Our Approach

The person who has contributed the most to our field was the Greek philosopher Socrates.

Taking a leaf out of his metaphorical book, (he never wrote anything down), we use an approach inspired by his dialectic. It is based on the principle that all learning is recollection. Thus the aim is to ‘draw out’ knowledge rather than ‘put it in’.

The approach encourages a true spirit of enquiry and revolves around asking open questions that engage our reason. It pulls the rug from under our fixed ideas and assumptions about every subject, and allows us to see things in a new and fresh way. Dialectic is not about teaching us what to think, it's about exploring how we think.

Course participants claim that they can’t forget what they discover in our sessions. The reason is simple: we cannot forget what we have discovered ourselves.

The fundamental benefits of using a method that allows each person to come to the answers themselves are that it results in real learning, long-term change, and authentic development.

The Difference

• »  Uses questions to engage participants and encourage full participation
• »  Creates a space for reflection, re-examination and the possibility for new insights to arise
• »  Raises people up out of habitual ways of thinking into new and fresh ways of seeing things
• »  Encourages self responsibility and self reliance
• »  Results in a non-threatening, non-exposing environment
• »  Allows each person to come to the answers themselves
• »  Empowers people to take ownership for the outcomes of the discussions
• »  Draws out and highlights underlying attitudes, ideas and assumptions
• »  Fosters a true spirit of enquiry and examination – looks at ‘how’ to think, not ‘what’ to think.