Category Archives: Gender

Gender Effects in Trust: a #WorkingOutLoud post

Posted on September 7, 2017 by julianstodd

Do men and women think about, or experience, ‘trust’ differently? At this early stage in the Landscape of Trust research, it’s hard to say for sure, but what is clear is that, across a range of metrics, gender is one … Continue reading →

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Gender in Technology: Feature or Culture?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by julianstodd

I was pretty tired when i got home last night: a long day in London, a delayed train home, it was gone midnight when i opened the door and stepped inside. Only as i was falling asleep did i realise … Continue reading →

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Mentoring: a matter of Hope and Trust

Posted on November 27, 2013 by julianstodd

I thought I’d got off at the wrong floor at first: the buzz of conversation was loud, even from the lift lobby. I was priding myself at having arrived early for the Mentoring event, thinking I’d have time to catch … Continue reading →

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Building a marketplace for ideas: #diversity for social learning

Posted on July 9, 2013 by julianstodd

Communities are built on consensus: they tolerate difference and thrive on diversity, but only within limits. Stretch them too far and there will be a break. I’ve been revisiting ideas around community, moderation and the creation of meaning this week … Continue reading →

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Inequality: can we afford to leave anyone behind?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by julianstodd

The thing about travelling is that it broadens your perspective, it gives you views you never had when you stood still. Whilst travelling by train through Europe at the weekend, a friend commented that she’d never realised how restrictive her … Continue reading →

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In the global workplace, whose rules apply? Tackling moral and ethical questions in social learning spaces

Posted on August 20, 2012 by julianstodd

Homosexuality is illegal in around 70 countries around the world. Out of a total of around 195 recognised states, that’s about 36%. In the last year, i’ve worked on three projects around diversity and inclusion, the messaging being clear that … Continue reading →

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What is social learning? Part Two: the organisational experience

Posted on August 7, 2012 by julianstodd

In this series of three articles, i want to explore social learning from the perspective of the individual and the organisation in today’s workplace and then take a look to the future, to where social may take us. Yesterday we … Continue reading →

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The Irrational Learner: doing things just because they feel right.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by julianstodd

Driving to the station this morning, i commented to my colleague ‘i don’t like this road‘. What then ensued was a discussion of how we have some ‘favourite‘ roads and some that we just irrationally dislike. Not on any particular … Continue reading →

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What’s in a word? How do we choose the words we use in learning?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by julianstodd

I’ve been doing some research into gender bias in business writing and came across an interesting piece of research into how Toy adverts use vocabulary that reinforces gender stereotypes (http://www.achilleseffect.com/2011/03/word-cloud-how-toy-ad-vocabulary-reinforces-gender-stereotypes/) It’s a nicely constructed piece of work that presents some interesting, although … Continue reading →

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Is one too posh? Questions of class, race and stereotyping in video and e-learning.

Posted on March 10, 2011 by julianstodd

I don’t have an accent. Lots of the people i work with do, but not me. Funny how that works really, how everyone else has an accent, but not you. Imagine my surprise when looking at a video for a … Continue reading →

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