The Thinking Lens
A Diagnostic for Team Performance
See how thinking preferences shape the way your team collaborates, decides and performs.
High-performing teams are made up of capable, motivated people.
And yet, even good teams experience friction, slower decisions and moments where collaboration feels harder than it should.
In most cases, this isn’t a skills issue. It’s a thinking issue.
The Thinking Lens is a short, executive-level diagnostic designed to help leaders reflect on how different ways of thinking may be influencing team performance.
This is not a personality test.
It’s a strategic reflection tool.
By working through The Thinking Lens, you’ll be able to:
Reflect on how your team currently approaches decisions and problem-solving
Identify dominant thinking patterns and potential blind spots
Understand why collaboration can feel effortful at times
Recognise where greater awareness could unlock performance
Consider how thinking differences may be impacting communication and change
The value comes from insight, not scores.
WHY thinking PREFERENCES MATTER
How people prefer to think influences how they:
Interpret information
Prioritise what matters
Communicate ideas
Respond under pressure
Collaborate with others
When these differences remain invisible, teams often work harder than necessary.
High-performing leaders understand not just what their teams do, but how their teams think, and they lead with that awareness intentionally.
How to use The Thinking Lens
This diagnostic is designed for leaders and people managers.
You’ll be asked to respond to a series of statements based on what you most commonly observe in your team, using a simple frequency scale.
There are no right or wrong answers.
The goal is to notice patterns, not to judge performance.
Once complete, you’ll be prompted to reflect on where your team appears strongest and where different ways of thinking may be under-represented.
The Thinking Lens is designed for:
Business owners
Senior leaders
People managers
Leadership teams
Organisations navigating growth, complexity or change
It’s particularly valuable for teams who are capable, committed and ready to work together more effectively.
When teams understand how they think they then...
Communicate more clearly
Reduce friction in decision-making
Leverage diversity of thought intentionally
Collaborate with greater ease
Improve performance over time
Ready to apply this across your team?
The Thinking Lens is a starting point.
If you’d like to explore how these insights could be mapped clearly across your team using individual HBDI profiles and a facilitated team session, you’re invited to take the next step.
HBDI® Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument | Whole Brain Thinking
WHAT IS HBDI?
Once an individual understands their thinking style preferences, the door is open to improved teamwork, leadership, customer relationships, creativity, problem-solving and many other aspects of personal and interpersonal development.
HBDI identifies your preferred approach to emotional, analytical, structural and strategic thinking by profiling your preferred thinking style. Our thinking preferences impact almost everything we do from our communication to decision-making, problem-solving and management style.