Andrew Scott Training Consultant

New Blog Post: Using a Practice Framework

https://ascotttraining.blogspot.com/2026/07/using-practice-framework.html

New blog post: in which I reflect on our recent Day of Practice and Discovery in Durham on the use of the Thinking Environment in Higher Education.

Reflections on our Thinking Environment Day of Practice and Discovery The Delegates Last week we had our long-heralded Day of Practice and Discovery at Durham University. We brought together 40 people who are i...

New blog post, in which I am a mug. A cautionary tale...

In which I am a mug Someone recommended that I try a strengths questionnaire, which was available free on a certain site. So I logged on, found the site did ind...

New blog post: Feedback as Projection...

All Feedback... " All feedback is projection. " Or so I have heard. However, with my natural suspicion of absolute statements, I tend to temper that somewh...

New blog post on the not-conference that, to my surprise, I find myself coordinating.

Thinking Environment Day of Practice and Discovery I am pleased to announce that the Website for the Thinking Environment in Higher Education Day of Practice and Discovery, is now live. This...

New blog post, in which I consider Enclothed Cognition, and wonder if I should smarten up...

Dress to be smart One of the many fascinating things I learned on the Psychology for Coaches programme that I am undertaking, under the leadership of the exce...

Do you ever try to get people to think together - in teams, Exec meetings, project groups?...

Do you wish you could do it more consistently well?

My latest blog post: Learn how to facilitate groups brilliantly...

Learn how to facilitate groups brilliantly Do you run team meetings, facilitate learning events, chair boards or executive groups, or in any other context, get people together to thin...

New blog post, in which I think about (though not ruminate on) over-thinking...

Over-thinking As an advocate of thinking - and generally of thinking more, rather than less, than we usually do about any com plex or fraught issue - I so...

New Blog Post, in which I reflect on the joys and difficulties of being a Thought Leader...

On Being A Thought Leader I have always wondered about people who style themselves ‘ Thought Leader . ’ How does one gain such a title? Is there a secret Professional...

New Blog Post: Don't depend on me! In which I rant about dependency being built in to some coaching approaches...

Don't depend on me! One of the ethical issues that coaches should be aware of… Oh, did the use of the word ‘should’ immediately concern you? You might want t...