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Snowflake Minds! Uniqueness Not Unanimity!
Here is a quote I came across from Christopher Morley that nicely captures the spirit of my ranting and raving about all of us being snowflakes: Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. ... Read More
List with a Twist: my Best Learning Books in 2009?
I am always looking for the next great book to read and thought I’d tap into the collective intelligence, the annual end-of-the-calendar-year trend for lists, and the power of new tools such as Twitter to find the next great book to read. Below is some of the why, ... Read More
What if the Impossible Isn’t?
As I mentioned in my recent post “Reflective Reduction Sauce”, returning to my work universe after months at sea has led me to reflect upon some themes I encountered as a result of my attending the Learning 2009 conference. One theme I’m delighted to see more attention on is ... Read More
Disruptive Forces Converge in Our Industry; We All Stand to Win From the Resulting Innovation
I have been thinking a lot lately about the concept of disruption, and its applicability to our industry. One of the many reasons our corporate training industry often is described by analysts as a second tier industry is that the business we are all in is actually thought of as ... Read More
The recession is forcing innovation
Charlie Gillette provides some great advice in his post Helping your Training Organization Survive and Thrive Through the Recession. His suggestions are definitely very aligned with what we're advising our clients. There's one point I'm a bit surprised by though: _However, I dropped the “right sizing point” since all organizations ... Read More
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As most of you know, for the past two years I’ve been out conducting a grand experiment of learning, living, and working from my sailboat most of the time, as I explore and experience this phenomenal planet of ours from the vantage point of the sea. I am currently anchored ... Read More
Snowstorm of News (Continued)
In my last posting, I noted a recent example of mass personalization or the Snowflake Effect taking hold of news. I just ran into another and perhaps even more significant example, which some are referring to as “printernet”, described as custom printing for newspapers, magazines, and even wikis. ... Read More
The Snowflake Effect and “Just Right for Me” Decision Support
Here’s another Snowflake Effect example of how sites are starting to catch up on ways to help people deal with the abundance of choice and on providing what I like to refer to as “decision support”—helping all of us to make “just the right” choice and decisions at just the ... Read More
Past Meets Present to Create the Future of Easter Island
I am as remiss as I am delighted to be able to finally get around to sharing some of the fascinating work taking place on one of the world’s most remote locations, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, and to introduce you to some of the even more fascinating ... Read More
CNN “The Moment”: 2nd time’s the charm with MS Photosynth?
Since I received a lot of responses and follow up (thanks!) to the posting Photosynth: Mashups of Our Collective Intelligence via Photos, I thought you would be quite interested to know the most recent use of Microsoft Photosynth, which creates 3D spaces from a mass of ... Read More
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