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reThink: How You Think, Work and Thrive
The podcast that helps you picture what you hear.
I’m on a mission to change the way you think, literally.
reThink helps you see things differently and think more visually.
Visual thinking isn’t just doodles and diagrams, it’s a powerful tool for clearer communication, better collaboration and smarter problem-solving.
Whether you're a leader, educator, student, or entrepreneur, this podcast offers practical strategies to map your thinking, master visual metaphors and use creative shortcuts that make your work easier and more effective.
🧠 Need a fresh take on problem-solving?
👥 Want to unlock better teamwork?
🎯 Ready to rethink how you make decisions?
If so, hit play and discover a clearer, more creative way to work, lead, and learn.
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What if your slides weren’t there to impress but to support you? In this episode of Rethink, Nicki Hambleton talks with Nici Foote about designing slides as visual cues rather than content. Drawing on a real presentation created for BETT, they explore how intentional design can support memory, pace, and confidence, reducing cognitive load for the speaker and creating a greater sense of belonging. A reflective conversation about restraint, care, and designing presentations that support thinkin...
Slides as Mirrors to what you Hear Design choices that make ideas stick We often think slides are there to hold content. But what if their real role is to support memory and meaning instead? In this short solo episode, Nicki Hambleton reflects on a recent experience helping a neurodivergent speaker prepare slides for a high-pressure presentation. The challenge wasn’t the thinking or the script, it was distilling what mattered and knowing how to represent it visually. This episode explores: ...
Episode 50: Thinking Becomes Stronger When It’s Shared with special guest Tricia Friedman Episode 50 of Rethink: The Podcast offers a moment to pause and reflect, not on numbers or milestones, but on how the podcast, and the thinking behind it, has evolved over the past year. In this reflective conversation, Nicki Hambleton is joined by Tricia Friedman to explore a simple but powerful idea: Thinking becomes stronger when it’s shared. Together, they discuss the shift from solo episodes to shar...
Episode 49: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Let Me Begin. Story, Rehearsal and Authentic Communication with James Healy In this episode of reThink, Nicki Hambleton is joined by communication specialist James Healy for a thoughtful conversation about story, presence, and what it really means to rehearse. James shares his journey from classical drama training to working with leaders, law firms and organisations around the world, helping them communicate with confidence, clarity and impact. Along t...
From Visuals to Voice: A Year of Rethinking Out Loud As the year comes to a close, this episode of Rethink: The Podcast is a moment to pause and reflect. Rather than introducing a new visual tool or hosting a guest conversation, Nicki steps back to join the dots between the ideas, conversations and moments that have shaped the podcast over the past year. From revisiting her 2014 Learning2 talk on the power of visuals, to noticing recurring themes across conversations with educators, leaders, ...
Rethinking Journalling: Calm, Creativity, and the Power of Visual Reflection In this episode of reThink, Nicki Hambleton is joined by educator, coach, and podcast host Kim Cofino for a reflective conversation about journalling, not as a writing habit, but as a visual, calming practice. Kim shares how journalling supported her through a demanding year, helping her slow down, process experiences and remember everyday moments more clearly. Rather than focusing on written entries, the conversatio...
What Happens When You Stop Typing and Start Seeing Your Notes? An Introduction to Sketchnoting Most of us type far more notes than we ever return to. We capture everything, but remember very little. So what actually changes when we stop writing pages of text and start seeing our notes instead? In this episode, I share how sketchnoting transformed the way I process information over ten years ago, because dense text overwhelmed me, bored me, and stayed hidden on my computer. I needed a way to s...
In this episode, Nicki is joined by creative facilitator and multipotentialite Angel Takooree for an insightful conversation about what truly makes a workshop engaging, human, and meaningful. Angel shares how her squiggly career, spanning food innovation, interior design, service design, LEGO® Serious Play®, and visual thinking, has shaped her approach to facilitation. She talks about designing workshops through the senses, rethinking space, using visuals to reduce overwhelm, and creating env...
Episode 44: Rethinking Journalling. One Day. One Drawing. In this reflective episode of Rethink: The Podcast, Nicki Hambleton explores why traditional journalling is so hard to sustain and how a simple daily drawing ritual can turn reflection into something calming, consistent, and deeply grounding. Nicki shares her own struggle with keeping a diary, yet drawing, especially ten minutes a day, became a meditative practice she could return to again and again. So what happens when you combine th...
