The extra-Ordinary Leader with Dolly Waddell
The extra-Ordinary Leader is a show that takes a collaborative approach to uncover what it means to be a leader in the 21st century.
Through a series of open and honest conversations with a selection of top business leaders and leadership coaches, Dolly Waddell takes us on a journey to unravel the complex world of leadership in the 21st century.
The extra-Ordinary Leader with Dolly Waddell
Dolly In My Pocket Ep7: Think Differently: The Two Modes Your Meetings Are Missing
Welcome to Episode 7 of Dolly in My Pocket, where we dive into one of the most overlooked elements of effective collaboration: how we think together.
We often enter meetings with agendas, pre-reading, the right people in the room… but there’s almost never an agreed approach to how we should be thinking and communicating in that space.
In this episode, I introduce two essential modes of thinking:
- Divergent Thinking – expansive, open, idea-generating
- Convergent Thinking – narrowing, critical, decision-making
We explore:
- What goes wrong when teams mix the two without clarity
- How to introduce "thinking objectives" into your meetings
- Why this approach increases both creativity and efficiency
- How personality types naturally lean towards one mode — and how to flex between them
If you’ve ever felt frustrated in meetings where ideas get shut down too fast - or where nothing ever gets decided - this is the tool you didn’t know you needed.