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Explanation Age - Next-generation Thought Leadership Coaching based on Storythinking aka "Story Thinking"
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Explanation Age

The Goal of Knowledge & Innovation Management

Learning S-Curve
Organizations today understand that they are either becoming Thought Leaders, or they are becoming obsolete.

Continuous Improvement in the knowledge-driven enterprise requires going beyond the old 1-dimensional view of organizational learning (novice-to-expert).

Explanation Age Leadership Methods are based on storythinking (aka story thinking) that produce Thought Leaders, not just Experts.

Benefits of Explanation Age™ Methods

  • Strategic Decisions – supports sense-making, not box-checking
  • Transparency – provides access to thought process and reasons
  • Collaborative – facilitates collaboration and reduces groupthink
  • Conflict Resolution – provides shared framework and language
  • Ethics – requires balancing control with compliance and respect
  • Innovation – provides proper questioning patterns for ideation
  • Education – promotes sensemaking and replaces Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Proficiency – transforms operations from simplicity to elegance

Presentations and Consulting / Workshops

  • Collaborative Leadership
  • Innovation Management
  • Transformational Change
  • Meaningful Learning

Story Thinking

Story Thinking Cycle
Story Thinking Cycle ™
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The Explanation Age

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  • “An iconoclast’s blueprint for a new era of innovation.” – Kirkus Reviews
  • Four Stars! “The Explanation Age presents a perspective on learning and reasoning that may indeed be a breakthrough.”  – Barry Silverstein for ForeWord Clarion Reviews
  • “Worth the effort to understand the importance of what Dr. Lewis is saying.” – Henry Holtzman for Inland Empire Business Journal​

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