I always loved this sketch by Hugh MacLeod (@gapingvoid), It was released in 2005 and titled Hierarchy vs Flow. At first glance you chuckle and then you pause and ponder your own organization’s hierarchy and then finally you start thinking about where you sit in the mix. Sure it’s a cynical view of the
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We tend to, in the age of lots of information, make more out of things than we need to and should. What motivates us and how we learn are not impervious to this bombardment. And yes I know there is a lot of science and research happening but there is also a lot of common
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The definition of this new, not new, over-hyped, trending idea is pretty vague. Plus I’m not a fan of yet another formal intervention commandeering the term “learning”. I get it, it’s easy. Yes, these things can lead to learning but in itself, it’s not. Learning is a verb, a process, not a tool or technology. Donald
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Since my post Vox Populi was written and shared I have had the fortunate opportunity to have three casual meetings with some local folks wanting to chat about social and social organizations. I’ll share some generalizations and themes I picked up on. For starters the people I met with were in traditional leadership roles in
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Over the past few years, blessed by rich experiences and conversation, my beliefs and practices started to change. I no longer saw organizational learning as something unique, I was seeing it as a part of a whole, working in synchronicity with all other elements of an organization. I have come to see learning as a
