We historically think of apprenticeships like the image here. But we can quickly lose the narrative for the nostalgia and novelty if we don’t take it apart and put in today’s context. Look closer. It’s simply expertise, sharing, observing, conversing, correcting, critiquing, praising, motivating. It’s also learning in the work, it’s seeing the immediacy of […]
When The Student is Ready, The Teacher Will Appear Read More »
Yes, I’m consulting. No, I’m not leaving the Guild. Before you get too cynical of the notion of another consultant, know that I’ve been there all along but just not all that formal. And rest assured my fellow consultant brethren I’m likely not your competition unless we’re in the same niche; focus, market and location.
It’s called ThruWork… because everything flows through the work. Read More »
You may remember the famous line in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others“. The idea is that some roles in organizations are more important than others in operating the business (a farm in this case). Today, many organizational leaders often carry the same titles across the
…But Some Managers Are More Equal Than Others Read More »
We’ve been sitting on the idea of an organization-wide mentoring program for quite some time. This is mostly due to being a small team, just Nona Gormley and myself, with other short-term initiatives to address. As a key component of our overall learning vision of “A Connected and Continuously Learning” organization, mentoring is something we’d
Working Out Loud: Our Sponsored Mentoring Program (WIP) Read More »
I found myself inspired by the #wolweek (work out loud) movement that took place across the Web a few weeks ago. The concept is relatively simple; share what you’re doing, make the tools of your work visible and open so others can see, comment, and contribute. This means working in more public “spaces”. So if
…Of These, Isn’t The Greatest Modeling? Read More »
