements - Fire, Water, Air and Earth. What are the thinking lessons we can tease out from the behaviour and characteristics of Water? Flexibility of shape and state? Useless water? And so on... Want to better your thinking every time you drink water? Want to better your thinking anytime your

Think Like Fire! - the Parable of the Tree & You

Oct 24 2022 35 mins  
Fire is an amazing servant but a terrible master! But there's so much to learn when we observe how fire behaves that can aid us in effective thinking. Characteristics of Fire important to the thinker include "upwardness", "immediacy"...and 2 other lessons! This podcast challenges you to learn from fire in managing your thinking and by extension your life at home, school, work and p

Patrick Bet-David PBD Podcast and Valutainment: You asked, I answered #SolvingGunViolence

Jul 17 2022 37 mins  
One of my favorite YouTubers asked his audience - me inclusive - days ago, to share possible solution to the US's ridiculous gun violence, control, safety problem. You asked, I answered. An overview? Well, since you asked so nicely... The structure of my offer centres around finding the whitespaces in between the competing interests of gun owners, gun manufacturers, regulators and

My New Staff & an interesting conversation: US Gun Violence II

Jul 17 2022 35 mins  
So, I recently hired someone to handle digital marketing for us at Thinkers Edge - check us out on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. It's hard to sell what you don't really understand, so I led her through a small part of the larger training - Upthink 2.0. Guys the experience was riveting, even for me! The outcome of our simple joint thinking exercise blew, even I, out of the water! I

The Problem of Mass Shootings in America: the 5 Whys Thinking Tools & the PRISM algorithm

Jun 28 2022 53 mins  
There is a way to have difficult discussions and debates. And it is by collective thinking. In this episode, I'm not sharing my personal opinion on Mass Shootings in America. Instead we use the topic as a use case for how thinking tools can be used in difficult conversations and situations. We explore the 5 Whys Thinking Tools and how to use them, when to stop, where to stop. We al

Mortal Immortality? The Transcendence Effect!

May 18 2022 23 mins  
We are embarking on a new project - hopefully with Y Combinator and or Sequoia Capital on helping people manage imminent loss and bereavement by bottling up a little of their love and cast it to the Oceans! (Well, technically that's our server's nickname.) We hope to, by extension gradually transform society's relationship with dying and death, so we can live more fulfilling lives.

Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola and Covid 19 - Thinking about the Vaccine and Mandates

Dec 10 2021 37 mins  
As a medical literacy professional I'm often invited to talk to people about the ongoing once in a century global pandemic. Here's a bit of a PSA (public service announcement) to help everyday people understand how vaccines work in general and how the Covid 19 vaccines in particular, work. We'll also touch on issues like leadership, education and the role of thinking as a key eleme

The PHENOMENAL POWER of UNANSWERED PRAYERS!

Oct 29 2021 44 mins  
They say there are 4 answers to prayer: Yes, No, Wait & Silence. We all have more unanswered prayers than we have answered prayers. Let's call everything else apart from "Yes" unanswered prayer. How can thinking come into play? How can effective thinking help us leverage our unanswered? That's what we'll discuss on this podcast. Come in, let's dive in, unstuck from the "Shallows"

Reducing/Eliminating the Police Brutality/ Murder Problem in the US

Jul 21 2021 43 mins  
Many problems that seem intractable, have solutions that elude us due to a weak or incomplete way of thinking about the problem. In this episode, we explore the police murder situation in the US by using the thinking tool - CAF (learn more in the podcast). Sometimes simple solutions only seem obvious in retrospect. However, simple does not necessarily mean easy. Furthermore there a