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What if everything you believe about who you are… is just a construction?And what if you had the power to change it, not just reactively, but deliberately?Thinking Deliberately is a podcast at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and adult development. Hosted by practitioners and thought leaders in Constructed Development Theory (CDT), we explore what it means to become aware of how you’re thinking — in the moment — and how that awareness can radically shift your choices, your leadership, your relationships, and your self.This isn’t self-help. This is self-construction.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhat if everything you believe about who you are… is just a construction? And what if you had the power to change it, not just reactively, but deliberately? Thinking Deliberately is a podcast at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and adult development.
Thinking Deliberately - because we don't! is hosted by DrDarrenStevens. The show has published 34 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 39: Thornton and CDT" (30 October 2026, 12 minutes), "Episode 38: Fischer, Dawson and CDT" (29 October 2026, 11 minutes), and "Episode 37: Commons and CDT" (29 October 2026, 11 minutes).
Thinking Deliberately - because we don't! publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 34 episodes.
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DrDarrenStevens hosts Thinking Deliberately - because we don't!, an education podcast with 34 episodes published.
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Episode #39
In this episode, I am bringing Aiden Thornton's doctoral research into a discussion led by Constructed Development Theory. His 2023 thesis, Facing the Complexity Gap, challenges assumptions about developmental...
Episode #38
Today I am using Constructed Development Theory to examine Kurt Fischer's dynamic skill theory and Theo Dawson's Lectical assessment work. Fischer helps us understand why performance varies with context and support...
Episode #37
Today I am bringing Michael Commons' Model of Hierarchical Complexity into a comparison led by Constructed Development Theory. In my research, I argue that Commons investigates complexity one step away from where it is...
Episode #36
In today's episode, I am using Constructed Development Theory to take Michael Basseches' work on dialectical thinking further. Basseches helps us examine thinking about change, relationships and transformation. CDT puts...
Episode #35
In this episode, I am using Constructed Development Theory to take William Torbert's Action Inquiry further. Torbert gives us a substantial practice of learning while acting. CDT makes the construction of the response...
Episode #34
In this episode, I am examining Alis Anagnostakis' doctoral research, Fostering Conscious Leadership, through Constructed Development Theory. Her research brings emotional experience into the developmental conversation...
Episode #33
In this episode, I am bringing Terri O'Fallon's STAGES and Antoinette Braks' StageSHIFT coaching work into a CDT-led discussion of development. My argument is that Constructed Development Theory should organise this...
Episode #32
An account of development needs to help us understand more than the explanation someone can produce. It needs to address the construction of their judgement and their capacity to do something different when that...
Episode #31
Today, I'm comparing Constructed Development Theory with Susanne Cook-Greuter's work on ego development, with particular attention to construct awareness. This is a close comparison because Cook-Greuter already...
Episode #30
Welcome back. This episode compares Constructed Development Theory with Dr Otto Laske's Constructive Developmental Framework, usually shortened to CDF. Laske is especially interesting because his work gets directly into...
Episode #29
In this new series, I'm putting Constructed Development Theory into conversation with other accounts of adult development. Today, we're starting with Robert Kegan. If you know Kegan's work, you'll recognise an immediate...
Welcome back to Thinking Deliberately. This is the final episode of our season on tools, models and experiments. Over the previous four episodes, we've explored ways of understanding how people construct their...
Today, we bring the ideas of the AQ, TQ and CI's into therapy and coaching through the CAIR model. The central question is simple enough to say aloud. How are you constructing the thinking that is producing this...
Detecting Thought in Real Time In the last two episodes, we explored two different dimensions of Constructed Development Theory. Today, we add a third dimension. Cognitive Intentions. Cognitive Intentions ask: In which...
Episode #25
Today, we move to another part of the CDT architecture. The Thinking Quotient. This one is a bit longer than normal. And this is where people often become confused. Because AQ and TQ are related. But they are not the...
Today, we begin a new season. This season is about the practical architecture of Constructed Development Theory. The tools. The models. The assessments. The experiments. The things we can actually use to examine how a...
I want to close this Business Unusual season with communication. But not presentation skills. Not executive presence. Not storytelling. Not how to sound confident while saying very little in a meeting. I want to talk...
If we want to understand the awareness available across an organisation, what exactly are we looking for? Can an organisation be aware? Strictly speaking, no. An organisation does not have one mind. It does not wake up...
<p>In this episode, I want to introduce you to the concept of talking yourself out of a job.</p><p>A board cannot easily observe the frame through which it is observing.</p><p>So, who helps senior authority see its...
In this episode, I want to introduce you to the concept of talking yourself out of a job. A board cannot easily observe the frame through which it is observing. So, who helps senior authority see its participation in...
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