Expand your mental models, calibrate your thinking and fine tune your actions to produce outstanding results that transform the way you live and work.

The Superior Thinker’s Toolbox

THINK. COLLABORATE. ACT. INTEGRATE

The Superior Thinker’s Toolbox is a set of maps, models and frameworks you can adapt to your personal style and deploy immediately.

A 16-week advanced program dedicated to increasing self awareness, improving problem solving and expanding decision-making capabilities in a collaborative and blended way.

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The Next Group starts on May 24th 2022 and concludes on August 30th 2022

CORE OUTCOMES

• Elevated Thinking and Awareness
  
• Positive Workplace Relationships
• Healthy Boundary Setting
  
• Improved Problem Solving
• Elevated Collaboration
• Priorities and Objectives Met
  

A collection of sustainable human centered frameworks and tools to help you navigate and succeed in complex and dynamic environments.

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“Participating in Superior Thinkers Toolbox training with a highly motivated and committed cohort was so enjoyable and beneficial. I thoroughly loved the delivery of the course, the online training and group work established the foundations which were built on in the two hour face to face sessions, these conversations were effortless, two hours of catching up went too quickly and I was always surprised when I reflected and realised how much of the content had been covered via a friendly engaging chat. The training will be applied to both work and life.”

Sophie Gaudry. Operational Risk Professional

This Program is for Leaders and Mangers who:

• Are looking to improve prioritisation and collaboration for themselves and their team.
  
• Want to better define complex problems to solve them confidently and efficiently.
  
• Have been thrust into a leadership role unexpectedly.
  
• Want to develop their analytical thinking and innovation skills
  
• Are ready to improve their reasoning, problem-solving and ideation skills
  
• Are looking for tools and frameworks to enhance their current expertise.
• Want to bring out the best in themselves and those they lead.
  
• Want well researched approaches that have been pioneered at well respected organisations such as Harvard, Stanford, The University of Sydney and the US Naval College.
  
• Want greater self-awareness and clarity of purpose.
  
• Are ready to confront conflict rather than shy away from it
  

“Superior Thinkers was a great program, providing many tools to navigate work and life.”
Adam Gook - Head of clearing and collateral Management

Take this extraordinary journey with an intimate group of peers and create a  knowledge base of sustainable practices that will unlock your potential.

“The program provided me with a bag full of tools in the development of my work and personal life”
Brian Chin Regulatory Data and Platform Manager

CURRICULUM

The Superior Thinker's Toolbox is based on the principle that “Learning is not Fast Food” participants are exposed to powerful concepts, principles and frameworks that have been continually tested and found to be the most useful tools for transformation.

We have selected frameworks and models that have been pioneered at Harvard, Stanford, The University of Sydney, the US Naval College and deployed personally by our team in their personal and professional lives. 

Each module is based on the principle of "Triple Loop Learning" allowing for deep personal reflection that informs new behaviour. Our group learning environment heightens learning, allowing you to delve deeper into the principles presented with a diverse group of people.

Program Launch

The kick-off session is is an opportunity to meet your cohort and ensure you have everything you need to gain the most out of your time together.

TOPICS COVERED

• Best practice knowledge retention and learning methods.
• Learning Loops
• Program structure and schedule.
• Individual Intentions and Collective Commitments.

Module 1 - Mind Matters

Watch the video above at 1min 34sec for a preview of this module.

Gain an understanding of the importance of mental complexity and the critical role of mindset in approaching challenges and achieving results.

 MODULE INSIGHTS

Mental complexity over intelligence
Develop mental complexity to make sense of self, others, workplace dynamics and the world. Discover how increased mental complexity allows you to perceive more, expand your thinking processes and take effective action.

Mindset
Use the fixed-growth mindset continuum to recognise opportunities to upgrade thinking to be more proactive, agile, responsive and mentally fit in times of uncertainty.

Map Your Mind
Use your mind for good with a complete framework of the mechanics of your conscious, analytical and subconscious mind to influence better actions and results.

Information vs Action
Discover why knowledge doesn’t always lead to action and how to bridge the knowing doing gap.

Module 2 - Beyond Drama

Watch the video above at 2min 38sec for a preview of this module.

Shift your thinking from experiencing circumstances as happening to you to happening because of you.  Discover how to control unwanted emotional reactions in stressful situations and how to create positive outcomes in work relationships.

 MODULE INSIGHTS

The Games We play
Unpack the empowering difference of playing a finite game based on winners and losers and an infinite game built on collaboration and ongoing growth where everyone continually wins.

The Drama Triangle
Understand the 3 key roles that keep people locked in a cycle of drama and conflict and how to switch to roles that empower everyone.

Conflict vs Curiosity
Learn how to use active listening to better understand other perspectives and effectively support and challenge people to move beyond drama and into co-creation

Module 3 - Yes! No. Yes?

Watch the video above at 3min 53sec for a preview of this module.

Learn how to say no intelligently to requests for your time and unwanted behavior to protect what's important and increase productivity without damaging your reputation or professional relationships

  MODULE INSIGHTS

Release the Pressure
Discover the pressure points that prevent people from setting clear boundaries.

Ineffective ways to say No
Stop saying no in ways that dissolve relationships, creates conflict, ruins a good reputation and diminishes your power.

The Path to Agreement
Learn the art of setting healthy boundaries to stay on purpose, focused and productive while maintaining healthy working relationships.

Productivity on Pause
Discover the top 6 productivity de-railers and how to get back on track.

“A thought provoking and insightful program that guides you in how to get the most out of yourself and your team."
Andrew Dowman Financial Services Professional

Module 4 - Adaptive Problem Solving

Watch the video above at 5min 04sec for a preview of this module.

