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
A quick ramble on the nature of paradox, inspired by a blog on the value of both fear of the new and curiosity
Well now you need wonder no more. A friend told me about this (no, seriously… my Feedster feed on improvisation turned it up). Is it
I’ve just come across James Cherkoff’s new blog, Modern Marketing. His first entries present some clear thinking about the challenges to conventional media for marketers. Well worth subscribing.
The Group Jazz Chautuaqua is marking its 10th anniversary and they’re asking people who’ve taken part some questions about what they’re up to. I answered their questions and thought it
Chris Corrigan asks a really interesting question. What is interesting is that despite the fact that we are small players working in a big system and we KNOW that our
I wonder how much attention the folks at Starbucks are giving to Paul Williams and John Moore? These guys are serving up so much free consultancy I’d have thought someone
I help teams work together better. My work ranges from leadership development to team building and event facilitation
© 2024 Johnnie Moore | Privacy | Hosted by Wingnut
