A Different Perspective on Failure
Failure is learning in the form of experiments (including the thought kind) with outcomes different than theorized, where the outcomes create a more complete understanding of theory, or learning.
A breath of fresh air…
#ibl #learning #failure
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Innovation Excellence | The Forbidden Fruit of Failure
We’ve mapped failure to the wrong words. And this mis-mapping is so strong and deep that un-mapping seems unlikely. I propose failure, as a word, be scratched from the dictionary.
Hierarchy, there must be a better way
In case you hadn’t noticed in past years there has been this radical shift centred around the value of information; who can access it and what importance this has on the how business, education and governments are managed. Continue Reading
Learning in the Social Workplace by @c4lpt
Jane Hart sets out to explore the following three questions in this insightful Slideshare presentation. If Social Business is not yet on your roadmap, and really by now it should be, this presentation will help you better understand what all the fuss is about and how you can make a start embedding learning into the social workplace.
- How individuals are using Social Media
- How organisations are using Social Technologies
- How frameworks are guiding new organisations approaches
Learning in the Social Workplace
One of my favourite quotes from the presentation can be found on page 23 and is by Paul Adams, Stop talking about social…
Social is not a feature. Social is not an application. Social is a deep human motivation that drives our behaviour almost every second we’re awake… The leading businesses are recognizing that the web is moving away from being centred around content, to being centred around people. That is the biggest social thunderstorm. and all of us are going to have to understand it to succeed. So stop talking about social as a distinct entity. Assume it in everything you do.
Harvest And Nurture Creativity, Your Survival Depends Upon It
If you don't have an innovative culture established within your organisation, disruption is going to bang loudly against your door; note: innovative culture is not same as a department called innovation.
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…successful economies will need to utilise cash, commodities and creativity.
1 – Creativity and innovation are the number 1 strategic priorities for organizations the world over
2 – Creativity is part of all our day jobs
3 – Organizational profitability rests on individual creativity
4 – Creative teams perform better and are more efficient
5 – Creative organisations are more profitable
6. Creative Leadership is fundamental
7. Successful economies and societies will need to be creative
#learning #workplace #economy #skills #insight
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Creativity is the Key Skill for the 21st Century | The Creativity Post
Against a backdrop of uncertainty, economic turmoil and unprecedented change a new picture is emerging of the skills and traits for success (and perhaps even simply survival) in the modern era. At t…
Inspiring Quote of the Day
To see the world through someone else's eyes, but to remain detached from it, yet there for them, is what this global community we live in needs much more of.
#quote #fun #learning
Thanks to +Seb Paquet for posting the quote on Pinterest recently; Seb, I took the quote and chose my own font and colour, it's my kind of blue 
Email Overload or Bad Filtering, Which is to Blame?
As someone who gets on average 100 emails a day, I know what it’s like to see an inbox grow out of control.
For almost two years now I’ve been working hard on refining the process of filtering my email so that it works for me and not against me. Of all the Google services available thier filtering, starring and lab add-ons are the ones I’m most thankful for.
At the end of a typical day my inbox is now empty with the important mail colour coded, starred and archived and any actionables transferred to Workflowy. Continue Reading
Relaxation: Simple Breathing Exercise
I've been out of hospital a week now and I remember the doctors telling me before I left that relaxation was good and stress was not. I've been taking it easier than normal this week but I realise that I need to compensate using other tactics. I gave this breathing exercise a try today (thanks to +Mitch Joel for posting about it) and I found that it really helped, so I'm going to carry on doing it morning and night and whenever I feel stress brewing.
If you decide to give it a go let me know if it helped. I'll check back in next week on this topic and let you know how the week went.
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This is the 4 – 7 – 8 breathing exercise:
Step 1: breathe out. Let it all out.
Step 2: breath in through your nose and fill your belly with air (let your belly push out) for 4 seconds.
Step 3: hold you breath for 7 seconds.
