| Thinking
Smarter
Story by Frank Nelson, Daily Camera
(Excerpt taken from an article in the Daily Camera
featuring Expanding Thought)
It's the thought
that counts.
Nobody knows that better than Marian Thier, who has turned the somewhat
abstract concept of thinking into a prosperous business.
Thier is the
founder of Expanding Thought, Inc. a company she started in New
York in the mid-'80's and brought to Boulder in 1993.
Using such diverse
tools as a board game she invented, a fable she wrote, even a CD-ROM
called "Thought Expanders," and now a book called, “COACHING
CLUES: Real Stories, Powerful Solutions, Practical Tools, Thier
is in the business of teaching people to think better and smarter.
She does this by conducting workshops, seminars and coaching sessions
customized for a range of corporate clients, most of them Fortune
500 companies, where the aim is to enable people to maximize potential.
Thier educates
executives and decision-makers to new ways of thinking and shows
them how original thinking can solve problems and lead to better
business. Her work takes her all over the United States and around
the world.
Thier was working
in television as an on-air host and then producer before the responsibilities
of parenthood to three children - a girl and two boys, now all adults
- sent her career off in another direction. She moved into higher
education, initially as a professor of communications and writing
before becoming an administrator, and it was then she began developing
an interest in alternative, non-traditional ways of learning.
"When I
started Expanding Thought it was a novelty. There were not many
other companies like it, nor many clients. Creative thinking was
just not valued," she says. "Today the field is crowded,
but there is also a lot more work to do. Innovative companies and
creative leaders know these skills are absolutely necessary if they
are to stay market viable. It is extremely satisfying to witness
the results of my work with clients." |
