PHILOSOPHY CAFE:

Enhanced Critical thinking skills improves problem solving in the workplace.

 Combining diverse opinions and challenging assumptions opens up new opportunities to improve your business.

By encouraging employees to consider different perspectives and values, businesses can make more informed and ethical decisions.

Philosophical inquiry can turbo boost creativity and innovation using logic and reason, potentially leading to new approaches benefiting all aspects of your business.

Reasoning in a group setting can also have the added benefit of creating a positive and inclusive organizational culture, which may in turn lead to increased employee engagement and retention.

Fostering critical thinking and empathy can be useful in helping employees better understand and serve customers needs with the goal of improving customer relations and increased sales. Developing critical thinking skills can also provide employers and employees alike with opportunities for personal and professional development through a highly disciplined yet accessible approach to communication and problem-solving.

Being part of an Inquiry Group can provide a sense of community and belonging, hopefully leading to increased job satisfaction and well-being.

By gaining valuable life-long transferable thinking skills, employees may also become more productive and better able to think "outside the box."

Philosophical thinking stimulates creativity and innovation yet keeps you grounded in reality... (What is reality ?.....Discuss)

Curious minds are encouraged to think critically, question assumptions, and explore new ideas. 

Directed philosophical conversations explore what are often complex ideas and concepts bringing insight and enriching the creative process. 

Providing unique thinking spaces for artists allows a deeper exploration of the concepts and ideas informing their work.

Artists' ability to express thoughts clearly helps them communicate their ideas to their audience and the wider public. 

Structured dialogue sessions also encourages empathy by allowing participants to consider differing perspectives. This technique can lead to novel and inventive approaches. 

Exploring creative processes can also be a rewarding and transformative experience leading to positive changes in outlook and direction. 

Participants in philosophical group dialogues are also encouraged to reflect on and challenge their own belief systems.  

Building communities of philosophical inquiry within the creative industries also provides a sense of belonging, by bringing varied and diverse talents together in exiting and unexpected ways.

Philosophical Inquiry provides opportunities for students to develop their thinking, analyze arguments, evaluating evidence and construct reasoned responses. 

Philosophical thinking is for everyone, from age five to 95. Encouraging everyone to continue to improve their critical thinking skills contributes to life-long learning.

These skills can also be applied across the academic landscape at any age.

Further gains anticipated include developed communication skills, active listening, respectful discourse, and the ability to express ideas clearly and effectively.

Ethical reasoning can be explored through structured classroom discussions about moral dilemmas.

Students can learn to understand and appreciate their own values and beliefs and how they impact other people.

Philosophical Inquiry in groups encourages pupils and students to create a community of dedicated reasoners.

 By considering multiple perspectives, engaging in effective dialogue and imparting an understanding of diverse viewpoints the individual and the group as a whole are able to move their thinking forward.

Safe and respectful philosophical sessions provide a fun and intellectually rigorous activity that is tailored to the needs of teachers and pupils alike, with potential for personal growth and improving academic outcomes.