Episode 43: Look Again! How Community Helps Us Feel Seen In this reThink episode, Nicki is joined by educator, facilitator and community-builder Maxine Buttigieg, founder of Mira: Where Teachers Connect. Together, they explore what it means to look again; to slow down, notice what’s often overlooked and understand why feeling seen is essential to well-being. Maxine shares the story behind Mira, the inspiration drawn from Spanish children joyfully shouting “Mira!” (“Look!”), and her commitment...
Rethinking the Feedback Loop: How to read the room you can’t see What happens when you present online, but your audience is all together in a room you can’t see? In this episode, Nicki shares the story of presenting a visual-thinking workshop to a group of art teachers in Singapore. The content focused on a challenge dear to her heart, the teachers were engaged, but one thing was missing: the feedback loop. We explore: Why online-to-room teaching feels so differentThe psychology of micro-feed...
Episode 41: Stop the Scroll with Stand Out Designs (with Nadia Fernández) How do you make people stop scrolling and pay attention? In this episode, Nicki Hambleton talks with designer Nadia Fernández, whose cinematic, story-driven carousels have become instantly recognisable on LinkedIn. They explore what it means to design with identity, not just style, and how breaking the rules can help your content stand out for all the right reasons. 🎯 You’ll hear Nadia talk about how she: Create visual...
See the Challenge, Strengthen the Team Every team has its wobbly blocks, those small things that quietly hold everything together until they’re overlooked, pushed aside, or forgotten. In this episode of Rethink: The Podcast, Nicki Hambleton explores what really makes teams wobble and how simple visual strategies can bring them back into balance. Drawing from conversations with leaders, educators, and facilitators, Nicki unpacks common challenges around communication, collaboration and clarity...
The swan, the lift and the blue phone: finding calm, clarity and connection. What if your greatest strength wasn’t doing more, but simply being there? In this powerful and heartfelt episode, Nicki Hambleton talks with leadership and wellbeing coach and veteran Dave Hill, whose message is simple yet profound: helping people realise they are designed to thrive in any situation. From his time in the military to his work supporting veterans and leaders, Dave shares deeply human stories abou...
When the Octopus Meets the Eagle – Where Creativity Meets Clarity Two very different creatures: one that thrives in the depths, the other high above it all. The octopus explores through curiosity and creativity; the eagle soars with vision and focus. But what happens when they meet at the surface? In this short story from Rethink: The Podcast, Nicki Hambleton explores how creativity and clarity need each other to thrive. You’ll hear how the octopus represents our brilliant, idea-filled minds...
Episode 37: Deep Thinking, because good enough isn't good enough. The enemy of creativity is "good enough". In this engaging conversation, Nicki Hambleton and guest Felix Riley explore the themes of creativity, education and the importance of visual thinking. They discuss how brainstorming can unlock innovative ideas and the systemic issues within the education system that stifle creativity. Felix shares his journey from comedy writing to public speaking, emphasising the need for ...
🎙 Episode Title: Rethinking How We Remember People Have you ever met someone and instantly forgotten their name, even though you remember what they were wearing? Or struggled to recall details about someone you actually care about? In this episode of Rethink: The Podcast, Nicki Hambleton explores how visual thinking can become your secret superpower for remembering people, not just their names, but who they are. Inspired by a simple idea from her teaching days when she created Top...
Episode 35: Rethink the way you explain your work Explaining what you do isn’t always easy, especially when, like Nicki, your work reaches into many areas at once. In this episode of Rethink: the Podcast, Nicki shares the story of how the “octopus” metaphor first came to life when she was teaching in Singapore, wishing she could help every student at the same time. From workshops and team coaching to study mentoring, art tuition, teacher support, portfolio guidance, courses, and sketchn...
Episode 34: What Leaders can Learn from Teachers In this episode of Rethink: The Podcast, Nicki Hambleton explores what leaders can learn from teachers. Drawing on her own experiences in the classroom, including a tough period working with disengaged students, Nicki reflects on the parallels between classrooms and boardrooms and why disengagement looks different, but feels the same, in both. Nicki highlights five powerful teaching strategies that can transform the way meetings, workshops and ...
Episode 33: Shining the light on how visuals support executive function In this episode of Rethink: The Podcast, Nicki Hambleton speaks with executive function coach Suzanne Kamal, who specialises in helping children and families build routines, strategies, and systems that support learning and everyday life. Together, they explore how visual thinking can be a game changer for learners who are neurodivergent or studying in English as an additional language (EAL). From simple sketchnotes to ca...
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