We established The Developing Group in 2001 as a regular forum for the exploration of new ideas in the field of all things Clean – and we have met 4-6 times a year ever since. The list of topics below represents the development of our ideas and methods since the publication of our book, Metaphors in Mind, in 2000,
Our aim is to provide a setting where, within a clean approach:
Leading-edge thinking can be applied in practical ways
We can go into greater depth on specific aspects related to Symbolic Modelling and other Clean approaches
Participants can develop their modelling skills and the ability to work systemically.
All the topics presented at the group are listed below.
The Developing Group is for people who use Symbolic Modelling and David Grove's Clean Language, Clean Space Emergent Knowledge and other Clean processes. Annual membership of the group is open to those who are recommended by a leading member of the Clean community, or who have the equivalent of 10 days training and who have maintained a fluency with Clean Language.
The Developing Group is not a training. Each day is about a topic that we find interesting and worth researching. Participants do not know what the topic will be until we send out an email a few weeks in advance. Often we provide preparatory notes which, with the input from the day, either form the basis for an article or we publish them as a 'work in progress' paper. Click on the links below to go direct to the relevant paper or see the summaries following the table.
Penny Tompkins and James Lawley
* These papers are published in various professional and academic journals.
YEAR
DATE
TOPIC
2021
Apr 24-25
From whence it came: Revisiting David Grove's early work (online)
2020
Nov 14/15
Seizing a Thought: Learning from Method of Levels (online)
Sep 5/6
Stick or Twist: Tracking acctention (online)
July 4/5
Investigating Agency (online)
May 2/3
David Grove's last four questions (online)
2019
Nov 9
Life-Directing Patterns
Sep 14
What do you do when you can't have what you want?
July 13
Modelling Self-modelling
May 11
Working Systemically with Linear Logic
2018
Nov 10
Holding Space
Sep 18
Antifragility & Skin in the Game: Hidden risk & opportunity
July 21
What do you do when you don’t know what to do?
May 19
Working with Physical Symptoms: Same or different?
We established The Developing Group in 2001 as a regular forum for the exploration of new ideas in the field of all things Clean – and we have met 4-6 times a year ever since. The list of topics below represents the development of our ideas and methods since the publication of our book, Metaphors in Mind, in 2000,
Our aim is to provide a setting where, within a clean approach:
Leading-edge thinking can be applied in practical ways
We can go into greater depth on specific aspects related to Symbolic Modelling and other Clean approaches
Participants can develop their modelling skills and the ability to work systemically.
All the topics presented at the group are listed below.
The Developing Group is for people who use Symbolic Modelling and David Grove's Clean Language, Clean Space Emergent Knowledge and other Clean processes. Annual membership of the group is open to those who are recommended by a leading member of the Clean community, or who have the equivalent of 10 days training and who have maintained a fluency with Clean Language.
The Developing Group is not a training. Each day is about a topic that we find interesting and worth researching. Participants do not know what the topic will be until we send out an email a few weeks in advance. Often we provide preparatory notes which, with the input from the day, either form the basis for an article or we publish them as a 'work in progress' paper. Click on the links below to go direct to the relevant paper or see the summaries following the table.
Penny Tompkins and James Lawley
* These papers are published in various professional and academic journals.
YEAR
DATE
TOPIC
2021
Apr 24-25
From whence it came: Revisiting David Grove's early work (online)
2020
Nov 14/15
Seizing a Thought: Learning from Method of Levels (online)
Sep 5/6
Stick or Twist: Tracking acctention (online)
July 4/5
Investigating Agency (online)
May 2/3
David Grove's last four questions (online)
2019
Nov 9
Life-Directing Patterns
Sep 14
What do you do when you can't have what you want?
July 13
Modelling Self-modelling
May 11
Working Systemically with Linear Logic
2018
Nov 10
Holding Space
Sep 18
Antifragility & Skin in the Game: Hidden risk & opportunity
July 21
What do you do when you don’t know what to do?
May 19
Working with Physical Symptoms: Same or different?
