The best work is probably less popular. It’s best because it’s new, unique, challenging, creative, different. If you always do your best, you’ll maintain your reputation. That reputation might be as someone with values which can’t be compromised. Sometimes your best is to listen to what people want and accept your short term loss for… Read More Do you do your best?
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 caught Will Self 0on the radio the other day commenting on a creative writing MA. He used an interesting phrase when describing our connected world, that we’ve turned some learning into a giant quilting exercise where people comment on each other’s content. If you’re creating a quilt of knowledge or experience, that’s great, but… Read More Mutuality
You’ve built a learning activity for an event which includes a creative task requiring an output. Most of the groups did what was required but one group decided to complete the task a different way. Their output was valid, even though it appeared they hadn’t produced anything. Does it matter?
There’s a saying about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. There’s another phrase about stealing with pride. In both cases attribution is essential. People need to know where you get your ideas and concepts from. It proves your integrity and it’s just plain wrong not to reference who you’re inspired by. Learn about copyright.… Read More Copy and paste
Lost and Desperate 