8 years ago yesterday, I set up my Twitter account and it has, without any hint of exaggeration, changed my life. I’ve made new friends I’ve met new people I’ve experienced activities I’d never had before I’ve extended my professional network I’ve discovered new ideas I’ve been privileged to connect with and listen to people… Read More 8
I mentioned yesterday the 4 shifts to create deeper learning in education and their relevance to workplace. The first in the list was higher level thinking. From a work perspective, the gap between the critical thought we expect from people and how we support that in learning activity seems, in some cases, vast. Let’s take… Read More Higher Level Thinking
I’ve referenced the ComComPod previously. It’s a podcast where comedians speak with the host (another comedian) about their art and craft. A recent episode was a discussion with the late Jeremy Hardy. The host, Stuart Goldsmith, identified that Hardy was adept at linking ideas. The phrase Goldsmith used was: Idea choice over word choice. I… Read More Macroscopic
I was able to spend a super day with some great tweeps* on Saturday. We were helping out at an event which I’ll write about later. I met up with Simon Heath and Phil Willcox at lunchtime and we went for a walk – it was a beautiful day so why not? We walked across… Read More Breaking the law
We work with it, over it, around it. We work against it, upon it, parallel to it. If it makes our work harder, why don’t we just re-design it?
Lost and Desperate 