Tag Archives: Learning

Our Comfort With Discomfort

Posted on March 24, 2021 by julianstodd

Learning takes place in broad arcs and in my own work i describe it as starting with disturbance: either a disturbance that we find within ourselves, or one that is imposed from the outside. As example of the first instance: … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Hat

Posted on February 23, 2021 by julianstodd

When my son was born, i found myself in an unfamiliar environment. Hospital systems can be inherently disconcerting, because they strip away our sense of control and power. If you are admitted, virtually the first thing they do is to … Continue reading →

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Learning, Knowledge, and Meaning: A #WorkingOutLoud Post

Posted on February 15, 2021 by julianstodd

I shared last week that i am revisiting some of my earlier thinking and understanding around ‘learning’: an act of graffiti to find a new story from the old. This sketch relates to a body of work i originally published … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on Evaluation

Posted on February 11, 2021 by julianstodd

I’m giving myself some open space to think about ‘Learning’ in the broadest sense: consider it some graffiti that i’m spraying over my existing knowledge. This is shared not as a coherent body of work, but rather the things that … Continue reading →

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The Role of Consequence in Learning

Posted on February 4, 2021 by julianstodd

We all experience consequence: the result of our actions, imposed upon us, often unavoidable. Consequence acts as a limiter or moderator of our actions. At 21 months, my son is busy learning what consequence means, and i am busy trying … Continue reading →

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Assessment

Posted on February 3, 2021 by julianstodd

Today i am sharing a simple view of assessment: it’s a pragmatic view at a complex subject. Whilst it’s possible to measure anything, when we look at assessment within programme design, the harder question can be to ask how we … Continue reading →

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The Experimental Organisation: Your Uncertainty Or Your Foundations?

Posted on February 1, 2021 by julianstodd

We could describe our ‘uncertainty’ as the things that we know to be curious about, whilst our foundations are things that we know to be true. When we think about the places our curiosity may carry us, we often look … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean ‘To Experiment’?

Posted on January 28, 2021 by julianstodd

This work is part of a series of pieces around ‘The Experimental Organisation’, which together explore the practicalities of how an Organisation can be curious, and unlock learning at scale. Or indeed, to see if such a thing is even … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on ‘ The Experimental Organisation’

Posted on January 27, 2021 by julianstodd

An ‘experiment’ is a structured approach to finding something out: or not. An ‘experiment’ may also describe how we just blunder in and try something. We pick it up and experiment with it. Like teenagers smoking behind the bike sheds. … Continue reading →

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Characterising Learning Solutions

Posted on January 20, 2021 by julianstodd

The framework shared here is intended to help us characterise a type of learning solution as either more ‘formal’, or ‘Social’. It could be used to review existing content, or as a checklist in our design process, to ensure we … Continue reading →

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