Comment: Larry argues that, unlike the common belief that thinking and writing are separate processes, experts often use writing as a means to think through complex ideas. He contrasts this with the approach taught in high school, where students are often instructed to complete their thinking before beginning to write. He suggests that the complexity of the ideas experts engage with necessitates the use of writing as a thinking tool.Unlike a journalist, almost surely you are using your writing process to help yourself think.
In other words, the thinking that you’re doing is at such a level of complexity that you have to use writing to help yourself do your thinking.
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Conversational Leadership Workshop
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
We are living and working in conditions of uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change. This week-long workshop offers a space to practise Conversational Leadership as a shared, lived experience.
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