Monthly Archives: July 2022

On Holiday

Posted on July 28, 2022 by julianstodd

I am looking forward to a break: what with the pandemic, the baby, and the toddler, as well as the small matter of work, it’s been a busy couple of years. Productive, but busy. Whilst i’m off, the first full … Continue reading →

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The Learning Science Guidebook V2

Posted on July 27, 2022 by julianstodd

I’m about to head off on holiday, but before i do, some news on the ‘Learning Science Guidebook’. Those of you with long memories will recall this as a 2020 project that rather ground to a halt when i completed … Continue reading →

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Identity: Turning Points

Posted on July 26, 2022 by julianstodd

I’ve published the first five Identity Stories so far, and completed ten interviews in total. These are extraordinary stories from everyday people. Possibly because so many people are extraordinary if you find the space to listen. It’s early days with … Continue reading →

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Leading at the Intersection: Challenge and Opportunity

Posted on July 21, 2022 by julianstodd

Social Leadership describes a form of leadership at the intersection of formal and social systems: as our Organisations become increasingly blurred, multi-dimensional, with less distinction between the ‘owned’ and ‘influenced’, more permeable, fluid in organisation, or simply fearful or desperate, … Continue reading →

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Launching ’These Are Me: The Identity Project’

Posted on July 20, 2022 by julianstodd

Today is a soft launch for ‘These Are Me – The Identity Project’. This small scale qualitative research project explores our identity (or rather, our identities!), through interviews. The aim of this work is simply to collect these Identity Stories, … Continue reading →

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These Are Me: Identity Stories

Posted on July 19, 2022 by julianstodd

I’ve finished writing up the first two Identity Stories from the new research project. Both are quite different, and already fascinating. In this work i ask people to describe the three identities that are most central to their ‘self’ (all … Continue reading →

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Learning: Broad Perspective on Capability

Posted on July 13, 2022 by julianstodd

Today i am sharing another broad sweep through Learning, drawing together some of the more recent ideas i have shared. In this case i am trying to show a ‘start to finish’ train of thought, and the simple narrative is … Continue reading →

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Learning Outcomes: Conversion, Abstraction, Rejection

Posted on July 12, 2022 by julianstodd

It’s easy to imagine that Learning is all about positive and measurable outcomes, but that’s not necessarily always true. It’s possible that we can ‘learn’, and yet not think and act differently, and yet still carry some value from the … Continue reading →

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Learning: The Harbour and The Sea

Posted on July 11, 2022 by julianstodd

People quite often ask me why my Organisation is called ‘Sea Salt Learning’, and the answer is quite simple: we are connected, around the world, over the water, but the voyages across these seas can be hard. And some of … Continue reading →

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Learning Ecosystem

Posted on July 7, 2022 by julianstodd

Just a fragment of thought here: i’ve been working today on a view of Learning Ecosystems – the sketch i’ve done here is not what was in my head – so i think i am trapped by my previous thinking … Continue reading →

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