Step 4: release your breath slowly through your mouth for 8 seconds. Make sure that your tongue is resting behind your top middle teeth and you should pucker you lips and make a "blowing out" sound.
Step 5: repeat this 4-6 times.
#learning #fun #relaxation #stress
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Adopting Informal Learning
"If adopting informal learning, or any new learning process, it is advisable to educate business leaders and workers on the concept and how it will benefit the business. Those who associate training with classrooms can be unprepared for what they see when informal learning occurs."
#learning #informallearning #training #business
Self Improvement Insight
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.
#learning #focus #competition
Where's my "Learn This" button
I'm a big supporter of Maria's idea as many of you will know. I hope within my lifetime I'll be clicking such a button. Share this video around, it needs more support and more innovative thinkers to see the vision.
#learning #curation #reflection #recall
Great Core Messaging
#Trust is confidence
#Transparency is clarity
#Risk is everywhere
#Speed is advantage
#Wealth is opportunity
…discovered on http://www.interactivedata.com/
#learning #branding #message
Understanding the next generation (video)
#learning #fun #future #sustainability
Essential for Creativity
#learning
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Smart Insights
Working smarter, Integrating Work and Learning, Informal Learning, Next Practices, Non Training Alternatives, Communities of Practice, Mobile Learning Strategy, Personal Knowledge Management, Unmanagement and Social Business, Governance, Metrics.
#learning #workflow #mobile #strategy #management
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Internet Time Alliance | Insights
Working Smarter Working smarter means embracing complexity and uncertainty. It requires critical thinking and active sense-making. It takes a work environment that supports and encourages learning, sh…
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Crowdsourced Lego Concepts
Creating communities like this makes a whole lot of sense; other great examples are #Starbucks and #Giffgaff.
Keywords: engage, share, collaborate
#learning #communities #socialbusiness
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LEGO® CUUSOO | Home
Share your ideas for LEGO set concepts, get others to vote for your idea, and you might see your idea produced as a real LEGO product!
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The Present of the Networked Economy
Actually this video was titled 'The Future of the Networked Economy', but as it was recorded some three years ago, the 'Present' seems a better choice for a title.
Ross presents a series of key insights into how the networked economy will shape, and has indeed shaped. For those wondering about Social Business, Metrics, Measurement, Web 2.0, Semantics and the like, this is worth 8 minutes of your time, especially for those who are still encapsulated within traditional business models.
#learning #network #biomimicry #recomendation
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Internet Addiction? Or Social Evolution?
Excellent article.
It seems to me we're in-the midst of a social paradigm shift rather than an Internet addiction epidemic.
To condemn a direction that's happening naturally would be no different than condemning the evolution of mankind –
…change is a happenin', always!
#social #evolution #addiction #learning
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Internet Addiction? Or Social Evolution?I’m sure the thought has crossed your mind before, “I’m addicted to the Internet”. Stop! You are no more addicted to the Internet than a crackhead is addicted to a crack pipe! The Internet is the tool not the drug. It’s the information highway to our interests, our desires, our hopes, and our dreams. The Internet gives us pleasure; it feeds our imagination, strengthens our knowledge, and connects us to people we share commonalities with all across the world with whom we would not otherwise be able to connect with.
The evolution of socialization.
Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., a professor of anthropology for the Arts and Sciences at Washington University states that animals and humans benefit from being social and believes supporting evidence exists to back up his claim. According to Dr. Sussman there are two areas of the primate and human brain that are stimulated when we cooperate (socialize) with each other. Dr. Sussman believes we’ve evolved to gain pleasure form socialization through the release of hormones such as serotonin and oxytocin which play a large role in social recognition and trust.
We must stop and ask ourselves an important question; are we becoming less social or are we becoming more social? I think most of us can agree that we’re defiantly becoming more connected through emerging technologies resulting in new ways we humans interact with each other. Can the expansion of connections between people occur with a decrease in socialization?
