Well, this seems to be a fitting follow up to my last blog post. Amabile: I believe it’s important for leaders to understand the power of ordinary practices. Seemingly ordinary, trivial, mundane, day-by-day things that leaders do and say can have an enormous impact. My guess is that a lot of leaders have very little […]
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The Power of Ordinary Practices – Quotes Worth Amplifying
Well, this seems to be a fitting follow up to my last blog post. Amabile: I believe it’s important for leaders to understand the power of ordinary practices. Seemingly ordinary, trivial, mundane, day-by-day things that leaders do and say can have…
Hospital checklists and Inviting Participation
Johnnie Moore pointed to an interesting article on why checklists don’t always produce the kind of positive results expected in hospital operating rooms. I remember a few years back when I had major surgery. I had been rolled into the operating room. I was looking around and I commented on the team’s use of a […]
Hospital checklists and Inviting Participation
Johnnie Moore pointed to an interesting article on why checklists don’t always produce the kind of positive results expected in hospital operating rooms. I remember a few years back when I had major surgery. I had been rolled into the operating r…
Hospital checklists and Inviting Participation
Johnnie Moore pointed to an interesting article on why checklists don’t always produce the kind of positive results expected in hospital operating rooms. I remember a few years back when I had major surgery. I had been rolled into the operating r…
The UdG Agora Project (part 1 of ∞)
I do not know where to begin writing. Back when I was just a puppy of a blogger, I’d document almost every session of a conference.
I look at this empty WordPress editing screen trying to figure how to describe the last two weeks spent in Guadal…
Confusiasm/Confusiasmo at the UdGAgora
Many years ago at a #KM4Dev community meeting, Carl Jackson coined the word “confusiasm,” a combination of confusion and enthusiasm. This has become a way of being for me. We used this concept at the University of Guadalajara Diplomate program on mobile tech for engagement.
Confusiasm/Confusiasmo at the UdGAgora
Many years ago at a #KM4Dev community meeting, Carl Jackson coined the word “confusiasm,” a combination of confusion and enthusiasm. This has become a way of being for me. We used this concept at the University of Guadalajara Diplomate program on mobi…
Two Weeks of #UdGAgora in Photos
It’s impossible to summarize. And likely will not fully happen.
Today is the last day of two weeks of the most intensive and the most rewarding work with faculty and technology, in a city I continually use my stunted Spanish to say “Me enca…
Confusiasmo
Early on, Nancy White introduced our group to the concept of “confusiasm” (confusiasmo), a portmanteau of confusion and enthusiasm. It seemed to resonate with everyone right away, and if I had to choose one word to describe our current state, that would be it.
Dusting off
(Image via Audrey Watters) Another intolerable blogging gap. If this keeps up I’ll have to turn over the keys to my domain. No lack of exciting activity on this end. I’m typing this on a flight south to Mexico, where I will be joining a team assembled by Tannis Morgan to work with a cohort […]
Nancy White is on the Team!
We are more than excited to announce that Nancy White is part of the development and facilitator team for UdG Agora. An international expert in group facilitation, online collaboration, visual facilitation, and knowledge management, Nancy brings more than abundant energy and enthusiasm to every project she is part of. You can expect to learn much…
What is Real When We Augment Reality?
What becomes of this world we know when we overlay the dynamic digital world, when it becomes augmented? Does our relationship to it change with this extra information. Let us ponder. Slowly, ponder.
Laying Down the Foundation
Even a mystery project has to start with a solid foundation. Here, we begin laying those first footers that will support this project. The plans are nearby, and we work diligently in anticipation of its completion. Which… of course, is only the beginning
