Category: Found in the Field
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I found this, an article called ‘The Adoption of Innovation.’ ‘Characteristics of the innovation include: ‘Relevance: Confidence that an innovation can help address a relevant problem. ‘Observability: Ability to demonstrate and evidence a positive impact from this innovation (compared to how things are done currently). ‘Adaptability: Capacity of the organization to adapt and build institutional capabilities.…
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S P A C E is taking a new direction at present and I am calling for submissions for future issues of our zine. There is no cost to apply or for reading fees, though donations are welcome anytime to keep this ad-free and sponsor-less mini-mag going. I want to curate a set of issues…
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Authenticity in 2023, I feel, includes an awareness that wherever you go, you are being observed and judged based on interpersonal behaviors. Of course, it’s the center of being self-aware to know that how you behave affects other people, and that this influences their perceptions of you. Is trust is big currency in the Age of…
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Reading a report on ‘5 business trends in 2023’, (you can read at this download link), IBM points out the importance of having a clear sustainability plan. Sustainability has been a word you heard about all the time starting more than ten years ago, and this is not new news. Business executives who might be…
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Found an article on ‘Authentic Living’. It’s on PositivePsychology.com, at this link: https://positivepsychology.com/authentic-living/ ‘Life’s impermanence and uncertainty may actually increase authentic living (Martin, Campbell, & Henry, 2004). For some, the realizations that death is ultimately unavoidable, values are subjective, and the universe holds no clear objectives can be wake-up calls that lead to more authenticity……
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At any given moment, things could shift. What will you do when that happens? Creative thinking can help when things look murky. What is creative thinking? Let’s talk about what creative thinking is. When do you find yourself in flow? I feel that noticing when you are in flow is a major part of learning to…
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How can people in teams better connect, engage, and collaborate? “The jigsaw classroom was first used in 1971 in Austin, Texas,” says psychologist and University of California in Santa Cruz Professor Elliot Aronson. He is the author of Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion After Columbine. Here’s why DK got curious about him, and the jigsaw method. As…
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‘Experience alone does not necessarily lead to learning; deliberate reflection on experience is essential:’ Wikipedia ‘Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves… Do not… seek the answers, which cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live them. And the…
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I like this example of a ‘purpose’ over at this post on a blog called ‘HappierHuman.’ 19. Appreciating the World Around Me “I will embrace nature and all of its wonders. I will take the time to enjoy what cannot be bought and sold, but what gives us its beauty and utility every second of…
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I found a new quiz, ‘Big Five.’ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/personality-quiz/ It’s mentioned in psychologist Brian Little‘s 2017 article ‘How your to-do list shapes your personality — and how to use it to remake who you are’ at TED. The blurb to introduce it is: Many of us believe there are two driving forces behind the person known as…