experts & expertise

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

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 27 Mar 09
   tagged as :change, experts & expertise, personalization, recommended reading, snowflake, worth a look

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

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 5 Mar 09
   tagged as :change, current affairs, experts & expertise, interesting places, mapping, mashups, recommended reading, travel, worth a look

Time to “Tearn”?

For a number of years, I’ve been pondering how the Snowflake Effect1 could influence learning. For those who are new to this concept of the Snowflake Effect, in essence it’s about the transformation of society from a model of mass production to one of mass personalization. Think of it as ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 9 Jan 09
   tagged as :change, competencies, content, education, experts & expertise, learning, metadata "tagging", patterns, personal development, snowflake, strategic thinking

Snowstorm of Chat, Conversation and Content

As many of you would know from past posts, podcasts and talks, my fellow snowflake Erik and I are working on developing and sharing our thoughts and passion around what we call The Snowflake Effect, which is our vision of a world designed for the uniqueness of ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 27 Oct 08
   tagged as :conversation, experts & expertise, other blogs, recommended reading, snowflake, weblogs, worth a look, zen quality

Loving Lexicographical Learning

Related to my theme of languages, but through pure serendipitous discovery via my addiction to watching TED Talks, check out this TED talk by Erin McKean on Redefining the Dictionary. ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 7 Sep 08
   tagged as :discovery, education, experts & expertise, fun, keynotes, other blogs, perspectives, presentations, recommended reading, strategic thinking, worth a look

Experts…like you and me?

In previous postings, I’ve pointed out that we're living in a world of exponential change and that this is affecting all of us in many different ways. You can find my thoughts and references on this with a quick search on exponential change on OCOT as well as my ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 14 Aug 08
   tagged as :change, design, discovery, experts & expertise, leadership development, personal development, perspectives, strategic thinking, thought sparks