The Email Courses are conducted by sending you a series of emails containing the course material over a period of time at regular intervals.  These courses can be viewed as directed reading on the subjects they cover. They provide you with a short introductory overview of the subjects they cover, and you will not only be knowledgable about what some of the main isuues are at the end of these courses, but you will also be provided with references to the seminal leading books and articles on the subjects where appropriate.

While the email courses are not interactive in nature, some of the paid-for email courses make provision for optional interaction with other participants in the course, and sometimes also with the course fasilitator.  We offer both free and paid-for email courses.

We offer live consultation and problem solving services in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa on a contract basis.   Email us at consultation (AT) vanthinking.com for more information.

We also offer online, interactive consultation and problem solving services on any of the subjects we cover in either our courses or online webinars. If you have explored the content and free videos on this site and would like to have a personal discussion with the presenter about any of the subjects, you can request to schedule such a discussion.  Group consultation is also possible, where you request to bring some of your colleagues to the meeting as well.

Not sure how this will work?  Read more how to contract us for customised service.

We offer eBooks on some of the topics we cover.

You can apply online for any of our online courses. All the application forms for our various online courses are found here. Since all the courses require a human interaction, we cannot take unlimited people at any given time. For that reason we work on a two-step process for participation where you apply first, and then after we communicate that you are accepted for the course you make the payment to finalise your acceptance for participation. The process is described below in more detail:

In the past we used to have too little information (often too late). Currently, due to the developments in information technology and the dominance of the knowledge economy, we are often inundated with too much information, so that our knowledge about any particular subject can be hampered by too much information. This necessitates specialisation in order to remain ahead of others, but also leads to a lack of having a broad generalist overview of relevant subjects.

The best way to engage this reality is to be involved in continuous learning, both to keep up with new developments and to broaden your horizon. We offer courses in specialised subjects with these goals in mind.

We couple this with courses in Thinking Skills, because those are paramount to be able to make sense of the flood of information we are bombarded with - to extract more meaning from information we need to think about it better than others do. Have a look at our courses in Thinking Skills as well.

All our courses are a mix of excellence in academic knowledge and practical application in typical knowledge-rich organisations. We focus on developing those thinking skills we believe unlock most value in this area.

The Thinking Skills of people in a career in the knowledge economy has become one of their most valued assets. This is the pivotal issue in terms of running ahead of others in this very competitive environment. We offer online courses to assist you in the continuous upgrading and development of your thinking skills. Thought Excellence is of utmost importance in the knowledge economy.

Excellence in Thinking Skills need to be coupled with specialised, relevant and high-impact subject knowledge. For this reason we also offer a number of courses in specialised subjects. We choose these subject to be of particular interest to decision makers in knowledge-rich organisations and careers.

All our courses are a mix of excellence in academic knowledge and practical application in typical knowledge-rich organisations. We focus on developing those thinking skills we believe unlock most value in this area.

Why should you consider doing our online courses? 

They are interactive and facilitate real discussion.  Most online courses provide you with information, but lack the personal touch.  Our courses combine the benefit of doing the course at your own venue and in yourown time with the personal attantion of a live presenter that responds and enters into discussion with you online re4garding the course material and how to apply it to your environment.