Monthly Archives: October 2013

The value of meeting up: the changing nature of work

Posted on October 31, 2013 by julianstodd

Last night gave the chance for a quiet drink with my brother in the Anchor pub. We’re on holiday together, with the family, but this was the first opportunity to catch up alone. The subject turned to the ways we … Continue reading →

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The Facebook Giraffe riddle: the proliferation of messages

Posted on October 30, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m in the fortunate position in being a great lover of giraffes: fortunate in that the proliferation of photos of baby giraffes on Facebook has cheered me up no end. Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or don’t exist … Continue reading →

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Let your hands do the talking: representation and abstraction

Posted on October 29, 2013 by julianstodd

Following on from yesterday’s post, i’m on holiday this week and spending some time teaching my niece to draw. I’ve been wrestling with the notion of how to move her (at the age of ten) from direct representation to more … Continue reading →

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How to learn to paint

Posted on October 28, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m on holiday this week, down in Devon with my niece and nephew. Ten year old Megan has asked me to give her some painting lessons, a thought that fills me with fear, not least because i don’t really know … Continue reading →

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How we arrived at Social Learning

Posted on October 25, 2013 by julianstodd

Organisations are increasingly interested in the potential of social learning, recognising that it can greatly help individuals to make sense of new knowledge and skills and to effect real changes in performance. But how did we get here? What’s so … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Community, Culture, Gangs, Learning, Learning Culture, Learning Journey, Meaning, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , | 20 Comments

Personal, co-created and organisational narrative

Posted on October 24, 2013 by julianstodd

I want to follow a story, on it’s journey from an individual through to a global business. It starts with a time when we learn something. This creates the initial disturbance, it causes us to think about change. As we … Continue reading →

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Music

Posted on October 23, 2013 by julianstodd

Music is a language through which we speak: it lets us add layers of meaning, emotion and energy on top of the words that we use. Music is the ultimate co-creative process, through composing, performing and listening, it joins us … Continue reading →

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Creating the space to think

Posted on October 22, 2013 by julianstodd

We can’t take the value of our thinking for granted: it doesn’t just happen. It’s like growing tomatoes. You have to plant them in the right compost, you need the right amount of sunshine, you have to water and feed … Continue reading →

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Why every business needs Social Leaders

Posted on October 21, 2013 by julianstodd

Social leadership is a style of leadership the fosters innovation and creativity, collaboration and effectiveness. It does this by focussing on nine components that, together, develop the mindset and skills required to build reputation and authority in the Social Age. … Continue reading →

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Pathways

Posted on October 17, 2013 by julianstodd

I went for a game of Scrabble after work yesterday with Laura. I’m just working in Bath, staying in a hotel for a few days but, as Laura lives near here, she knew the best pub with a Scrabble set. … Continue reading →

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