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| | CLARK QUINN MAY 9, 2012 Mentoring I was talking today with an organization that has mentoring as a very core feature of their culture, and it got me reflecting on the fantastic luck I’ve had in my career. Even before working, I had some great teachers, and then many folks have helped shape me through my job experience. They also lived what great student development was. | | DOC SEARLS MAY 9, 2012 Department of Corrections One nice thing about blogging is that you get to correct what you write. Tonight I put up a long post that I had second, third, fourth and fifth and additional thoughts about, and finally decided to kill. do that a lot, actually. Just not usually with stuff I’ve already put up. But I did it this time. | | | | | | | |
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IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 Reflections on My Fifty Year Involvement with Computers
On May 5, I had the honor of giving the commencement address at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology. Dean David Hall gave me very good advice on what makes for a good commencement speech: make it personal, tell us about yourself including your background, and keep it short. Unexpected, Serendipitous Events. MORE >> -
PSYBLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012  How To Encourage People To Change Their Own Minds
Self-persuasion: let people talk themselves around to your point of view. Changing people's minds is hard. We resist having our attitudes adjusted by others, especially when the message isn't directly relevant to us and we aren't paying that much attention. But what if you could get people to change their own minds? It's not as crazy as it sounds. MORE >> -
DOC SEARLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 Department of Corrections
Or about a 300-word piece in a magazine. Such is the case for me right now. I’m in a cranky mood. Credit where due: some of the people writing about The Intention Economy get it well, and have written thoughtful pieces on it. visited some of those a few posts back. But others don’t get what I say in the book — or anywhere. AdAge ? MyDex. MORE >> -
DAVE SNOWDEN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 ABIDE - overview of process
Picking up on yesterdays post on ABIDE. As I suspected forcing myself to teach the idea produced some innovation and resolution of problems. Thinking back nearly everything original I have developed (including the various Cynefin representations) have been achieved on my feet in front of an audience. Reflections MORE >> -
NINE SHIFT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 Wal Martians test new store
With suburbs going into decline, Walmart is testing a small store suitable for dense neighborhoods. We have a friend who lives in Bentonville, Ark, the HQ of Walmart, formerly Wal-Mart. When the ever faithful Walmart employees gather there, they are referred to by the locals as Wal Martians for their fanatical faith in Walmart. MORE >>
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