Steven Downes highlights what he says Americans constantly ignore when studying Finland’s educational success:
Decades ago when the Finnish school system was badly in need of reform the goal of the program that Finland instituted, resulting in so much success today, was never excellence. It was equity.
– Pasi Sahkberg in this book
Hat tip: David Gurteen on twitter
I went down to Surrey on Friday for long walk and pub lunch with Neil Perkin. We’d originally planned to run a workshop about agile
Antonio Dias offers a fascinating description of what goes wrong when drowning: What separates a swimmer from someone drowning is the way a swimmer acknowledges
Viv picks out some nice ideas from Phelim McDermott on the subject of leadership. “We love the security of the illusion that someone is in
I’ve been thinking about the urge to scale things lately – see here and here. I understand the concern with being able to effect big
In moving house, I radically downsized my collection of books which I can highly recommend. I used to think I’d one day find a reason
I really enjoy Chris Rodgers’ views on leadership. He argues against the assumption that it takes great leadership for organisations to succeed. He suggests that
Thanks to my Improvisation friend Kelsey Flynn I rambled into a letter cited in Margaret Cho’s Blog (go to Letter #1): Lately it seems like
I wanted to share this email doing the rounds this morning… AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE After every flight Qantas pilots fill out a form called a gripe
Suddenly there’s another John Moore marketing blog. I realise I’m a bit of an addict for this, but this latest is not mine. It’s produced
These came to be via Tony Quinlan from Terry Tillman at 227company. “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than
I’ve just signed up for Facilitation Camp London on 20/21 August. Two days of Open Space, very low cost, what’s not to like?
If you’re still wondering “what’s all this fuss about tags” you have to read (or listen to) David Weinberger’s succinct, charming and intelligent explanation. His conclusion: Not only does this
I’ve not linked to Curt Rosengren for ages. Meanwhile he’s been very busy. He now offers two ebooks, one reasonably priced and the other completely free. Well worth a closer
Two provocative/distubing posts at Boing Boing: Copyright cops crack down on cooks over cakes and What UK’s copyright industries are up to .