Turn your attention to the problem to be solved as you deepen your understanding of the potential barriers to change and collaborate skillfully to erase them.

 MODULE INSIGHTS

Balcony Dancefloor
Create an understanding of the bigger picture and view situations and problems from a larger (less personal) perspective. Looking from the balcony enables adaptive leaders to provide language for the situation and facilitate movement toward solutions.

Engaging the factions
Allow disparate views to be heard - those groups of people who are for the change, those who are opposed to the change and those who are just scared of the change; adaptive leaders understand emotional reactions and provide a safe environment where people can explore possibilities.

Cooking the conflict
Deepen the debate among stakeholders. Step in with questions and courageously take risks to go deeper into issues. If sterile discussion takes the place of real dialogue and conflict, then the adaptive leader steps in to deepen the conversation.

Module 5 - Radical Collaboration

Watch the video above at 5min 50sec for a preview of this module.

Identify and map the stakeholders associated with the problem to be solved. Then learn the skills and approaches to work collaboratively with stakeholders to increase the quality and efficiency of your approach.

 MODULE INSIGHTS

Collaborative intention
Make a personal commitment to mutual success of all parties – by maintaining an authentic, non-defensive presence and curiosity in the work of others.

Self-awareness / empathy
Seek to understand the concerns, intentions, and motivations of others, and have the courage to explore difficult interpersonal issues.

Self-accountability
Take responsibility for your choices. Notice where you act or fail to act, and the intended or unforeseen consequences of your actions. Begin to be more solution focused instead of finding someone or something to blame.

Module 6 - Purposeful Prioritisation

Watch the video above at 6min 57sec for a preview of this module.

Learn and use an advanced  prioritisation scaffold to incorporate collaboration, design-thinking and agile to progress problem solving in a structured fluid, responsive and engaging way.

MODULE INSIGHTS

Data Insights
Build and pitch a range of hypothesis to gain further insight. Organisations often miss this stage and waste valuable resources (like time) on building solutions that will never be implemented.

Progress / Pivot / Pause
Pitch a range of well-founded options to key stakeholders. This visible progress enables invested stakeholders to zoom in on a desired approach, or to allocate additional resources and deadlines as appropriate. Leaders often discover crossover opportunities at this stage.

Development
In this penultimate stage the refined solution is tracked along appropriate time-lines, with pitch-style progress reporting and clear lines of accountability allowing clear optics for ROI and delivery.

Wrap Up

Reflect on your leanings, clarify principles and get set to deploy the tools at work and in life.

  TOPICS COVERED

• Recap of the principles and tools.
• Reflect on insights and challenges.
• Create your action plan.
  
• Celebrate your achievements with the cohort.

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“Georgia and Greg are fantastic facilitators! They are knowledgeable, encouraging and often explored concepts and ideas that many would have brushed over. I loved that they drew out the curious mindset hidden/asleep inside me.”

Loann Nguyen - Head of Institutional Business + Governance

Meet The Program Creator's

GEORGIA ELLIS

Georgia’s interests are anchored in  human potential, philosophy and  spirituality and led her to research and study topics such as Flow, neuroscience, ancient wisdom, quantum physics, epigenetics, psychology and various business and leadership models in search of ways to be a better leader and guide others to do the same.

Georgia has taught individuals and teams in over seventeen countries. She is the Founder of Blue Chip Minds and the creator of numerous personal and professional development programs. She works with organisations and individuals who are caught in a cycle of conventional thinking, unable to shift results, overwhelmed by all the ‘noise’ or in the midst of adjusting their sails to meet the demands of the ever-changing landscape and thrive in our modern world.

Georgia has collaborated across a broad range of industries and organizations including: ANZ, Bendigo Bank, Bank Australia, CUA, Standard Chartered Bank, Flow Genome Project, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Airport, The City of Melbourne, Skycity Entertainment Group and The Women Leaders Institute + more.

GREG COLLIER

Greg is an experienced people leader, business manager, facilitator, coach, MC, narrator and consultant.  He has a passion for unleashing the potential of people and cascading that through organizations and communities. Clients have described his facilitation style as inclusive, perceptive, witty and relaxed yet captivating - this allows him to take people on a powerful journey. His unique style gently guides participants toward transformational and practical insights.

Greg’s most recent engagements have centered on organization development, innovation, human-centered design, culture, transformation, virtual teams and agile delivery.

Greg has worked throughout Australia and internationally across Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East and North America.  He has collaborated across a broad range of industries and organizations including: ASG, Telstra, NAB, CPA Australia, Asialink, Computershare, Innovation 360, Coles, Cenitex, Asahi Beverages, Bank South Pacific, Fiji Development Bank, University of East London, University of Canberra, Torrens University and Monash University.

FAQs

Q: Do I need to lead a team to participate?
A: No, if you are responsible for business productivity and performance, manage a business function or deal with internal and/or external stakeholders you will benefit greatly from the content.

Q: I am not based in Melbourne can I participate?
A: Yes! The program is delivered online.

Q: Are there any prerequisites to participate?
A: No, however we usually provide pre-course reading to ensure all participants start from a similar foundation of understanding.

Q: Is this an online course?
A: We have a global community and have made the course accessible to anyone from anywhere. The course is a mix of self study (online modules) and live online group sessions.

Q: I'd love to do the course however I am experiencing financial hardship what can I do?
A: We offer 'pay what you can' scholarships to approved participants. Apply here.

Q: Can I enroll a group from my workplace to participate together?
A: Yes. You can register more than one person from the same workplace to participate in our public program or create a cohort exclusive to your workplace and to fit with your schedule (minimum numbers apply). Contact us directly to discuss your organisations specific needs.