Category Archives: Information

Building a rocket to fly to the moon: are your learning blueprints complete?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Commander Hadfield is the archetypal Social Age hero: rugged but personable commander of the International Space Station, cult hero on Twitter and lead musician in the first ever terrestrial/orbital concert performance. Which, naturally, makes me want to build a rocket … Continue reading →

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Centres of learning: books, libraries, enhanced content and learning communities

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

The new Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is superb: ten years work to renovate, refresh and rehang the galleries, resulting in a beautiful setting and interpretation of some of the finest artworks in the world. And a great library. My highlight yesterday … Continue reading →

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The future of books: the evolution of publishing

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Books capture knowledge, hold fossilised thoughts, document romantic stories, explore scientific theory, collect together poems and codify philosophy. Books are repositories of wisdom and love. We used to use books to access knowledge, we gathered them together into collections, themed, … Continue reading →

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Creating meaning in social learning: interpretation

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

I spent yesterday afternoon in The Hermitage in Amsterdam, a great museum, currently housing an exhibition on Peter the Great, the modernising eighteenth century Russian Tsar. The gallery space is large, well laid out, containing a wide variety of artefacts … Continue reading →

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Organisational Development and Competencies: the long and the short term view

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Yesterday i met near London with one of my learning communities, one with a focus on organisational development and competencies. It was a rare chance to come together with a dozen great people to share ideas, experience and stories. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Adaptability, Agile, Challenge, Change, Change Management, Continuity, Curation, Future, Ideas, Information, Knowledge, Learning, Meaning, Narrative, Perspective, Planning, Reflection, Social Capital | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Social legacy: Paris Brown and the right to learn

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

This isn’t a post about politics and policing: it’s a post about learning and the legacy of social media. The right to learn and the right to grow up. There’s been a scandal brewing in the UK over the last … Continue reading →

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Where are your communities? Mapping social learning in the real world and the record store

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Concerto is one of Amsterdam’s oldest and best record stores. It has rooms for every genre, as well as a sizeable second hand vinyl department, knowledgeable staff and a great cafe. It’s a ten minute walk from where i’m living … Continue reading →

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Developing ‘The Knowledge’: rewiring the adaptable brain

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

I was bouncing around London yesterday, on one leg, by taxi, i got into a conversation about ‘The Knowledge‘. To be a cabbie in London, you have to acquire The Knowledge, a notoriously difficult task, typically taking three or four … Continue reading →

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Adaptation: a social learning skill

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

I was at a gig last night at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, a great venue, with it’s brick arches and high ceiling. As the name implies, whilst these days it plays host to assorted musicians, comedians and performers, it’s … Continue reading →

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Seven strands of co-creation: reflecting on how we learn together in social learning spaces

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

We achieve more together than we ever can alone. Social learning spaces do not just bring us together to share what we have learnt, they bring us together in spaces where we co-create meaning, where we write a story together. … Continue reading →

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