Category Archives: Ideas

Microcosm

Posted on May 21, 2015 by julianstodd

I’m working in Jersey and Guernsey this week: two islands off the South coast of the UK. Crown Dependencies, which means aligned with, but not governed by, the UK. Part of the family, but with separate identities and a unique … Continue reading →

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From Social to Formal: professional development in the Social Age

Posted on September 8, 2014 by julianstodd

Over a year after i started working on the Social Leadership Handbook, i’ve started to write the programme design. Ten years ago, i’d have started here, and my work would have been weaker for it. In the Social Age, it’s … Continue reading →

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The Ideas Butterfly: a social way of working (out loud)

Posted on September 4, 2014 by julianstodd

In many ways, the idea is the easy part: making something of it is what counts and, in the Social Age, we do that within and alongside our communities. Today i took part in Chat2Lrn, a regular Twitter Chat, covering … Continue reading →

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Language

Posted on October 1, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m in Singapore today, immersed in a culture that is so totally familiar to anyone English, yet so very far from home. United by a language and history, divided by the seas. As i sat in the taxi from the … Continue reading →

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Working out loud: a #SocialAge trait

Posted on July 17, 2013 by julianstodd

One recurring feature of the Social Age is the nature of working out loud: developing our ideas within our communities, sharing them before they are fully formed and getting the benefit from the wisdom of the tribe. That’s the approach … 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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Manifesto for the Social Age: A first draft of the narrative

Posted on July 2, 2013 by julianstodd

I had two conversations yesterday that prompted me to think a little. I was talking about Social Leadership and Social Learning with Sarah, in the UK and Marissa in the US. There was a common narrative to both conversations, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Authority, Challenge, Change, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Control, Culture, Ideas, Informal Spaces, Leadership, Learning, Learning Culture, Learning Technology, Meaning, Mobile Learning, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

My new, free, eBook “Learning, Knowledge & Meaning – the Singapore Diary”

Posted on May 20, 2013 by julianstodd

Our relationship with knowledge is changing: the ways we find stuff out and what we do with it once we have it. We learn on the move, in the bath or on the train and come together in social learning … Continue reading →

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Co-Creating a live learning narrative

Posted on April 25, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m at a conference today where we’re using a live Twitter stream to co-create a shared learning narrative, using a range of media to explore innovation and creativity. There’s poetry, presentations, yoga and films, interviews, a book festival and conversations … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Collaboration, Communication, Community, Conversation, Curation, Engagement, Everyday Reality, Experience, Ideas, Interactive, Introspection, Knowledge, Learning, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Reflection, Social Learning, Stories, Storytelling | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

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

Posted on April 11, 2013 by julianstodd

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 →

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