Many people will agree that the growth of technology in the last couple decades has lead us to be a lot less social. We’re texting instead of talking, joining Hangouts instead meeting in person, and socializing on virtual networks instead of our local coffee shop with our real world friends and neighbors. But socializing doesn’t have to occur in face to face, person to person, and voice to voice situations for us to continue being social, it’s just become a lot more convenient since the rise of all the wonderful technology gadgets and social media sites that bring us together.
Humans are not retreating away from our nature of being social creatures we’re moving forward evolving into something much bigger and more complex, a place where we feel more socially connected right from the comfort of our own homes, offices, libraries, and smartphones that can be taken just about anywhere and still receive Internet access. The world itself evolved through the process of making things more convenient and efficient. It’s nature finding its way.
Yesterday I rode in the elevator with someone who was fixated on his cell phone just as I was. He looked up at me and said “what would we do without our cell phones?” I thought for a second, “I have no idea”. But later on it dawned on me that we could question the same for just about everything that has become a depending part in our lives. What would we do with out cars, air conditioning, refrigeration, or indoor plumbing if it they were taken away? The only difference now is that we’re from a generation where we didn’t always have cell phones or the Internet. We can look back in a time where things were done in a less convenient and efficient way, but back then it was the most efficient and convenient way of doing things. To take away our cell phones and Internet access would be just the same as taking away the light bulb two decades after Edison invented it.
Change isn’t always viewed as a good thing. Change is often scary when no one knows the direction their heading and every step taken is taken blindly. But to condemn a direction that’s happening naturally would be no different than condemning the evolution of mankind.
Are we addicted to the Internet? Or are we something else – genetically hardwired with pleasure releasing hormones pushing us to invent ways in which we can socially connect in the most convenient and efficient ways possible? It seems to me we’re in the midst of a social paradigm shift rather than an Internet addiction epidemic.
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Louis Grey on Amplify.com Shut Down
Amplify made many changes to be on the right side of content owners. ~ +Louis Gray
#learning #curation #social #amplify
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louisgray.com: Clipping and Curation Service Amplify Shuts Down
Sustaining a successful social sharing product with a small array of features is a challenge. For every success story like Pinterest, there are dozens more that have tried to gain traction, and, while…
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Amplify.com >> Clipboard.com
To +eric goldstein, just wanted to say thanks for everything. Your passion and determination left a lasting mark on many including myself. You and the team pioneered the content curation / clipping space with the success of both Clipmarks and Amplify, an achievement that will not be forgotten quickly. Twas was a super fun ride but understand your need to move on to pastures new… wishing you all the best in your future ventures – keep in touch my friend.
Thanks to +Kurt Geer and +Alex Schleber for the nod.
#amplify #change #learning
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Amplify.com is shutting Down
I was syncing Chrome today and this popped up about the Amplify bookmarklet
Never used the Clipboard site
Have any of you?
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Education – Celebrate Cerebrodiversity
I discovered this as a result of a connection made after posting on rebranding Dyslexia (http://simbeckhampson.com/2012/02/10/dyslexia-rebranded/), it all makes perfect brain sense to me; we all learn differently – perhaps those in the echelons of Education need to better understand that… and so the serendipitous journey continues.
"If your child is a different kind of learner, consider these points:
1. Don't panic or fret. Weaknesses in one area are often counterbalanced by strengths in another area. Do what you need to strengthen the weakness, and celebrate and honor the strengths.
2. Recognize that assembly line learning, common standards and evaluating success by traditional testing may not be the best choice for your child.
3. Educate yourself on your child's differences. You are their champion and their advocate. The more you know about your situation, whether it's dyslexia or ADHD, the better position you are in to reach them.
4. Finally, celebrate cerebrodiversity!
In homeschooling, there is no failure – only progress in the direction of their path."
Source: http://nutbugs.com/celebrate-cerebrodiversity/
#homeschooling #education #learning #dyslexia #adhd
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