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Global training in Clean Language, Symbolic Modeling and Clean Language Interviewing. Private and group facilitation is available.
Clean Language is a way of asking questions that minimize unintended influence on your clients. The aim is to leave people free to answer from their personal experience and in their own language with out introducing any facilitator-generated content. Respecting their own way of experiencing the world. The Institute is a training company created to teach people how to use these questions and model a clients subjective experience for change, greater understanding and clarity. This is done by noticing and working with the metaphors that are inherent in a clients speech and the basis for how they create meaning for themselves. The benefits it has for the learners is both a radically different way of working with their clients that can create profound change quickly and as a learner the opportunity to begin to self model their own patterns and meaning making. Here is an excellent article from www.cleanlangauge.co.uk , the home site of Penny Tompkins to start with that might be helpful http://www.cleanlanguage.co.uk/.../Less-Is.../Page1.html
09/15/2026
Come join Metaphorum 2026, happening 12 December.
It's a great way to meet other clean enthusiasts and professionals from around the globe.
Find out more here:
Register Now! – Metaphorum 2026 – Zoom Metaphorum 2026 – Zoom, Sat Dec 12, 2026 - Exploration, Adventure, DiscoveryThe global online festival celebrating Clean Language and its ever-expanding universe of applications.
07/15/2026
My next email "The Rule That Predates the Golden Rule by 2,300 Years" is coming tomorrow. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating.
Hi! I'm Sharon My emails are for anyone interested in helping others think more clearly and express more authentically. I introduce you to Clean Language methodologies from coaching to critical incident interviewing and help you discover this unconventional resource that will work for you and your clients benefit.
07/02/2026
Today's a bit of a travel story and a toot of the horn in celebration.
Ey, Cairns-Lee, and I submitted a paper, Metaphor as Cognitive Infrastructure: Surfacing Mental Models in Naturalistic Decision Making, for presentation at the 2026 Naturalistic Decision Making Association (NDM) conference.
Paper Highlights:
Our 2026 submission was nominated for the Gary Klein Award that honors best contributions to NDM Theory. 🎉 We didn't take first place, but this year's paper has been referred to an outside journal. More soon on where this paper goes next.
This is our second conference submission and our second nomination. We must be doing something right! In 2024, Pam Ey and I submitted a paper, Cognitive Task Analysis Using Clean Question, introducing clean questions and Clean Language interviewing to the NDM community. This was nominated for the Robert Hoffman Award recognizing a best contribution to NDM methodology.
I live in Oregon and while traveling to Charlottesville VA I worried about thunderstorms and thick humidity. What I found is practically perfect weather and a city remarkable for its history that smelled like water and fresh foliage with lingering hints of BBQ.
At this conference I got to meet Pamela Ey Ey, in person for the first time in the five-plus years we've been talking, generating ideas, and writing together. It was a delight. I met new people in the NDM community, and, unsurprisingly learned more than I expected.
Food highlights: Acadian redfish (ocean perch), the best cheesy grits of my life, and thick crispy southern bacon.
What stands out most isn't the nomination itself, though that brings a deep satisfaction. It's the relationships that came together, the new friends made, the curiosity shared, and the conversations sparked.
The NDM Community is ever curious and open armed about new ideas and contributions to the field.
*A note of recognition to Pamela Ey for being on the Gary Klein Award nomination list twice!
05/31/2026
Just a quick note so you can mark your calendar.
Metaphorum 2026 is happening on Saturday 12 December, 9am - 10pm GMT. It is a full day of Clean Language fun, great people and the kinds of conversations that stay with you.
Registration is open and Early Bird tickets still available until 1st August or sold out.
Where ever you are in the world, your seat is waiting for you.
Cheers,
Sharon (and Judy Rees)
Metaphorum Hosts
https://buytickets.at/cleanlanguageinstitute/1954544
The image below is the yearly migration of Stellar Sea Lions, the largest sea lion, along the coast of Oregon. These are the strongest, the best, and the most savvy hunters and learners. [get the metaphor?] Hope to see you at Metaphorum 2026!
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09/08/2025
Save the date: Metaphorum 2025 is Saturday 22 November. If you are curious, join us for a metaphorum mixer or check out the registration page for more information.
Mixer? Register here: https://calendly.com/cleanlanguage/m2025mixer
Registration page for more info? Head over here:
https://bit.ly/Metaphorum2025
Register Now! – Metaphorum 2025 - Saturday 22 November – Zoom Metaphorum 2025 - Saturday 22 November – Zoom, Sat Nov 22, 2025 - Metaphorum is THE global online festival celebrating Clean Language and its many applications.
04/19/2024
$54 Early Early Bird tickets for Metaphorum 2024 are available! Only 32 left. Once these are gone, the price increases to $64.
This is a great opportunity to get your ticket early and donate the difference in ticket price ($10) to the scholarship fund in support of another clean enthusiast to attend.
Early Early Bird $54 tickets available - Metaphorum 2024 There are about thirty two Early Early Bird tickets at $54 remaining. Once these are gone the next ticket available is $64 .... get your super discount and if you are able use your savings to contribute to the scholarship fund that will help others with less economic stretch attend along with you.
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