About the primacy of relational thinking and practice for personal, neighborhood, corporate & poliical life. Likes/RTs usually just interest/bookmarks.
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Joined January 2008
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RT @rahmanrahmanee: This is unfortunate. I have family members waiting in Qatar. I have fought alongside the US SOFs for over 16 years. I h…
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Applications for our Business and Nonprofit Accelerators are now open, and we're inviting founders who are serious about their faith to apply.
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How context affects human behaviour.
From the book ‘The Laws of Wealth’ by @danielcrosby
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Fresh from the oven. A conversation with Julie Dirksen, @usable learning, on how to apply behavior change techniques to instructional design. The eLearning Coach Podcast. > buff.ly/3F5qwSE
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“Team characteristics are not a consequence of the individuals’ characteristics, but of the relationships between the individuals.”
Bob Marshall
This is excellent by @JOANLURIE:
"... where there is great leadership in organisations the focus isn't simply on the leadership talent, but it's also in designing and setting up a the most coherent 'leadership and governance system of relations'." linkedin.com/posts/joan-luri…
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A new street we dreamed up in norf London..half of it is affordable housing ….lovely sunshine yesterday
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The new "Communities of practice within and across organizations" guidebook is out & it's free! It's written by @WengerTrayner, global experts in facilitating communities of practice & it's a summary of wisdom they've accumulated over decades. Content includes:
a) What are communities of practice?
b) Roles and responsibilities
c) Cultivating communities of practice
d) Facilitating meetings & activities
e) Using technology
f) Evaluation
wenger-trayner.com/cop-guide…
Yes indeed
The big idea: why relationships are the key to existence
"We understand reality better if we think of it in terms of interactions, not individuals. We, as individuals, exist thanks to the interactions we are involved in."
theguardian.com/books/2022/s… via chats with @Rships_Project
Join me on Apr 19th 10amET with @engageli sharing my hard-learned insights on Building Context and Continuity into Learning Design. linkedin.com/posts/engageli_…
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“In organisations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.”
Margaret Wheatley
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Many now see ChatGTP as synonymous with AI, when it is a tiny slice, even a distraction. Rather than descending into a cat and mouse assessment game, look at AI for learning as a whole. Tons on AI in all three...
Great oppty to support two great initiatives for Ukraine in-country & US-based relief and refuge efforts. Benefit dinner, joined by Consular General of Ukraine. This Wednesday Dec 7th at Longwood State Room, Boston. welcomenst.org/stand-with-uk… #boston #philanthropy #ukraine #events
.@JaneBozarth Hi Jane, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to you on #TheMindToolsPodcast the other day and was reminded what a terrific presence you've been here over the years. And so glad you have that role at @LearningGuild.
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We summarized some of the key "social scientific insights for the COVID19 pandemic response" nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
These insights described the role of shared identity, communication, leadership, cooperation, social inequality, media, misinformation, in the pandemic.
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An underrated way to succeed at anything is simply to be ten times better.
Everyone wants to have a unique idea or be a monopoly but you can just be ten times better instead. In a lot of areas, no one is really trying. The world is coated with a film of inertia.
Super. Looking forward to reading this mini-book. The @TeamTopologies main book itself is packed with insight
Org/relational dynamics need urgent attention and help in every sphere of organizational life.
I don't expect much from freebies but the @teamtopologies "Organization Dynamics with Team Topologies" mini-book is def worth a read. #TeamTopologies
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There appears to be no correlation between what Twitter thinks my interests are ("otters"? "Pens & Stationary"?), what my interests actually are, and what Twitter shows me. #PKMastery (Of course now having mentioned them I've confirmed my apparent interests. Dang!)
Glad to be doing @jarche's #PKMastery course. Getting some focus on who - individuals and communities - I'm connected to ("seek"), and developing better "sense" and "share" habits. I'm shifting interest away from strictly L&D space so lots of new discoveries to be made.