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A recent conversation spurred these thoughts about how to get out of stuckness in our work.

Today’s piece is for those sad ones amongst us, and that includes all of us at BRIEF, who find Solution Focus really fascinating – and I mean really really fascinating. So read no further if you count yourself one of the world’s more balanced people.

The 'at your best' question has proved so fruitful for clients coming to BRIEF. Read more about it.

Here is an exercise that you might like to try. Many people have said that it has made a difference.

The way that we talk with clients reveals our often undisclosed assumptions about them and about the nature of our relationship.

We might think that we are in charge of the words that we use - but are we really . . . . ?

Why does the language that we use when describing our work matter so much?

The quest to make something out of nothing has captivated human beings from time immemorial. How was it that Steve de Shazer succeeded where so many others failed.

Nothing tells us how we have to read things. We have a choice. How do we decide how to exercise that choice?

BRIEF has partnered with the Connie Institute to create a new organisation, BRIEF International. Both BRIEF and the Connie Institute will maintain their current work while BRIEF International will develop new, international opportunities for learning and exploring the Solution Focused approach.