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A set of tools to help managers find the time for reflection and use it more productively.
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Tools for critical reflection
Martin LocockJune 2012
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Objectives
•Understand how we use our time
•Understand critical thinking and critical reflection
•Apply a range of techniques to enhance reflection
Exercise 1: time allocation How much of your time is spent: •preparing for activity (plan) •doing activity (do)•reviewing activity (reflect)
•Compare with partner
Planning10%
Activity80%
Review10%
Planning35%
Activity60%
Review5%
Planning25%
Activity60%
Review15%
Type ALiving in the presentHurry sickness?
Type BPlanning/doing
Type CPlan/Do/Reflect
Reviewing your time use• How much time spent doing is wasted?• How much time spent planning is
wasted?• How much time spent reflecting is
wasted?
• Stephen Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: sharpening the saw
Reflection• Should you spend more time
reflecting?• Why can’t you spend enough
time on it now?
Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory
David Allen Getting Things Done
Photo: Sham Shaikh
Reasons not to reflect• Feels selfish?• Unproductive?• Can’t find time?• Risky?
• Whose permission do you need to change your time use?
Critical thinking and critical reflectionCritical thinking“active interpretation and evaluation of observations” awareness of one’s own thoughts and behaviour [‘meta awareness’]Present focus
Critical reflectionpurposeful thought about experience to understand and learn for the futurePast / future focus
Critical thinking and reflectionSelf awareness - the internal narrativeBecoming self-aware in real timeCritical reflection -
what did I learn? what did I do well?what should I do next?
Building a routine•Needs to work for you•Time, place, environment, materials•Regular / default behaviour - new habit•Make a commitment•Value success
Stefan Sagmeister
The Museum of Lost Ideas
Photo: Jon Hanson
Daily reflection• First 5 minutes• Waiting for computer to start• Things you plan to do today
• Last 5 minutes• Things you plan to do tomorrow• Things you did today - reflection
Keeping a notebook• A working tool not a work of art• Be honest• Be reflective and analytical• Date your entries and review them• Can be questions• Can be action points
An effective diary•Day 1: three things I’m grateful for•Day 2: a great memory•Day 3: a future plan•Day 4: letter to someone•Day 5: review where you are
From Richard Wiseman 59 Seconds
Stefan Sagmeister
Critical friendsWhat is a critical friend?Someone who will assist your personal development over the medium termProvides: trust, support, honesty, time = friendAnd: challenge, measure progress = critical Not: information, advice, negative comments
Who makes a good critical friend?Not your bossNot your best friendWho?
Exercise 2: free writing : A current problemFree writing is a technique that allows you to follow a line of thought without self-editing and will often end by exposing an insight of which you were not consciously aware. •Select an issue (a current problem you are facing)•Start writing what you think or feel about it •Don’t worry about structure, spelling or layout•Keep the pen moving across the page •Don’t go back to correct or erase•Defined timeFeedback?
Critical reflection toolbox•Routine•Notebook•Diary•Critical friend•Free writing
Conclusion•Time•Self-awareness•Reflection