"a shift of thinking" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe an alteration of one's current mindset in regards to a particular topic or idea. For example, "Once the professor presented the opposing evidence, we had to make a shift of thinking about the original theory."
I think it can, but it will involve a major shift of thinking in the arts sector itself.
Terrorism of all kinds needs to stop, but this would need a massive shift of thinking in many countries.
Flankers Barring any seismic shift of thinking regarding Armitage, Chris Robshaw, Tom Wood and James Haskell are the World Cup bets with the final slot between Calum Clark and Dave Ewers, one of a few Exeter players to benefit from the Devon side's rising fortunes.
He said the new device "represents a significant shift of thinking of PlayStation as merely a box or console to thinking as a leading authority on play".
Thus the solution that emerged in mediation to Kate and Max's stalemate was actually a mental shift: instead of thinking that Max was plundering her savings, could Kate imagine choosing to give him a supplement -- for a certain length of time -- for rent and other expenses so that he could continue the lifestyle they had developed together?
If it is, then many fundamental shifts of thinking lie ahead for us, our children and grandchildren, because we can't successfully live in a new reality with old patterns of thought.
A shift from thinking of something as inanimate to thinking of it as animate would be one example; others include shifting from viewing a psychological state as a physical state to recognizing it as a mental state, and shifting from seeing something as a clearly bounded event to seeing it as a process.
The shift away from workfare is a shift toward thinking of people not as a burden, or cheap labor, but in terms of their potential.
