Would Could Might – the Art and Science of Speculative Thinking is a tool of guidance for a new way of reading, operating, expanding thinking, a way of experimenting and most of all new ways of learning.

The world as it exists today, post-COVID, during Russia and Ukraine war, during the war between Israel and Palestine in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, added to that, inflation, social unrest, requires each one of us humans being to pause, draw a breath, and reset our brains for new neural ignition.

In 1984, with Margaret Cutler-Stuart, I wrote Switch on Your Brain. Yes, neuroplasticity in the 80’s. Yes! We were considered to be a bit crazy by quite a few who thought that the brain was much harder wired that we know now it to be. May you come to realise that everything we do, say, think is reshaping how the brain is.

May this book – Would Could Might be the next version of Switch on Our Brains?

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We are constantly negotiating with ourselves and others both inside and outside the workplace. Deciding with your family which movie to see, a board meeting, vendor pricing, pre-nuptial agreements, discussing a new job package with an employer or deciding what time to go to the gym; they all come under the general category of negotiation.

Negotiation is occurring whenever we are interacting with the intent of generating some sort of mutual agreement (including when it is internal agreement with ourselves).

It is probably fair to say that you can govern the success of your life by the success of your negotiations. Having the necessary tools is therefore a determining factor in the outcomes we produce.

The Negotiator’s Toolkit book presents you with negotiation tools that are required in all situations. They are tools that will assist you in gaining more agreement, increasing co-operation and making more sales.

The Negotiator’s Toolkit CD Set supplements the tools presented in the book. On the CDs a professional journalist, Walter Peatson, interviews Allan about every chapter of the book.

Walter asks Allan questions to further clarify meaning and application. He asks questions about how things can be applied in specific real world situations, circumstances and with specific types of people; plus questions from varied perspectives i.e. a staff member regarding a manager and vice versa and in a range of industries. He also asks “what if” questions i.e. “what if this didn’t work – what would I do next?”.

If you wish to deepen your understanding and further integrate Allan’s negotiation tools into your repertoire you will find the CD set immensely helpful.

Following are some testimonials regarding this book and CD set, the book contents list and links to three chapter excepts so that you can sample the book for yourself.

The book and CD set can be purchased individually or together.

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Every interaction, every meeting we are in, every email exchange, phone call or conference call we make, either is a negotiation, preparation for one, doing the set-up, preparing the contracts, following up on things agreed and not done or delivered, the heads of agreements, or garnering support or research for a negotiation.

Whether you want to build co-operative alliances or teams, run smooth effective and productive meetings, reduce complaints or disputes and the unnecessary time they take, building customer loyalty, increasing sales or dealing in complex projects, then the Negotiator’s Toolkit is the book for you. This is the 5th edition of the Negotiator’s Toolkit and it is clear, crisp, extremely practical and relevant. It provides common sense frameworks, clear processes and is literally a toolkit of real skills that can be used in every part of your life, be it at work, home, big and small, one on one or 25 people, these tools are useable every part of your day.

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Resolving disputes, whether professional or personal, is often seen to be difficult – vested interests, passions, opinions and history can all conspire against you. Yet a strong network of advisors and supporters can make the difference between success and failure in any negotiation.

Building on the foundations of the negotiation classic, Getting to Yes, the authors of Beyond Yes offer a new strategy for improved business performance. Combining the need for sound negotiation skills with the art of building alliances and strong long-term networks, Beyond Yes provides indispensable information on how to:

• plan your negotiations and networking strategies
• make contacts and build strong relationships through balanced negotiations
• negotiate with other cultures
• negotiate and network on the internet
• formalise strategies of the negotiation, mediation and dispute resolution processes
• negotiate and network through the new millennium

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Switch on Your Brain is Allan Parker’s first book and has been a best seller since its publication in 1986. At this time Allan was specialising in the areas of health, adult education, counselling and social communication.

In conjunction with colleagues in these areas, break through realisations were made about how to identify and correct imbalances in the left and right brain functioning. As a result, the two sides of the brain are “switched on” so that learning potential is maximised.

Switching on your brain, switches on your potential!

How many of us have found ourselves hampered in our work and at home because we can’t take a balanced view. If this is you, then you’re probably a lop-sided left or right brain person.

This imbalance shows in other ways too: some of us suffer social embarrassment because of poor muscular co-ordination. Some even fall asleep at inconvenient times! Increasingly too we demand more of our students, staff and sports people who need to operate to their optimum potential.

To be an active learner and a whole person, why not try Educational Kinesiology, a method of integrating left and right brain processes? Put simply, the techniques in Switch on Your Brain will improve your left and right brain co-ordination. The exciting thing is that you can see results quickly – in some cases, immediately.

The tests and exercises can be done at home. Easy to use, they are safe for all to try.

By increasing our capacity to learn, we can all improve our performance and enhance our self-esteem. Switch on Your Brain has helped many people change their lives, especially those with obvious learning difficulties, and the efficacy of this approach has been proved over many years.

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