Dolly In My Pocket Ep7: Think Differently: The Two Modes Your Meetings Are Missing

Welcome to Episode 7 of Dolly in My Pocket, where we dive into one of the most overlooked elements of effective collaboration: how we think together.We often enter meetings with agendas, pre-reading, the right people in the room… but there’s almost never an agreed approach to how we should be thinking and communicating in that space.In this episode, I introduce two essential modes of thinking:Divergent Thinking – expansive, open, idea-generatingConvergent Thinking – narrowing, critical, decision-makingWe explore:What goes wrong when teams mix the two without clarityHow to introduce "thinking objectives" into your meetingsWhy this approach increases both creativity and efficiencyHow personality types naturally lean towards one mode — and how to flex between themIf you’ve ever felt frustrated in meetings where ideas get shut down too fast - or where nothing ever gets decided - this is the tool you didn’t know you needed.