Andrew Scott Training Consultant

29/07/2026

New Blog Post: Using a Practice Framework

23/07/2026

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.

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...

21/04/2026

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

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...

25/03/2026

New blog post: Feedback as Projection...

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

19/03/2026

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

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

06/03/2026

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

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

27/02/2026

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...

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

26/02/2026

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

05/02/2026

New Blog Post, in which I reflect on the joys and difficulties of 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...

22/01/2026

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

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...