{"id":18722,"date":"2023-08-26T22:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T20:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evolvesummit.cz\/?post_type=events&#038;p=18722"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:07:55","slug":"mental-stretching-for-hr-how-to-train-an-elastic-mind","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/old.evolvesummit.cz\/en\/events\/mental-stretching-for-hr-how-to-train-an-elastic-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Stretching for HR \u2013 How to Train an Elastic Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"337\">&#x1f6e0;&#xfe0f; <strong data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"180\">This hands-on workshop<\/strong> builds on Olivia Hurbanova\u2019s keynote and shows how cognitive flexibility, contextual awareness, and constructive skepticism can be cultivated in practice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"565\">&#x1f914; <strong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"424\">What happens when we stop chasing trends and start examining our own thinking?<\/strong> You won\u2019t walk away with just another tool, but you will understand why some thoughts come easily yet mislead us, and what to do about it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"745\">&#x1f9e9; Expect mental warmups, simulations, and reflective micro-experiments that will challenge your thinking patterns, and perhaps even some of your \u201ctried and tested\u201d approaches.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"954\">&#x1f300; <strong data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"789\">We\u2019ll be training elastic thinking:<\/strong><br data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"792\" \/>&#x1f449; the ability to perceive new connections<br data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"837\" \/>&#x1f449; identify cracks in our assumptions<br data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"877\" \/>&#x1f449; navigate ambiguity more comfortably<br data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"918\" \/>&#x1f449; ask better questions more often<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1210\">&#x1f4cc; 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