Clean Change Cards

Want to change stuck thinking faster than you can change your socks? Ask one or more of these questions by drawing a card with a shake of your phone. You can use them to coach yourself, or someone else.

Each card shows a 'Clean Language' question. Most of the questions have slots for the coachee's own words, labelled 'X' and 'Y'. Using their words in the question makes it personally tailored, and they reach answers that fit them perfectly.

The questions are great for exploring the metaphors which underpin our thinking, and which drive our behaviour. You could use them to get into a great mental state such as enthusiasm, creativity or happiness.

1. There great for helping you memorise the clean language questions, so that you always have them on the tip of your tongue to use in conversation.

2. You can use the Clean Language App to coach yourself. Choose a situation to work with and shake your iPhone or iPod Touch to select a random question.

3. Why not use the App to help you Coach at work or with friends and family. You can let the Clean Cards iPhone App decide which question you'll ask next - all you have to choose is which of their words to ask the question about.

4. Need some coaching on a specific issue - but your untrained friend is the only person available? Hand them your iPhone, give them a brief explanation, and you'll have the Clean Questions that you need.

Clean Change Cards were created by Judy Rees and Wendy Sullivan, authors of Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds. They gratefully acknowledge their debt to David Grove (the creator of these questions) and to Penny Tompkins, James Lawley and Caitlin Walker for the developments on which these cards are based.

Contact Wendy and Judy, buy the book, and find out how you can learn to use Clean Language to reach the knowledge inside people and groups at www.cleanchange.co.uk.