I read 39 books in 2009, just “a few” shy of my goal of 50. Thanks to a little nudge from Art Johnson (@artjohnson) and some tips from Julien Smith, I’ve set my 2010 sights just a little bit higher: a book a week, for a total of 52. I got the list off to [...]
Also tagged ArtOfLiving, Life, Mastery, Motivation, passionIs Google making us stupid, as Nicholas Carr and others have told us? I don’t think so. Instead, it is making us differently intelligent. Carr, et al are simply judging this difference, the new type of intelligence, against the old standards. In his article The War On Flow, 2009: Why Studies About Multitasking Are Missing [...]
Also tagged 2.0, Books, Complexity, DeliberatePractice, learning, Life, Social Media, Social Networking, WorkLiteracyI revisited the following, originally posted in July ’07, after putting Douglas Hofstadter’s Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language back onto my currently-reading list. It is still relevant, so thought it worth sharing again. With any luck, I’ll have some new insights to share after I’ve read the book again. [...]
Also tagged Books, learning, LifeToday marks the 10-year anniversary of my discharge (honorable, in case you’re wondering) from active duty as a US Army officer. It was while serving in the Army, both on active duty and later in the Army Reserves, that I was first exposed to and practiced knowledge management so it seemed fitting that I mark [...]
Also tagged KM, Knowledge ManagementI have a feeling that the question of work/life balance is going to be a consistent theme here, I know it is in my life. In this video, Chris Brogan tells us of the importance of both work AND play. Even if you love your work, are passionate about it, and are giving it your [...]
Also tagged Balance, LifeUsing the Cynefin framework, which I’ve also discussed here, Shawn at the Anecdote blog takes a look at the question of When should we collaborate? It’s always useful to define your terms before starting this kind of discussion, and Shawn obliges with the following: So what is collaboration then? It’s when a group of people [...]
Also tagged Anecdote, collaboration, Complexity, cooperation, coordination, Cynefin, Work Literacy
