Tag Archives: Learning

Learning Fragments: evolving thoughts on learning

Posted on June 23, 2022 by julianstodd

Over the last four months i’ve been playing with a new space, dedicated specifically to fragments of thought around my core work on social and collaborative learning. It’s a video blog (of a vlog, if you’re in the know) sharing … Continue reading →

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#LearningFragments – The Staircase of Certainty

Posted on June 16, 2022 by julianstodd

Most of the things i truly believe today i believe with a certainty. Sometimes a righteous one. Sometimes an indignant one. And yet they are not always the things that i was certain about yesterday. There is a naive temptation … Continue reading →

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The Risk of Comfort

Posted on May 31, 2022 by julianstodd

I feel the pervasive risk of my own comfort: in my ideas, reputation, and work. I feel, to a degree, that i have it all under control. Occasionally i say things that people mistake for wisdom. At times, i even … Continue reading →

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Radical Interpretations: The Learning Economy

Posted on May 26, 2022 by julianstodd

My new publishing project is called ‘Radical Interpretations’, and will contain a series of ‘imagined futures’. The intention is to curate a collection of essays, artwork, conversations and ideas with a 3-5 year future focus, but unconstrained by practical implementation. … Continue reading →

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Extending Capability

Posted on May 17, 2022 by julianstodd

I had dinner with a friend last night, a climber, who described how her group would use a drone to scout out new climbing routes. They would use the drone to extend their capability: after trekking through snow, through undergrowth, … Continue reading →

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Convening

Posted on May 17, 2022 by julianstodd

The world is changing, yet again. It’s almost like it turns in circles. We have started to convene, back within ‘real’ spaces for ‘real’ conversations. And yet i do not want comfort. When we come together i do not want … Continue reading →

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Organisational Learning – Broad Shifts

Posted on May 9, 2022 by julianstodd

How much value ‘Organisational Learning’ provides to an Organisation is an open question: not in terms of measuring activity, expenditure, or time, but impact (and notably whether there is a relationship between impact and the complexity of the systems that … Continue reading →

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Death of the University: Exploring the Bastions of Quality

Posted on April 27, 2022 by julianstodd

That nothing persists should be the foundation of our thinking: not nations nor mountains, beliefs nor blossoms. Everything that is built will erode and fail. Whilst the mechanisms of judgement may range from the erosive quality of sand and wind … Continue reading →

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Reflecting upon the Learning Fragments

Posted on March 10, 2022 by julianstodd

A couple of weeks ago i put the Learning Fragments site live: it’s the second phase of my work to reexamine my own work around learning. I’ve spent the last 18 months or so revisiting core ideas, not simply to … Continue reading →

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Learning Fragments

Posted on February 24, 2022 by julianstodd

Sharing some very early stage and imperfect work today: i’ve created a site to hold the Learning Fragments work. If you have been following this thread, over the last eighteen months or so i have been delving back into some … Continue reading →

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