Broadly speaking, Olympic Movement includes everybody and everything involved in the Olympics, such as national sport governing bodies, athletes, media and sponsors of the Olympic Games. But strictly speaking the term ‘Olympic Movement’ refers to a number of organisations that are involved in organising the Olympic Games. Together they form the Olympic Movement. There are many rules and guidelines by which these organisations operate. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) acts like the government of the Olympics, as takes all important decisions, such as the host city of the Games and the programme of the Olympics. Rules are very important and Prof. Edward de Bono dedicates a thinking process named Rules. Rules provide a neat and well-defined thinking situation. The principles of this skill are that:

1 – A rule should work for the benefit of those who have to obey it.

2 – Those who have to obey a rule should be able to see its purpose.

3 – Rules should be examined from time to time to see if they still make sense.

4 – A rule is not a bad rule just because some people do not like it.

Rules may include either the CAF tool (Consider All Factors) and PMI tool (Plus Minus Interesting). If you wish to examine an existing or proposed rule you have the opportunity to practice PMI. The factors involved in making a rule provide an opportunity for practicing CAF.

Let’s use the CAF tool to see the factors involved:

If you were running the Olympic Movement which rules would you insist on?

What rules should the athletes follow?

CAF – Consider All Factors-Think and think again. Think of everything.

What do I have to think about?

What do I know about this?

Did I leave anything out?

What information is missing?

What points must I consider?

Try to get to know everything on a situation.

See what has to be done/ what can be done

Consider everything

Enjoy your thinking?