As part of the workshops that I deliver based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , one of my most popular is how to avoid collaborative overload in the nonprofit workplace. Collaborative overload results from too many pointless meetings, a tsunami of emails, and a drumbeat of constant interruptions. MORE
I’ve been delayed in getting this second post in the series of the role and nature of narrative published. Many things going on in Cognitive Edge at the moment and I’ve had to make a couple of big decisions and I’m dealing with the aftermath of one and the promise of another. MORE
Reading this month's First Monday , which was a special issue on the emoji, inspired me to a creative thought, which I document here. MORE
The purpose of business is learning, the key to surviving age of automation, ID for the modern workplace, and more. Modern Workplace Learning MORE
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If we seek diverse or divergent views, will the opinions of others change our minds? A recent study seems to indicate that paying attention to views opposed to our own may actually harden our existing perspectives. MORE
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: The head of human resources said to me, “We need to become more agile. We’re not lean enough. I want to see our culture shift. Dan's Related Posts: Wow, Did I Ever Fail On This One. But I Learned A Lot, Too. Steve Denning Nails It on Forbes: Paradigm Shift in Leadership and Management. How to ‘Take One for the Team’ It’s Not So Hard To Be A Little More Cooperative. MORE
Last year I wrote a post — cities & the future of work — as an introduction to my session with the Prime Minister’s Office of Finland. MORE
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: “Form an army, agree on the obligations of a shared purpose, and then free as many people as possible from minds that have become mausoleums.” MORE
“Research shows that teams will organize themselves in different ways in response to how different types of complexity strains their sensemaking capacities. In order to increase their sensemaking potential, teams will reorganize their relationships in recognizable ways. MORE
A number of years ago, I tried a stab at an innovation process. And I was reminded of it thinking about personal learning, and looked at it again. And it doesn’t seem to aged well. So I thought I’d revisit the model, and see what emerged. MORE
A major challenge I have had in my organizational change work is getting people to understand that complicated environments are different from complex ones, and the latter are almost always the situation when people are involved. MORE
Ecolab’s new training library wins Gold at the. Brandon Hall Excellence Awards. September 4th, 2018 (St Paul, MN and Denver, CO) – Ecolab and Xyleme are pleased to announce that the new training library for Ecolab’s Institutional business has been awarded Gold by the 2018 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards in the Best Use of Performance Support category. Now entering its 24th year, the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards is the most prestigious awards program in the industry. MORE
As we return from our summer holidays, this may be a good time to reflect on the journeys that we are on. A key part of my journey has been writing, but all my writing has been non-fiction (at least as far as I know). Recently, I’ve felt a pull into poetry, something I had never considered. I made a first tentative stab with a short poem that I posted on social media on July 5 and I got such an encouraging response that it motivated me to take the next step. What journey are you on? MORE
Last week most of the dozen young people Julie is watching out for called in panic. All at once, it seemed to her. Depression, panic attacks, anxiety, worries and stress. They are smart, young, not given a chance in college, and mostly (but not all) male. MORE
Breaking news for the founding fathers and authors of the Constitution. Or not. . A confused NineShift reader alleges that the United States "is a republic, not a democracy.". I believe this might be a fad-of-the-day, certainly not a fact of the day, for those who support destroying our democracy. MORE
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: One of the reasons you might suffer from a lack of creativity boils down to time. You have become so busy, there is no time. Dan's Related Posts: Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking. MORE
Social physics first emerged over 200 years ago as an attempt to understand society and human behavior using laws similar to those of the physical sciences. MORE
One quote from my contribution to the ‘StoryTheFuture’ event was picked up in social media. I’m not sure it really qualifies as going viral but it did have some impact. I said: Stop telling leaders to tell stories and (instead) get them to take actions that will generate stories. MORE
It’s Labor Day in the US, so what better day to reflect on how misunderstood workers are? Truth be told, workers are often viewed as a cost by many institutions. In fact, that’s where they appear on financial statements – they’re a major expense item on the income statement. That view of workers naturally sets up an “us vs. them” and “win/lose” mindset. The institution wins when it can eliminate workers, make them work longer hours for the same pay or pay them less, but the workers lose. MORE
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: Today is “pub day,” one where an author annoys his or her network about the release of a new book. While I may be proud. Dan's Related Posts: Sadly, The Importance Of Importance Is Now What’s Most Important. MORE
