TISOT THINKING: SOT Instructors Training next intake on 22nd August
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BECOME A THINKING INSTRUCTOR!
SOT members who have completed all 80 lessons in the following two SOT training programs are qualified to apply for the TISOT Certificate:
1. BCT: Beyond Critical Thinking – 40 Lessons
2. L-MHG: Advanced Leadership Training – 32 lessons.
The Thinking Instuctors training can be undertaken by anyone and is under the personal direction of Michael Hewitt-Gleeson.
Pro bono
There are no fees for this training.
••• If you wish to apply write to Michael by clicking here.
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Why “Thinking Instructors”?
Michael originated the idea of training thinking instructors when he co-founded School of Thinking with Edward de Bono in 1979 in New York.
Edward was very keen on the ‘train-the-trainer’ idea and wrote to Michael from Cambridge (where he was a Professor of Investigative Medicine) saying, “I think your idea is brilliant! Training instructors has much more motivation” and so, after much discussion and planning, they decided to combine Michael’s CAP Train-the-trainer 6 principles with Edward’s CoRT Thinking syllabus and they started the School of Thinking on November 17, 1979 in New York.
The first intake for Thinking Instructors (TISOT) graduated in March 1980 in New York. One of the original graduates was Eric Bienstock who became the first Chief Instructor SOT and is now Vice Principal of the school.
Who Can Be A Thinking Instructor? There are no special qualifications for being a Thinking Instructor other than a genuine interest in thinking and in teaching thinking. Many Thinking Instructors are school teachers, business people, sports professionals, parents and neighbours. There are four different types of Thinking Instructors:
Self: Practising the skills in one’s own life for personal advancement, cognitive skill and well-being.
Family: Teaching the skills to one’s family and friends and as a forum for family discussions to avoid conflict and deal with family crises.
Business: Sharing the skills with colleagues, workmates, associates and clients to solve business problems and explore potential commercial opportunities. Also to find ways to cut costs and increase revenues. To raise morale and communications through employee participation and involvement in decision-making.
School: Practising the skills in classrooms to accelerate learning and discussion skills and even, where possible, to teach THINKING as a separate curriculum subject.
- The above quote is from The Learn-To-Think Coursebook and Instructor’s Manual co-authored by Edward de Bono and Michael Hewitt-Gleeson (Capra Press USA, 1982).
In 1982, Michael and Edward co-authored this book which became a cover story on all global editions of Readers Digest (at that time, the world’s highest-circulation magazine with 68 million readers) and SOT launched the biggest program in the world for teaching teachers-of-thinking.
The idea behind the School of Thinking’s ‘Thinking Instructor’ concept is threefold:
1. Thinking is a skill. It can be taught and learned like other skills.
2. The skills are designed to be simple, robust and effective. They are easy to teach and easy to learn.
3. Anyone who is interested can teach these skills to anyone who is interested in learning them.
As mentioned above, there are no special qualifications needed to learn SOT thinking skills and there are no special qualifications needed to pass on the skills as a Thinking Instructor. Having said that, SOT is also willing to list on our site those members who have completed the qualifying series of SOT training courses listed below and to issue them with the Thinking Instructor SOT (TISOT) Certificate.
•• Click to download a Sample Certificate
Certified Thinking Instructor – TISOT
SOT members who have completed all 80 lessons in the following two SOT training programs are qualified to apply for the TISOT Certificate:
1. BCT: Beyond Critical Thinking – 40 Lessons
This training introduces the idea of software for your brain and the relationship
between the brain as a necktop computer and the inadequacy of the existing software, Critical Thinking: the 2500 year-old Greek software known as logic, which is so fixated on our judgement of the past rather than our design of the future. Critical Thinking is also known as Black Hat Thinking. BCT training discusses PTV and other cognitive traps and trains the member in the SOT suite of brain software called SDNT cvs2bvs QRH PRR.
• To apply for the TISOT Certificate you must have a BCT Certificate as a result of having successfully completed the 40 lessons of BCT training.2. L-MHG: Advanced Leadership Training – 32 lessons.
This training was my own personal view of leadership. My experience was partly derived from leadership training designed by the Australian military and adapted with other world class learnings I have received over the past 40 years. The two main strategies were The Pipeline and PTO-Peel The Orange.In addition, this training now includes the new module Think Darwin! (10 lessons). The purpose of this training was to help you raise your darwinian intelligence, your ability to survive and grow in rapidly changing environments. Few people understand Darwin’s Theory (as it has evolved today) enough to be able to apply it on a daily basis to their lives yet it is one of the most powerful truths in science
• To apply for the TISOT Certificate you must have successfully completed the 32 lessons of Advanced Leadership Training.
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If you can find a way to multiply your thinking skills by ten and also multiply your selling skills by ten, then you will also find that you have–as a result–multiplied your leadership skills by ten. This can be done through training and coaching.
I look forward to personally working with you in this next class of Thinking Instructors and, on the successful completion of your TISOT training, to present you with your TISOT Certificate.
Best wishes,
Michael
July 6th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Michael,
Several years ago, I enrolled and graduated from your SOT e-mail training course. And I’m so glad to hear that you’re offering an instructors training program. Therefore, please enroll me in your upcoming TISOT training program.
Got Reason?
Jack
Central Florida. USA
P.S. Not only do I want become a better thinker etc., but also desire to teach others, particularly younger children which as you know is the best place to start being a better and more critical thinker.
Thanks!
June 8th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Hi Michael,
Could you please enrol me for L-MHG: Advanced Leadership Training
[ 32 lessons.]
Best Regards,
Llefty
April 16th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Hi Michael,
Could you please enrol me for TISOT training?
[1. BCT: Beyond Critical Thinking – 40 Lessons
2. L-MHG: Advanced Leadership Training – 32 lessons.]
Best Regards,
Mike Biggs
April 3rd, 2010 at 4:42 am
Dear Michael,
Can you enrol me for TISOT training.
Thanks
Lawrence Lee
January 18th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
What course do I need to take just to think better?
A beinners’ beginner,
Robert
January 11th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Michael,
Thanks for taking your time to help others achieve there goals, I am ready to start my process, just let me know what to do.
Thanks you!
Adriana Cruz
January 9th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Michael,
Having completed the requisites – am ready now for the train the trainer thinking course.
I would enjoy multiplying my thinking and leadership skills by any factor – let alone by ten.
Thank You.
Let me now how to begin.
Yours,
Rinposhe
December 26th, 2009 at 8:17 am
By doing the training above, I believe I have found a way to increase my thinkng skills 10x and my selling skills 10x……..and have become potentially a much better leader as a downstream result of doing so.
I would strongly encourage anyone, anywhere, and everyone to do this too……the benefits of re-evaluating one’s thinking , and matching one’s understandings in a non-critical self development context are really beyond measure ……it is a massive win/win situation ….and losing is simply not a possibility.
GO for it !!!
August 24th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I have several of Ed Debonos books and also attended one of his worshops in Indiana in the 1990’s. While I have benefited from the use his ideas, my growth has been compromised by not being part of fraternity that practices them daily. I would love to be part of the thinking instructors program
August 8th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Your course will surely lead to world peace!
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Great Work Michael ! ..Jai Ho !!