maxed out on linked in…

October 19, 2009

Came across this quote on the dangers of extending facebook style connections in social networking in business – i.e. just adding someone who has added you as a ‘friend’ or contact. Can these LinkedIn megalomaniacs really know hundreds upon hundreds of people so well that they’d be willing to put their reputations on the line [...]

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power of twitter

October 13, 2009

For me, the jury is still out on the value of Twitter to my work – i’m still experimenting.  However, for some things Twitter has demonstrated quite amazing power. The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 [...]

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brevity and creativity

October 13, 2009

Read some Hemingway on holiday last week… and this book has one of my favourite quotes from Hemingway, although when I came across it first it was in the 1958 movie starring Spencer Tracy, so it was good to get the exact words. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. [...]

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life imitates art

October 13, 2009

Really chuffed with the Lifetree ‘pull-up’ done for us by Andy and the [ wideopenspace ] team. It took a while to settle on the right image – one I took in Chicago of the amazing public art sculpture by British Artist Anish Kapoor – ‘the Kidney Bean.’  If you look closely, you can see [...]

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leadership formation

September 8, 2009

Creating some handouts and preparing for a leadership programme Lifetree is facilitating and found this quote in Simon Western’s book ‘Leadership – A Critical Text‘ which has such a resonance to the philosophy of learning that Alan and I have developed for this work together with the client group. Leadership formation steps back from the [...]

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the power of movies

September 8, 2009

In Alistair Harkness’s review of the movie (500) Days of Summer in the (4/9/09) Scotsman, he says this about a moment in the movie: It’s a beautiful moment that nails the way movies can sometimes penetrate a desire for escapism and get at the truth of a situation, even when you don’t want them to. [...]

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risk=good

September 3, 2009

We have the wrong focus on risk! Scally Wag – One small step for Callum., originally uploaded by myDefinition (?). At the Go Dundee Learning Journey last Saturday,  Stuart Waiton, from Abertay University in Dundee gave a short and provocative talk on ‘young people and risk’ to the group in the beautiful setting of the [...]

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Learning

September 1, 2009

Bumped into fellow Go Dundeer Jacqui on train to Edinburgh this afternoon & we were sharing stories. She mentioned a fellow student she met at the Edinburgh book festival. He was speaking about his new book: “What’s the point of school?” by Guy Claxton. Not to spoil the plot, it’s learning, or more accurately, the [...]

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Creativity unlocked by limitation

August 30, 2009

“When forced to work within a strict framework the imagination is taxed to its utmost ‘ and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom the work is likely to sprawl.” Had many superb conversations on the learning journey in Dundee yesterday. One with Colin, Joyce & Paul on creativity & the creative process. Reminded [...]

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Dundee – ‘remarkable transformation’

August 26, 2009

Vincent Cable spoke at a Chamber of Commerce Lunch today and was VERY positive about the city of Dundee sharing from his experience over 30 years ago when visiting your brother studying in the city the transformation (in Dundee) has been remarkable… Brilliant!!

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