Linkletter: Knight's Moves And Curiosity Corridors
Finds for Clean Language advocates and curious practitioners
📢 A Knight's Move To Beat The Bots
AI can already diagnose skin cancer better than dermatologists, read X-rays faster than radiologists - and, I discovered this week, tell me why I’m a Clean Language “natural”.
So how do healthcare professionals keep their jobs - and keep doing a great job?
The knight's move: help people discover what they don't know that they know. The one thing AI can't do (yet).
When health professionals use Clean Language, people feel heard and discover their own reasons for change. And that's when real change becomes possible.
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The Knight's Move: How Healthcare Professionals Can Beat AI
AI can already diagnose skin cancer better than dermatologists. It can read X-rays faster than radiologists. It can spot drug interactions that pharmacists miss.
🔍 Clean Language In Surgery Research
When surgeons experience adverse events, they become "second victims" - dealing with trauma that can drive them from the profession.
Maxine Trent's new study used Clean Language interviews with practicing surgeons to discover what peer support actually helps after these events. Thanks to Penny Tompkins for the share!
🚀 The Curiosity Corridor Goes Live
Tom Hoyland just released The Curiosity Corridor - a tool blending LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® with Clean Language-ish concepts.
It guides facilitators through Model > Zone > Brick, helping you "work with metaphors without jumping to conclusions." It's open source and free on GitHub.
Explore The Curiosity Corridor »
🔓 Breaking Free From Fatalism
Heseltine Institute visiting fellow Mark Swift says that if social imagination is the key to unlocking more humane, equitable, and resilient public systems, then one of the greatest barriers we face is not just institutional inertia - it's fatalism.
He argues: "Imagination doesn't begin with money. It begins with belief."
Thanks to Colette Hawkins for the share.
🔍 All The Sixes: A Research Question
A question for those of you familiar with David Grove’s Power of Six work. Thanks to a conversation with Colette Hawkins, I’m considering using the question “is there anything else about that?”, iteratively six times (a six set), in research interviews.
To me, it seems pretty clear that it would work well, and quickly, to get to the meaning behind/beneath the interviewees’ initial answers. Has anyone done this before? Do let me know!
🗓️ Don’t Miss Metaphorum 2025
The fact you’re reading this means you’re probably interested in Clean Language. And that means you should be part of Metaphorum, our community’s global gathering. Maybe it sounds a little crazy - online, on Zoom, for 12 or 13 hours!?
But you won’t be dropping off while listening to boring talks. You’ll be connecting, exchanging, enriching and being inspired. There’s space for reflection, for fun, and for casual chat.
It’s been bringing our community together since 2016, and its happening in November. But tickets always sell out, often by the end of the summer. Don’t miss it!