Notes from Dan Pontefract's talk at Focus 2018, Montreal Beginning with the idea of being distracted, rather than ruminating in thought. We have accepted that. That's what's happening in society - technology aids and abets it. Do we have to outsource our thinking to Siri or whatever? I'm not sure we have figured out what is the right amount of tech. Consider the problems created by distracted driving. Why is that happening? This is outsourced thinking. MORE
Deep learning and related machine learning advances have played a central role in AI’s recent achievements, giving computers the ability to be trained by ingesting and analyzing large amounts of data instead of being explicitly programmed. MORE
Bitcoin was created about a decade ago, with the release of the original design paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System , under the pen name of Satoshi Nakamoto. MORE
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: Lost in the shuffle of releasing my third book, OPEN TO THINK, is the news my first two books are now available in paperback. Dan's Related Posts: Download Chapter 1 of “The Purpose Effect” For Free. MORE
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. “I’m convinced that people think freelancers have their lives funded by some kind of freelancing fairy, and that invoices are therefore an exercise in comedy.” MORE
A number of years ago, now, Brenda Sugrue posited that Bloom’s Taxonomy was wrong. And, she proposed a simpler framework. I’ve never been a fan of Bloom’s; folks have trouble applying it systematically (reliably discriminating between various levels). MORE
Today, Monday 24 September, I released the Top Tools for Learning 2018 , which I compiled from the results of the 12th Annual Digital Learning Tools Survey. Every vote was manually processed in order to get a picture of this year’s contributors (as well as mitigate gaming of the voting). MORE
If personal data is actually a commodity, can you buy some from another person, as if that person were a fruit stand? Would you want to? Well, no. Nor is there much if any evidence that businesses will want to buy personal data from individuals, on a per-person basis, especially when they can still get it for free. GDPR withstanding , alas.). MORE
Fewer workers is one of the key reasons for our stagnant economic growth. Over the coming decades, the labor force is expected to shrink in most parts of the world as fertility rates continue to decline, especially in advanced and emerging economies. MORE
To follow up on yesterday's blog entry, here's some statistics to back up the hoped-for claim that Millennials are voting more this year. Pennsylvania is leading the groundswell, with registered voters 34 and younger now outnumbering those 65 and older, according to the latest statistics from the Pennsylvania State Department issued Aug 13. States like Arizona, New York, Florida and Virginia have also seen sharp increases." Here's the NYT story MORE
Articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) for the week 26 Aug – 1 Sep. (L&D L&D you are what you measure, 5 steps to create culture of cont learning, hierarchy is enemy of learning, & more). Modern Workplace Learning MORE
I was just reflecting on the different job labels there are. Some of the labels are trendy, some are indicative, but there’s potentially a lot of overlap. I’m not sure what to do about it, but I thought I’d explore it. MORE
Who is this course for? If you're reading this, then this course is for you. You've demonstrated the main criterion: some degree of interest in the subject matter of the course. You might be thinking: this course looks too difficult, too technical, or too high level. MORE
The Seek > Sense > Share framework of personal knowledge mastery was the result of many iterations over almost 15 years. It is simple to understand but under it are many layers. MORE
Back in 2014 I wrote the entry on organisational story telling for the Sage Handbook on Action Research. I wasn’t wild about the title at the time as I felt that was only one aspect of the field. MORE
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: It’s the middle of a client meeting. There are six of us. We are discussing the rather dismal results of a team’s level of engagement. Dan's Related Posts: Maybe We Should Be More Like a Fridge at Work. MORE
Dave Snowden
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
I’ve been delayed in getting this second post in the series of the role and nature of narrative published. Many things going on in Cognitive Edge at the moment and I’ve had to make a couple of big decisions and I’m dealing with the aftermath of one and the promise of another.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
The purpose of business is learning, the key to surviving age of automation, ID for the modern workplace, and more. Modern Workplace Learning
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: Today is “pub day,” one where an author annoys his or her network about the release of a new book. While I may be proud. Dan's Related Posts: Sadly, The Importance Of Importance Is Now What’s Most Important.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Bitcoin was created about a decade ago, with the release of the original design paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System , under the pen name of Satoshi Nakamoto.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Who is this course for? If you're reading this, then this course is for you. You've demonstrated the main criterion: some degree of interest in the subject matter of the course. You might be thinking: this course looks too difficult, too technical, or too high level.
