Image via Wikipedia To capture our discussion from our Post Instructional Conference about what officers would miss if they don’t come here: 1. Deep deliberate looks into complexity with a team. Discussion: It’s too easy for distance learning and virtual teams to treat planning and problem solving as transactions of a couple hours and a […]
Tag: education
Making learning fun
Image via Wikipedia In a lot of educational writing, it’s taken as a given that creating an atmosphere of fun in the classroom must inevitably lead to learning. It’s fair to ask what is the relationship between fun and learning, however from an evidential perspective. This analysis leads you to develop a working definition of […]
Creating a positive environment in the classroom
Image via Wikipedia A positive classroom environment comes from the interaction of faculty and students in the curriculum. Here are some tips that can help you maintain the positive energy that is so helpful for creating an effective learning climate. Model the positive enthusiasm as a teacher that you hope your students will demonstrate when […]
Helping kids understand what success in sports is all about
Image via Wikipedia Kids end up playing sports for a whole host of reasons. It’s not always the case, in fact it’s rarely the case, that a desire to succeed is the number one reason for their playing. it’s much more likely that they are enrolled in sports on behalf of their parents, or because […]
A system that relies on individual initiative
Image via Wikipedia I’m working in Army curriculum development, and I’m always amazed at how much the system relies on the initiative and knowledge of individuals working on their own to discover what the right answer is for the good of the Army The pace of changes is greater now than I have ever seen […]
appreciative intelligence improves youth soccer coaching
Image via Wikipedia Coaches must be concerned with the development of their players both on the field and off the field. In order to build strong young girls who can stand on their own 2 feet in life, we can leverage the insights from the field of positive psychology and specifically appreciative intelligence. Appreciative intelligence […]
Reflecting on surveys for organizational feedback
Image via Wikipedia Discuss the usefulness and limitations of survey feedback. What are the key issues/problems the OD practitioner has to be aware of while feeding back data? Usefulness of survey feedback (when it is effective) (Cummings & Worley, 2009, pp141-2): Motivation to work with the data: organization members have to believe in the purpose […]
Erasmus: the last educated man?
Image via Wikipedia There are some who say that Erasmus was the last man about whom it could be said that he knew all that there was to know (available at the time). Ever since then the amount of knowledge being developed daily is increasing more rapidly than our ability to find, assess and add […]
Reflecting on wicked force management problems (Army)
My take on the problem with force management is that it has been treated as a complicated problem, suitable for central planning (PPBES) and not as a complex problem, rife with social & political context, in a dynamic state where the variables change parameters far faster than the planned decision cycles. Consequently, we never get […]
Complexity in process consulting: a good thing?
Image via Wikipedia A colleague used the word “simplistic” in describing the 10 principles of process consulting offered by Ed Schein. I interpreted his use of the word simplistic in describing shines 10 principles as a negative thing. There’s a part of me that remembers the 10 Commandments are simplistic too. In my studies of […]