Lynn writes: ‘I have recently been dieting …again. I think I have tried every diet in the book and some. This time I am using Einstein’s thinking: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

I am not trying to lose weight by doing the same things that led to me putting it on. I know that I spend many hours of each day (and more when on a diet) thinking about and planning food and as a result I fantasise about it too. So what am I doing differently? I am learning a different way to know when I am ready to eat – learning what hunger feels like and recognising it, as well as recognising when I am full. I have also learnt to recognise when I want food emotionally. I am making meals so much easier: we have a 4 week meal plan – low fat of course. And I am not denying myself any foods but only eating them when and if I am hungry and only until I am full.

It made me think about the work we do in organisations and how often the solution that is looked for is just like what led to the issue in the first place. How often is chaos dealt with by bringing in many concurrent solutions; conflict dealt with by distancing the people involved; and poor leadership by the leader’s line manager not dealing with the leader?

We need to be able to be creative in coming up with a totally different solution. Think about it…’

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