Harold Jarche
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
The Seek > Sense > Share framework of personal knowledge mastery was the result of many iterations over almost 15 years. It is simple to understand but under it are many layers.
Dave Snowden
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
Back in 2014 I wrote the entry on organisational story telling for the Sage Handbook on Action Research. I wasn’t wild about the title at the time as I felt that was only one aspect of the field.
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: Lost in the shuffle of releasing my third book, OPEN TO THINK, is the news my first two books are now available in paperback. Dan's Related Posts: Download Chapter 1 of “The Purpose Effect” For Free.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
Deep learning and related machine learning advances have played a central role in AI’s recent achievements, giving computers the ability to be trained by ingesting and analyzing large amounts of data instead of being explicitly programmed.
John Hagel
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
As we return from our summer holidays, this may be a good time to reflect on the journeys that we are on. A key part of my journey has been writing, but all my writing has been non-fiction (at least as far as I know). Recently, I’ve felt a pull into poetry, something I had never considered. I made a first tentative stab with a short poem that I posted on social media on July 5 and I got such an encouraging response that it motivated me to take the next step. What journey are you on?
Harold Jarche
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Last year I wrote a post — cities & the future of work — as an introduction to my session with the Prime Minister’s Office of Finland.
Dave Snowden
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
One quote from my contribution to the ‘StoryTheFuture’ event was picked up in social media. I’m not sure it really qualifies as going viral but it did have some impact. I said: Stop telling leaders to tell stories and (instead) get them to take actions that will generate stories.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 2, 2018
Articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) for the week 26 Aug – 1 Sep. (L&D L&D you are what you measure, 5 steps to create culture of cont learning, hierarchy is enemy of learning, & more). Modern Workplace Learning
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: One of the reasons you might suffer from a lack of creativity boils down to time. You have become so busy, there is no time. Dan's Related Posts: Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Social physics first emerged over 200 years ago as an attempt to understand society and human behavior using laws similar to those of the physical sciences.
Nine Shift
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Some changes make even my head spin. Here's one. My wife Julie called Alaska Airlines lost baggage people to find out if they had found our luggage yet. Very helpful woman, but said she couldn't access all her records since she is "working in the office today.".
Harold Jarche
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
A major challenge I have had in my organizational change work is getting people to understand that complicated environments are different from complex ones, and the latter are almost always the situation when people are involved.
John Hagel
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
It’s Labor Day in the US, so what better day to reflect on how misunderstood workers are? Truth be told, workers are often viewed as a cost by many institutions. In fact, that’s where they appear on financial statements – they’re a major expense item on the income statement. That view of workers naturally sets up an “us vs. them” and “win/lose” mindset. The institution wins when it can eliminate workers, make them work longer hours for the same pay or pay them less, but the workers lose.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Building a culture of continuous improvement, learning & development at work. Modern Workplace Learning
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: It’s the middle of a client meeting. There are six of us. We are discussing the rather dismal results of a team’s level of engagement. Dan's Related Posts: Maybe We Should Be More Like a Fridge at Work.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Fewer workers is one of the key reasons for our stagnant economic growth. Over the coming decades, the labor force is expected to shrink in most parts of the world as fertility rates continue to decline, especially in advanced and emerging economies.
