Tag Archives: Learning

Personal Context of Learning

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

Each of our individual Learning Landscapes is different: we come with different knowledge, context, ability, and motivation, amongst a host of broader pressures. I thought it was worth exploring a few of these: my motivation being that, as we consider … Continue reading →

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A New Lens

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

You can’t always stare harder to spot an answer: sometimes, you need to switch to a new lens. And sometimes, you have to grind this new lens yourself. I use this analogy when talking about the journey to Social Leadership: … Continue reading →

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What Can You Leave Behind?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

A few years ago, i was planning for an expedition, packing and repacking my backpack, trying to squeeze in every last thing that i may need, whilst keeping the overall weight manageable. At some point in this process, I met … Continue reading →

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On Reading

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Reading is the process of gently breaking yourself: eroding dogma, undermining opinion, fracturing certainty. It’s a continual process of renewal: evaluating the things that we are sure are true, against new evidence that our certainty maybe unfounded, leaving us with … Continue reading →

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Dynamics of Learning

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Our relationship with knowledge has, over time, significantly shifted, and remains in flow. Some broad trends are clear: a move from a centralised state, to distributed access, from control to democratisation, from formal authority, to distributed validation, alongside a levelling … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on the ‘Modern Learning Capabilitites’ Programme

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Today i am #WorkingOutLoud, sharing a draft design for a programme i’m developing for next year: it’s a comprehensive exploration of Modern Learning. This is incomplete work, but sharing as part of my own reflection. Module 1: The evolution of … Continue reading →

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Designing a ‘Festival of Failure’. A #WorkingOutLoud post

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

Today i am sharing some elements of the design around failure: it’s for a one day ‘Festival of Failure’, a structured ‘sense making’ event, to act as the foundation for change. A celebration of failure is not about blame, but … Continue reading →

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