Tag Archives: Perspective

#WorkingOutLoud – Perspectives on #Innovation

Posted on August 24, 2021 by julianstodd

Some early stage thinking here around three perspectives on innovation: this is an abstraction really, but a way to look through three different lenses, to consider where, and how, we innovate. In some ways it may also allow us to … Continue reading →

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Your Journey – a Step or a Space?

Posted on July 28, 2021 by julianstodd

We sometimes present learning as a narrative: a journey with a starting point (here, in our ignorance) and an end point (over there, basking in enlightenment). We measure ‘progress’ and seek insight by staring into the distance. Perhaps our own … Continue reading →

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A New Lens

Posted on January 29, 2019 by julianstodd

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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The Mirror Image

Posted on December 5, 2018 by julianstodd

The weekend between two international trips is always a compressed amount of time: by the time i’ve unpacked, sorted the washing, and packed again, i have to make some choices, and this week, the choice was to work on my … Continue reading →

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Aspects of the #SocialAge – Part 3 – Permanence is Ending

Posted on August 3, 2016 by julianstodd

We say the Social Age is about change, and that’s true, but it’s not just about change in systems, about changing careers, about changing technologies. Its about change in the nature of permanence itself. In our mental construct of the … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Perspective

Posted on April 20, 2016 by julianstodd

We all know it, but sometimes the realisation eludes us: perspective is a limiting thing. We are surrounded by walls of our own making. Constrained by our experience of the everyday, fooled into believing that the things we know to … Continue reading →

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New York: Perspective

Posted on April 2, 2015 by julianstodd

Manhattan is spread out beneath me: SimCity streets and skyscrapers, a microcosm of activity, from this perspective, perfectly organised and efficient. A view of the whole system. As the helicopter judders across to Staten Island i can see the whole … Continue reading →

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Styles of Storytelling

Posted on January 27, 2015 by julianstodd

I’ve been running a workshop all day today, touching on storytelling in learning. I just wanted to capture some of the elements that i covered. We looked at approaches to storytelling and thought about how the stance and style affects … Continue reading →

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Constructivist Simulations: reflecting on #IITSEC

Posted on December 5, 2014 by julianstodd

This is a #WorkingOutLoud post as i reflect on my week so far at IITSEC, the training and simulation conference. My thoughts are not yet fully formed, and it’s been a long week, but this is what i have so … Continue reading →

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The Boatman

Posted on October 14, 2014 by julianstodd

The windows were steamed up this morning: single glazing lets the warm, humid air inside the cottage connect with glass cooled by the fresh sea breeze outside. At this touchpoint, this connection, the condensation forms. Fine drops of water coalescing … Continue reading →

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