Nine Shift
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Breaking news for the founding fathers and authors of the Constitution. Or not. . A confused NineShift reader alleges that the United States "is a republic, not a democracy.". I believe this might be a fad-of-the-day, certainly not a fact of the day, for those who support destroying our democracy.
Harold Jarche
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
“Research shows that teams will organize themselves in different ways in response to how different types of complexity strains their sensemaking capacities. In order to increase their sensemaking potential, teams will reorganize their relationships in recognizable ways.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
I was just reflecting on the different job labels there are. Some of the labels are trendy, some are indicative, but there’s potentially a lot of overlap. I’m not sure what to do about it, but I thought I’d explore it.
Doc Searls
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
If personal data is actually a commodity, can you buy some from another person, as if that person were a fruit stand? Would you want to? Well, no. Nor is there much if any evidence that businesses will want to buy personal data from individuals, on a per-person basis, especially when they can still get it for free. GDPR withstanding , alas.).
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: “Form an army, agree on the obligations of a shared purpose, and then free as many people as possible from minds that have become mausoleums.”
Xyleme
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Ecolab’s new training library wins Gold at the. Brandon Hall Excellence Awards. September 4th, 2018 (St Paul, MN and Denver, CO) – Ecolab and Xyleme are pleased to announce that the new training library for Ecolab’s Institutional business has been awarded Gold by the 2018 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards in the Best Use of Performance Support category. Now entering its 24th year, the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards is the most prestigious awards program in the industry.
Nine Shift
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Last week most of the dozen young people Julie is watching out for called in panic. All at once, it seemed to her. Depression, panic attacks, anxiety, worries and stress. They are smart, young, not given a chance in college, and mostly (but not all) male.
Harold Jarche
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
If we seek diverse or divergent views, will the opinions of others change our minds? A recent study seems to indicate that paying attention to views opposed to our own may actually harden our existing perspectives.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
A number of years ago, I tried a stab at an innovation process. And I was reminded of it thinking about personal learning, and looked at it again. And it doesn’t seem to aged well. So I thought I’d revisit the model, and see what emerged.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
Reading this month's First Monday , which was a special issue on the emoji, inspired me to a creative thought, which I document here.
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: The head of human resources said to me, “We need to become more agile. We’re not lean enough. I want to see our culture shift. Dan's Related Posts: Wow, Did I Ever Fail On This One. But I Learned A Lot, Too. Steve Denning Nails It on Forbes: Paradigm Shift in Leadership and Management. How to ‘Take One for the Team’ It’s Not So Hard To Be A Little More Cooperative.
Beth Kanter
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
As part of the workshops that I deliver based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , one of my most popular is how to avoid collaborative overload in the nonprofit workplace. Collaborative overload results from too many pointless meetings, a tsunami of emails, and a drumbeat of constant interruptions.
Nine Shift
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
To follow up on yesterday's blog entry, here's some statistics to back up the hoped-for claim that Millennials are voting more this year. Pennsylvania is leading the groundswell, with registered voters 34 and younger now outnumbering those 65 and older, according to the latest statistics from the Pennsylvania State Department issued Aug 13. States like Arizona, New York, Florida and Virginia have also seen sharp increases." Here's the NYT story
Harold Jarche
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. “I’m convinced that people think freelancers have their lives funded by some kind of freelancing fairy, and that invoices are therefore an exercise in comedy.”
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
A number of years ago, now, Brenda Sugrue posited that Bloom’s Taxonomy was wrong. And, she proposed a simpler framework. I’ve never been a fan of Bloom’s; folks have trouble applying it systematically (reliably discriminating between various levels).
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Notes from Dan Pontefract's talk at Focus 2018, Montreal Beginning with the idea of being distracted, rather than ruminating in thought. We have accepted that. That's what's happening in society - technology aids and abets it. Do we have to outsource our thinking to Siri or whatever? I'm not sure we have figured out what is the right amount of tech. Consider the problems created by distracted driving. Why is that happening? This is outsourced thinking.
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